Fanblogs.com: Oklahoma crowned King of the AP Poll
Ben Prather
· 1 year ago
It is good to periodically respect and pay tribute to the rich history of the past, but some teams (like mine)see themselves more as the teams of the future. Who knows? Only time will tell.
Oklahoma looks to have a strong foothold on both sides.
AdamAL
· 1 year ago
The only one that matters is the last one, No. 1 in the final poll after all the games have been played.
NMLSooner
· 1 year ago
Yea, my team.
DizzOU08
· 1 year ago
I just hope we can stay there and perform like a number one team the rest of the year, but the season is still young. I cant believe that someone from USC or GA isnt on here right now crying that this stat should be theirs.....Boomer Sooners!!!!!!!!!
foiled
· 1 year ago
I didn't think this weekend in college football could get much better but it just did. Very nice.
OUFAN84
· 1 year ago
3 Big 12 teams in the top 5 . . . that's good stuff! Looks like OU schedule is tougher then some preseason speculation said.
TigerEducated
· 1 year ago
I don't think I could've said it any better than did Mr. Prather, but OU fans, take some pride in that info...
It's a fitting tribute to a storied past and a bright future...and a wonderful testament to your program...
Congrats...
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
Still bringing the National Title home is more important. That still belongs to Notre Dame! The King of the National Titles!
J. Stevens
· 1 year ago
Alabama has 12....good try though
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
I believe Notre Dame has more than Alabama. Where do these people come from?
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 1 year ago
Alabama thinks they have 12. Notre Dame thinks they have 12. As it turns out, both are wrong, but ND has one more actual title...
According to the National Championship Foundation, since 1901 Alabama has won 11 national championships. The years were 1925, 1926, 1930, 1945, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, and 1992.
Actually, Alabama has won only 7 outright National Championships. These are the ones which they actually won the National Championship game. Not how many votes they got. The years were 1925, 1930, 1945, 1961, 1965, 1979, and 1992. In 1926, they tied with Stanford in the Rose Bowl. In 1978, there was a 3-way tie between Alabama, USC, and Oklahoma. All three teams won a bowl game but there is no indication which one was the national championship game some people wouldnt like to recognize any of them lol.
NMLSooner
· 1 year ago
Forgive my ignorance, what is the National Championship Foundation? That's a very important sounding name, but I don't know that I've ever heard of it.
ROLLTIDE_73
· 1 year ago
Your Guess is as good as mine.its from wiki
TampaGator
· 1 year ago
Michigan, only 34 times? The winningest program in CFB, only 34x??? Interesting.
In contrast, OSU a much more respectable 93x.
'Bama only 31x; that's interesting, given the number of NC's the claim. I'd nominate 'bammer for highest ratio of NC's to weeks ranked #1 in the polls--which, IMO, gives testament to a team's ability to seal the deal--not just look "for real".
GO GATORS!!
Justin
· 1 year ago
Bama makes claims to way more titles than "Consensus" titles awarded by AP, Coaches Pole, etc. If you want to go that route, Yale has nearly twice the number of Nat'l football titles as Bama.
In the modern era (After WWII 1936-Present) which is what OU recognizes, they have 7 titles. The same as Alabama.
BOOMER SOONER... It's Time!
War_Eagle_Atlanta
· 1 year ago
Well, make up your mind. Is it after WWII, or since 1936? Both don't correspond exactly...
ROLLTIDE_73
· 1 year ago
The year generally given is 1939 However, one can make out a case for other dates for the start of WW2.
One can say that the war started at different times, for different countries.
Most historians agree the "world war" started in 1937 or in 1939. The most commonly accepted date is either September 1st or 3rd, 1939.
The date is debated, as the following events are cited as possible starting points:
1 September 1939: The German invasion of Poland.
3 September 1939: France and Britain declared war on Germany. (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa followed by 10 September). The Soviet Union: 22 June 1941 (German attack on the USSR).
7 July 1937: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
1931: The Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Still others argue that the two world wars are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire
NMLSooner
· 1 year ago
I thin they are looking for the END of WWII not the beginning. It ended in September of 1945, but "the boys" were just comiing home as the season was about to start. The "Modern Era of College Football" began with the start of the 1946 season.
KT
· 1 year ago
Hows does their cream puff schedule rate them a no. 1 ranking? they'll get smoked by whoever they play in the NC, again!
