Sunday, November 02, 2008

Pre Week 11 Polls and Opponents.

One HUGE upset at the top of the list and several minor upsets at the bottom mean there’s lots of shuffling going on again. The (former) #1 Texas Longhorns got beat by the (former) #6 Red Raiders of Texas Tech leading to a mad scramble to see who should play in the BCS title game. Further down, loses lead to removal from the list and new faces appearing. Or old ones reappearing.

(Poll numbers are those of the teams entering Week 10. The numbers on parentheses after the teams’ names are their rankings after Week 9. Rankings are from the AP Writers’ Poll/the Coaches Poll/CBSSports.com in that order. NR= Not Ranked You will note that when I refer to a team by its rank, I use the Writers’ Poll position.)

1/1/1 Alabama (2/2/2) The Crimson Tide will be at #15 LSU.

2/3/2 Texas Tech (6/5/5) The Red Raiders will be hosting the #8 Oklahoma State Cowboys.

3/2/3 Penn State (3/3/3) Is back in action at Iowa.

4/5/4 Florida (5/7/6) The Gators will be at Vanderbilt.

5/7/5 Texas (1/1/1) The Longhorns host Baylor.

6/4/6 Oklahoma (4/4/4) The Sooners are on the road against Texas A&M.

7/6/7 Southern California (7/6/7) The Trojans will be hosting the #21 California Golden Bears.

8/8/8 Oklahoma State (9/10/11) The Cowboys play at #2 Texas Tech.

9/10/10 Boise State (11/11/11) The Broncos will host Utah State.

10/9/9 Utah (10/9/9) The Utes will square off against #11 TCU on Thursday night (11/6).

11/11/11 TCU (12/12/12) The Horned Frogs will be at #10 Utah Thursday night (11/6).

12/12/12 Ohio State (13/13/13) The Buckeyes are back in action at Northwestern.

13/13/14 Missouri (14/14/14) The Tigers will be hosting Kansas State.

14/14/13 Georgia (8/8/8)The Bulldogs head to Kentucky.

15/15/16 LSU (15/15/16) The Tigers will host the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide.

16/18/17 Ball State (18/19/17) The Cardinals get back into the action as they host Northern Illinois on Wednesday night (11/5).

17/16/15 Brigham Young (17/17/15) The Cougars host San Diego State.

18/17/19 Michigan State (22/21/22) The Spartans are at home to face the Boilermakers of Purdue.

19/19/18 North Carolina (21/22/20) The Tar Heels are hosting the #22 Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech.

20/23/24 West Virginia (NR/NR/NR) The Mountaineers host the Bearcats of Cincinnati.

21/22/22 California (NR/NR/NR) The Golden Bears are at the home of the #7 Trojans of USC

22/20/20 Georgia Tech (NR/NR/NR) The yellow Jackets head to the home of the #19 Tar Heels of North Carolina.

23/21/21 Maryland (25/25/24) The Terps head up into the hills of Virginia to face the Hokies of Virginia Tech on Thursday night (11/6).

24/24/23 Florida State (16/16/19) The Seminoles travel north to face the Tigers of Clemson.

25/NR/NR Pittsburgh (NR/NR/NR) The Panthers host the Cardinals of Louisville.

NR/25/NR Northwestern (NR/NR/NR) The Wildcats will be home to the #12 Ohio State Buckeyes.

NR/NR/25 Tulsa (19/18/18) IDLE

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