Epic Carnival's NCAA Football Top 20+1: Week 1

by OMDQ, One More Dying Quail

Rough crowd, these carnies: all three ranked teams that lost last weekend - Michigan, Tennessee, and Florida State - slipped out of the 20+1 this week (the Seminoles didn't even garner a single vote). I was surprised that the Volunteers were dropped by so many pollsters - losing on the road to a team ranked several spots ahead of them hardly seemed to be cause for removing them altogether.

The three newcomers include Appalachian State. While the Mountaineers are not eligible for the AP and USA Today polls, Epic Carnival is not so discriminating. We have a guy who did his rankings by pulling them out of a hat, for goodness sake; would it really be fair to deny a Division 1-AA team a well-deserved place in our rankings?


Rank/School (1st Place Votes)/Total Points

1 USC (6) 189 (Last Week: 1)

• Idaho was no challenge. Surprise? - More Credible
• Not impressed with Week 1 at all. Booty will blow the season. I can feel it. - Sports Show On Mute

2 West Virginia 182 (Last Week: 5)

• Pat White is reaaaaaally fast. – More Credible
  

3 LSU (2) 168 (Last Week: T-3)

• Boy... do I feel stupid. Even I know they're better than this [20+1]. Oh well... shoulda frozen the envelope. – With Malice
  

4 Wisconsin 157 (Last Week: 7)

5 Florida 147 (Last Week: 6)

• Tebow goes 13-17, 300 yards. Offense looked efficient, but defense looked sloppy. – More Credible
  

6 (tie) Oklahoma 130 (Last Week: 8)

• Looked very solid in the opener. – Our Book of Scrap
  

6 (tie) Louisville 130 (Last Week: 11)

8 California 128 (Last Week: 12)

• For DeSean Jackson alone. – Doberman on the Diamond
• DeSean Jackson > Ted Ginn Jr. – Sports Show On Mute
• If anyone kicks it to DeSean Jackson again this season, they should be fired. – More Credible
  

9 Texas (1) 126 (Last Week: 2)

• I'm punishing them for the close call. I still see a two loss season for UT. – Wasting Company Time
• You can't win 21-13 over Arkansas State. – Doberman on the Diamond

10 Ohio State 106 (Last Week: 10)

11 Georgia 102 (Last Week: 14)

• Beating Oklahoma State so easily is a good sign. – Doberman on the Diamond
  

12 Virginia Tech 101 (Last Week: 9)

• Didn't like the way they played, but they may have had other things on their mind. – Doberman on the Diamond
  

13 Rutgers 72 (Last Week: 17)

• Might be a top five team before all is said and done. – Our Book of Scrap
  

14 Penn State 66 (Last Week: 18)

• Suddenly their non-conference schedule looks preeeety weak. – Wasting Company Time

15 Auburn 64 (Last Week: 13)
16 UCLA 58 (Last Week: 15)
17 Nebraska 55 (Last Week: Unranked)

18 Appalachian State (1) 48 (Last Week: Unranked)

(Editor's note: The Associated Press said Thursday that lower-division schools - including the Mountaineers - are now eligible for its 71-year-old poll. We did not know that at the time of our selections. We are just geniuses who are ahead of our time.)

• They're eligible in this poll. – Doberman on the Diamond
• This isn't the AP Poll, so ASU gets a much deserved spot. Now if only we could get this squad to play a few more of the big boys to the wire, at the least. – Sports Show On Mute
  

19 Georgia Tech 45 (Last Week: Unranked)

• Georgia Tech - Lost in the "ND lost" sentiment from Saturday was the fact that GT is a pretty damn good team. – Wasting Company Time

20 Hawaii 31 (Last Week: 21)

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21 Arkansas 29 (Last Week: T-19)

• So, Darren McFadden is throwing touchdowns now? – More Credible

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
TCU 25; Boston College 24; Clemson 21; Boise State 18; Wyoming 13; Missouri 13; Oregon 12; Oregon State 10; Tennessee 9; Bowling Green 8; Michigan 8; Brigham Young 7; Miami 4; Colorado 3; Washington 2; Texas A&M 1; Kent State 1.