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
Maybe, but it's probably safe in saying that they have been there more than your team, whoever that may be.....
Cobia
· 1 year ago
I am glad to see UM-Miami- made the list.
cdogg
· 1 year ago
The U will get no#69, #70, #71 in about 2010.
Cobia
· 1 year ago
I agree, Miami going to get good fast. I could see them competing for the NC next year at the earliest.
Zac
· 1 year ago
Considering the age of college football, considering when Miami became a "U", before becoming "THE U", and considering most of this occured in only a 25 year span, I would have to say, Miami's got lots to crow about! The same goes for FL St. Most of their #1 rankings came in the Bowden years.
cdogg
· 1 year ago
Good point Zac...most of the programs on the list have been around much longer than Miami.
Tommy_Trojan
· 1 year ago
As I've been saying: "This is the media darling poll". Notice that the only SEC team is Alabama - and that they are 10th? Are you kidding me? But, look at the teams at the top of the list. They are all of the teams that "the Pundits" love to push. It will never end. In all of Alabama's storied past - they have only been ranked #1 in 31 different weeks? Really? It just shows that this thing has been going on for a very long time.
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
I wonder how long it will take for 1Tomcat to mess this thread up? Boy, he must be overflowing with rage and jealously. There are gonna be some snatched sacks tonight. Oklahoma Sooners fans beware! 1Tomcat is out on da' prowl! Meow, meow!
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
Oklahoma has been ranked #1 more than TWICE as many time as Texas BUT plays second fiddle to 'em? Like Soul II Soul would say to you 1Tomcat...Back to life, Back to reality!
husker Dennis
· 1 year ago
back in the day(60s to y2k) Olk. Albama NEB, EVERY ONE THEY PLAYED WAS A CUPCAKE. what can I say they were that good. yES THE MODERN DAY sec hadn't started to devolpe. look at them now though one exception might be LSU creeped in there a few times remenber Billy Canon?
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
I'll enjoy # 1 while I can, the top spot don't seem to last to long, I hope we're the exception.....
Zac
· 1 year ago
I admit to being as surprised as the next guy for the disparity in the # of weeks at #1 given specific teams. Like the rest of you, I would have thought AL, MI, TX, & USC would be right up there, that OK would be among them somewhere, and ND, as expected, would be on top. That OK was even within reach of ND, let alone capable of over-taking them, is impressive in-of-itself. That having been said, it doesn't give the Sooners any more NC's than they already have. This only further supports the obvious: It's the final poll that counts; that is, when ALL of the games have been played.
As for this year, way too much football to play before we can even begin to presume who'll make the game, let alone crown a champion. When USC defeated OSU the way they did, was there any doubt? One "this year's version of Stanford later"... So, can the Sooners be had? Absolutely! The questions is, will they? (Don't look now, but I see 10's of thousands of Cowboy hats nodding up & down, and about half of em are from a place other than Austin, TX.)
boomer
· 1 year ago
the Oklahoma State game is the one that worries me the most.
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
From 1991 to 2006. the # 1 ranked team has lost to an unranked team just 3 times, now in the last 13 months, the # 1 ranked team has lost to an unranked team.........from where I'm sitting right now, that's scary...
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
sorry, in the last 13 months, the # 1 ranked team has lost 3 times to an unranked team....
Tommy_Trojan
· 1 year ago
OU_Ron:
Certainly, back in the day, all of the great teams had all the great players. There is much more parity in this day and age. And, I think that there is just more really good players to begin with. I think that it starts at the High School level. I think that high school football is what has really evolved. They are putting many more great Division I prospects out than ever before. Heck, I remember when during each recruiting session - there was always one great running back that they would all rave about. Nowadays, there are probably at least ten of them, and maybe more, that will just be outstanding at the next level. This goes for every position on the field. There are several great players on any Division I team these days. Guy has a great game, and his team wins, no matter who the opponent is. Yes, it's very difficult to stay on top. Winning this thing has a lot of luck involved. It's when you lose rather than if your gonna lose. If the Sooners lose earlier, rather than later, they stand a better chance of getting into the game. I wouldn't be too concerned right now. You might almost want to welcome that early loss.
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
I know what you're saying Tommy, it will be easier to work your way back up if you lose early rather than later.........that's why I said earlier, I would rather be ranked 2-3- or 4th at this point....
