Poll Watch: Week 9 2017
USF has posted their first loss of the season, breaking the nation leading streak of 12 straight wins and dropping them out of the AP Poll for the first time in 11 months.
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1 Alabama 2 Georgia 3 Ohio St 4 Wisconsin 5 Notre Dame 6 Clemson 7 Penn St 8 Oklahoma 9 Mia FL 10 TCU 11 OkSt 12 Wash 13 VT |
14 Iowa St 15 UCF 16 Auburn 17 USC 18 Stan 19 LSU 20 NC St 21 Miss St 22 Memp 23 Ariz 24 Mich St 25 Wash St
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The 28-24 loss at the hands of the Houston Cougars was what the media seemed to be waiting for, ever hesitant to accept USF as one of the top teams in the country. The loss proved they weren’t a great team, something voters suspected. But, the loss did something else, it proved that USF wasn’t a bad team, either, as they led the entire game against Houston, losing in the final minute of play. It gave voters the test they wanted to see. USF lost, so they were dropped in rank. However, they will be back with a win over UConn as they currently sit just 24 vote points out of the top 25 in an unofficial 26th ranking. Memphis and UCF are at 22 and 15, respectively.
As has been the case most of the season, the USA Today Amway Coaches’ poll still respects the Bulls.
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1 Alabama 2 Georgia 3 Ohio St 4 Wisconsin 5 Clemson 6 Mia FL 7 Penn St 8 Notre Dame 9 Oklahoma 10 OkSt 11 Wash 12 TCU 13 VT
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14 UCF 15 Auburn 16 Iowa St 17 USC 18 Stan 19 NC St 20 LSU 21 Memp 22 Miss St 23 USF 24 Mich 25 Ariz |
The last minute loss to Houston didn’t alarm voters in the coaches’ poll as much as it did the AP Poll. The Bulls did drop, from 14th to 23rd, but remain in the top 25. They now trail #14 UCF and #21 Memphis.
As expected, USF dropped in all of the monitored ranking systems. Their high rank outlier, Congrove, went from 9 to 15, a net six spot drop. The low rank outlier, Sagarin, only dropped two ranks from 41 to 43.