Husker Football
· 1 year ago
It'd be nice to see the Huskers actually performing strongly again. I get a sinking feeling that Mo is going to wipe the floor with them.
OU_Fan
· 1 year ago
Its always great as a fan to read threads like this. It gives me as a fan a good feeling inside plus it is well deserved like several of you have mentioned. Here is to OU bringing their A game for the rest of the games from here on out (not that they haven't been.) By reading several news articles and etc, it seems that Stoops has the team pretty focused and determined not to get caught up in the rankings. I hope it stays that way. Hopefully, OU does not look overlook Baylor. Baylor needs to be their number one concern. OU is now locked on as every teams target. BOOMER!!
OU_Fan
· 1 year ago
OU-Ron, Lennie Collins, other fellow Sooners fans, does Texas worry any of you? They have been put putting up phenomenal numbers and scores. I keep telling myself that haven't been tested and I'm sure any Texas fan would say OU hasn't played anybody, but I would then counter argue and say that Arkansas is in rebuild mode and Rice, UTEP, and FAU were no competition. Although Washington is I belive 0-4, OU did have to beat them in Seattle. Cincinatti is currently 3-1 and TCU is 4-1. Cincinatti and TCU both had a good defense plus, Cincinatti had a great offense which tested our defense. I don't know. I do know however that I will be rooting for TCU to beat BYU on October 16. I root for any team that can help my team's SOS. BOOMER!
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
Fan, I worry about them all, sure Texas is good, but it's not any different than any other year, both teams are ranked in the top ten, they could be ranked 40 teams apart and when they meet and it would still be played like # 1 and # 2, that's just the way it is with Okla and Tex........actually the team that concerns me more than Texas is Oklahoma State, I think they can be the upset team this year, not only for OU, but for several others..... SOONER!
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
OU Ron...I said it before the season started that Oklahoma will have NARROW victories at College Station and Stillwater. Oklahoma State ALWAY have and ALWAYS will play Oklahoma when the Sooners are ranked in the Top 5. For whatever reasons the Sooners will be up for Texas and down for other teams. I predict a Red River Route by the Sooners and I am sticking to it, DOGGONE IT!
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
I think we will win Lennie, but not a route, a TD over would suit me right down to the ground.....
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
I believed that Oklahoma will beat Texas by 40+ points this year. Oklahoma non-conference schedule was not all that BUT Texas non-conference schedule was a joke. The Longhorns will be who I thought they are on Saturday Night when the Bisons beat them. Let the .500 season began!
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
Hey OU Fan...I will tell you as well as any other Oklahoma Sooners fan that Oklahoma is not unbeatable. Do I think Oklahoma will beat Texas this year, YES! Do I hope Oklahoma beats Texas real bad, Yes 56 - 10 hopefully! Texas needs to worry about a Rocky Mountain Low when the Bisons stampede that behind. GO COLORADO!
OU_Ron
· 1 year ago
Fan, one other observation on Texas, they have had 3 home games so far this year, the score on all 3 have been 52-10, any team that has to play in Austin better beware........Glad our game is at the Cotton Bowl..
Lennie Collins
· 1 year ago
OU Ron...did you get the names of those opponents? If those same opponents played in Norman...the Sooners would have hung 3/4 of a hun'red on them! For those who don't know their fractions that is 75 points!
1Tomcat
· 1 year ago
Hey OU Fan congrats on yalls victory over the TCU Frogs. I too will be pulling for TCU this season, they have some tough games ahead. We all know that these early non-conference games are scheduled years in advance and when trying to compare competition its kind of difficult to assess.Only at the end of the season can strength of schedule really be determined. For Example when the OU vs Wash was scheduled, the Huskies were probably alot better team than they are now, the same could be said of Arkansas who only last year beat the #1 LSU Tigers. The Texas vs Rice series is one of the oldest in CFB and Rice has really improved alot and are going to do well in their conference this year. This weeks Rice vs Tulsa should be an offensive explosion and Tulsa is probably favored in this game. Rice this season is 3-2 with their only losses coming against ranked opponents Vanderbilt & Texas. I be pulling for the Rice Owls this season and it was purty cool that the espn guys put helmet stickers on a Rice helmet after their 77-20 victory over UNT. The Arkansas game was really kinda disappointing from this fans perspective, because the Horns totally dominated Arkansas for the entire game even with the 2nd & 3rd string freshman on the field. Looks like its going to be along season for the Hogs 2-2 and they probably shouldn't have run off Houston Nutt .Sure they lost some great players, but so did Texas, heck RB,TE,WR etc etc are in that other league. The coaching change as got to be the biggest factor and the same can be said for Texas A&M who has really performed poorly so far this season. At least Arkansas's losses were both against top ten teams, cant say that about A&M. This week we start conference play and yall face the Baylor Bears 2-2 in Waco Texas. The Bears also have a new coach and both of their losses were against teams from BCS conferences that were ranked at the time. They beat Wash st 45-17 and played a great game at UConn 28-31. OU is heavily favored in this weeks game and these are the type of games that you cant really overlook kinda like Miss vs Fla or Oreg St vs USC anything can happen. I was going to go to the game, but I have to work. Adios Tomcat Hookem-Horns Sicem-Bears
I thought our defense played better than the Alabama game, they had to play too much. We were playing with our backup LT and LG, Dick's blind side. Too much pressure too quick which led to too many short possessions.
1Tomcat
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the link-Porky interesting stuff- Looking art the situation from a Hog's point of view, yalls fanbase is really alot like Texas A&M, I still find it remarkable that in some places going 8-5 means fire the coach. Given the competition in the B-12 and the SEC just making it to a bowl ought to be good enough-na we want to be champions every year. With some coaching changes it takes several years for a program to redevelop itself. Good luck with the rest of yalls season and I would like to see more UT vs Ark games in the future, The Texas Fans were in a frenzy of anticipation leading up to last weeks game given all the history of the rivalry and all. Hookem-Horns Adios Tomcat
Porcine
· 1 year ago
Nutt won enough games. Half of his wins were against teams we should beat anyway. He was forced out because of the way things were handled, or should I say mishandled. They couldn't believe anyone would dare question them. The thing people can't stand about him is he and a few others have the gall to act like the fans caused all the problems. What do they do? They effectively embezzle about $4 million and go to another job and make nearly another $2 million. The UA had an image to protect, so very little information got out. In the end he looks like the victim and the UA van base are the bad guys.
For some reson pollsters like Oklahoma and they do not like Auburn. appollarchive.com keeps a database of teams ranked #1 and I sat down to compare Auburn and Oklahoma over the last 25 years.
During that span Oklahoma has had 5 seasons of 1-loss or better ( 1-loss in 85-87, 04 and 0-loss in 2000). For that effort OU has been ranked #1 for 46 weeks since 1980.
Compare that to Auburn who has also had 5 seasons of 1-loss or better (1-loss seasons in 94,87,83 and 2 0-loss seasons 1993 and 2004). For that effort Auburn has been ranked #1 just 4 weeks since 1980, and they have never been ranked #1 since 1985. Sheeh.
ROLLTIDE_73
· 1 year ago
They were on probation in 93 and couldnt play any post season games. that is why they were not given a # 1 ranking in 93. They were 11-0 but still would have won 2 more games to finish out undefeated.
ROLLTIDE_73
· 1 year ago
As for 2004 yeah yall got the shaft and that is from a Bama Fan
All Comments
Oklahoma looks to have a strong foothold on both sides.
It's a fitting tribute to a storied past and a bright future...and a wonderful testament to your program...
Congrats...
Good try though...
http://spittingfire.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/al...
http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big...
Actually, Alabama has won only 7 outright National Championships. These are the ones which they actually won the National Championship game. Not how many votes they got. The years were 1925, 1930, 1945, 1961, 1965, 1979, and 1992. In 1926, they tied with Stanford in the Rose Bowl. In 1978, there was a 3-way tie between Alabama, USC, and Oklahoma. All three teams won a bowl game but there is no indication which one was the national championship game
some people wouldnt like to recognize any of them lol.
In contrast, OSU a much more respectable 93x.
'Bama only 31x; that's interesting, given the number of NC's the claim. I'd nominate 'bammer for highest ratio of NC's to weeks ranked #1 in the polls--which, IMO, gives testament to a team's ability to seal the deal--not just look "for real".
GO GATORS!!
In the modern era (After WWII 1936-Present) which is what OU recognizes, they have 7 titles. The same as Alabama.
BOOMER SOONER... It's Time!
However, one can make out a case for other dates for the start of WW2.
One can say that the war started at different times, for different countries.
Most historians agree the "world war" started in 1937 or in 1939. The most commonly accepted date is either September 1st or 3rd, 1939.
The date is debated, as the following events are cited as possible starting points:
1 September 1939: The German invasion of Poland.
3 September 1939: France and Britain declared war on Germany. (Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa followed by 10 September).
The Soviet Union: 22 June 1941 (German attack on the USSR).
7 July 1937: The Japanese invasion of China (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War).
1931: The Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Still others argue that the two world wars are one conflict separated only by a "ceasefire
As for this year, way too much football to play before we can even begin to presume who'll make the game, let alone crown a champion. When USC defeated OSU the way they did, was there any doubt? One "this year's version of Stanford later"... So, can the Sooners be had? Absolutely! The questions is, will they? (Don't look now, but I see 10's of thousands of Cowboy hats nodding up & down, and about half of em are from a place other than Austin, TX.)
Certainly, back in the day, all of the great teams had all the great players. There is much more parity in this day and age. And, I think that there is just more really good players to begin with. I think that it starts at the High School level. I think that high school football is what has really evolved. They are putting many more great Division I prospects out than ever before. Heck, I remember when during each recruiting session - there was always one great running back that they would all rave about. Nowadays, there are probably at least ten of them, and maybe more, that will just be outstanding at the next level. This goes for every position on the field. There are several great players on any Division I team these days. Guy has a great game, and his team wins, no matter who the opponent is. Yes, it's very difficult to stay on top. Winning this thing has a lot of luck involved. It's when you lose rather than if your gonna lose. If the Sooners lose earlier, rather than later, they stand a better chance of getting into the game. I wouldn't be too concerned right now. You might almost want to welcome that early loss.
SOONER!
For Example when the OU vs Wash was scheduled, the Huskies were probably alot better team than they are now, the same could be said of Arkansas who only last year beat the #1 LSU Tigers. The Texas vs Rice series is one of the oldest in CFB and Rice has really improved alot and are going to do well in their conference this year. This weeks Rice vs Tulsa should be an offensive explosion and Tulsa is probably favored in this game. Rice this season is 3-2 with their only losses coming against ranked opponents Vanderbilt & Texas. I be pulling for the Rice Owls this season and it was purty cool that the espn guys put helmet stickers on a Rice helmet after their 77-20 victory over UNT.
The Arkansas game was really kinda disappointing from this fans perspective, because the Horns totally dominated Arkansas for the entire game even with the 2nd & 3rd string freshman on the field. Looks like its going to be along season for the Hogs 2-2 and they probably shouldn't have run off Houston Nutt .Sure they lost some great players, but so did Texas, heck RB,TE,WR etc etc are in that other league. The coaching change as got to be the biggest factor and the same can be said for Texas A&M who has really performed poorly so far this season. At least Arkansas's losses were both against top ten teams, cant say that about A&M.
This week we start conference play and yall face the Baylor Bears 2-2 in Waco Texas. The Bears also have a new coach and both of their losses were against teams from BCS conferences that were ranked at the time. They beat Wash st 45-17 and played a great game at UConn 28-31. OU is heavily favored in this weeks game and these are the type of games that you cant really overlook kinda like Miss vs Fla or Oreg St vs USC anything can happen. I was going to go to the game, but I have to work.
Adios Tomcat
Hookem-Horns
Sicem-Bears
I thought our defense played better than the Alabama game, they had to play too much. We were playing with our backup LT and LG, Dick's blind side. Too much pressure too quick which led to too many short possessions.
Good luck with the rest of yalls season and I would like to see more UT vs Ark games in the future, The Texas Fans were in a frenzy of anticipation leading up to last weeks game given all the history of the rivalry and all.
Hookem-Horns
Adios Tomcat
http://cache.deadspin.com/assets/resources/2007...
For some reson pollsters like Oklahoma and they do not like Auburn. appollarchive.com keeps a database of teams ranked #1 and I sat down to compare Auburn and Oklahoma over the last 25 years.
During that span Oklahoma has had 5 seasons of 1-loss or better ( 1-loss in 85-87, 04 and 0-loss in 2000). For that effort OU has been ranked #1 for 46 weeks since 1980.
Compare that to Auburn who has also had 5 seasons of 1-loss or better (1-loss seasons in 94,87,83 and 2 0-loss seasons 1993 and 2004). For that effort Auburn has been ranked #1 just 4 weeks since 1980, and they have never been ranked #1 since 1985. Sheeh.