Final AP Poll Released - Florida edges Utah

VitoCo1972 · January 8, 2009 5:16PM

Florida (13-1) with 48 first place votes wins the AP poll and thus the AP National Championship. Utah (13-0) finished 2nd with 16 first place votes. For those counting, in the final AP poll, Utah beat:

#6 Alabama
#7 TCU
#13 Oregon State
#25 BYU

Florida beat:

#5 Oklahoma
#6 Alabama
#12 Georgia
#21 Florida State

and lost to

#13 Ole Miss

Yes, college football makes sense.

alpemomo · January 8, 2009 9:16PM

OK -

let's see. Miss beat TT #12 and the gators loss on a missed PA kick

The Gators also beat LSU who slaughtered #22 GT, beat Vandy who beat #25 BC.

Here's Utah's schedule:

DATE OPPONENT W-L (CONF) RESULT
8/30 @ Michigan 1-0 (0-0) W 25-23
9/06 UNLV 2-0 (1-0) W 42-21
9/13 @ Utah State 3-0 (1-0) W 58-10
9/20 @ Air Force 4-0 (2-0) W 30-23
9/27 Weber State 5-0 (2-0) W 37-21
10/02 Oregon State 6-0 (2-0) W 31-28
10/11 @ Wyoming 7-0 (3-0) W 40-7
10/18 Colorado State 8-0 (4-0) W 49-16
11/01 @ New Mexico 9-0 (5-0) W 13-10
11/06 No. 12 TCU 10-0 (6-0) W 13-10
11/15 @ San Diego State 11-0 (7-0) W 63-14
11/22 No. 14 Brigham Young 12-0 (8-0) W 48-24
1/02 vs. No. 4 Alabama 13-0 (8-0) W 31-17

Here's the Gators:
DATE OPPONENT W-L (CONF) RESULT
8/30 Hawaii 1-0 (0-0) W 56-10
9/06 Miami (FL) 2-0 (0-0) W 26-3
9/20 @ Tennessee 3-0 (1-0) W 30-6
9/27 Mississippi 3-1 (1-1) L 31-30
10/04 @ Arkansas 4-1 (2-1) W 38-7
10/11 No. 4 LSU 5-1 (3-1) W 51-21
10/25 Kentucky 6-1 (4-1) W 63-5
11/01 vs. No. 6 Georgia 7-1 (5-1) W 49-10
11/08 @ Vanderbilt 8-1 (6-1) W 42-14
11/15 No. 25 South Carolina 9-1 (7-1) W 56-6
11/22 Citadel 10-1 (7-1) W 70-19
11/29 @ No. 20 Florida State 11-1 (7-1) W 45-15
12/06 vs. No. 1 Alabama 12-1 (7-1) W 31-20
1/08 vs. No. 1 Oklahoma 13-1 (7-1) W 24-14

please enough about Utah

jradke4 · January 9, 2009 12:09AM

why so defensive about the gators. the bcs is cooked so that utah would never get a shot at a title. the bcs has already determined that some schools can never qualify for the title.

larryallen73 · January 9, 2009 12:21AM

While I doubt Utah would beat Florida... I also didn't think Utah would 'bama. Nice to see my "weak" Pac 10 with 2 in the top 10... same as the "mighty" SEC!?

Final AP pollSchool Record Points
1. Florida 13-1 1,606
2. Utah 13-0 1,519
3. USC 12-1 1,481
4. Texas 12-1 1,478
5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,391
6. Alabama 12-2 1,264
7. TCU 11-2 1,193
8. Penn State 11-2 1,153
9. Ohio State 10-3 1,013
10. Oregon 10-3 997
11. Boise State 12-1 938
12. Texas Tech 11-2 916
13. Georgia 10-3 903
14. Mississippi 9-4 857
15. Virginia Tech 10-4 712
16. Oklahoma State 9-4 534
17. Cincinnati 11-3 506
18. Oregon State 9-4 467
19. Missouri 10-4 435
20. Iowa 9-4 317
21. Florida State 9-4 246
22. Georgia Tech 9-4 223
23. West Virginia 9-4 144
24. Michigan State 9-4 138
25. BYU 10-3 137

MPeter · January 9, 2009 12:22AM

There is only one National Champion and it's Utah!

alpahomo........don't run down the entire schedules. Everyone knows what happened. Utah did everything it needed to do this season......won all their conference games, won all their non-conference games and won their bowl game. They even went so far as to destroy one of best teams in the SEC. They finished undefeated and should be the only National Champion!

Florida on the other hand couldn't finish off everyone on their schedule. THEY LOST!

VitoCo1972 · January 9, 2009 12:27AM

<< 
please enough about Utah >>

Missed XP or not against Ole Miss, they kick XP's for a reason. That's why they call it football. You can't just conveniently ignore that they lost. And opponents records are bull. You can't get into that. It'd be like me making the argument that Utah beat Alabama worse than Florida did.

bman90278 · January 9, 2009 12:32AM

<< While I doubt Utah would beat Florida... I also didn't think Utah would 'bama. Nice to see my "weak" Pac 10 with 2 in the top 10... same as the "mighty" SEC!? >>

Couldn't have said it any better. Two Weak Pac 10 teams in the Top 10, nice!!

Brian

lsutigers1973 · January 9, 2009 12:48AM

<< Utah did everything it needed to do this season...... >>

Everything except schedule a decent non-conference opponent.

VitoCo1972 · January 9, 2009 12:52AM

<< 

<< Utah did everything it needed to do this season...... >>

Everything except schedule a decent non-conference opponent. >>

#13 Oregon State and Michigan on the road is pretty ok.

larryallen73 · January 9, 2009 1:02AM

<< Utah did everything it needed to do this season...... >>

Everything except schedule a decent non-conference opponent. >>

#13 Oregon State and Michigan on the road is pretty ok.

NO kidding! The fact that Michigan had a bad year was no fault of Utah. They scheduled a game, years ago of course, at one of the known tough places to play.

While I am not saying Utah should be #1 I don't think they should be dismissed without some serious thought. Remember they beat a VERY good TCU team who I believe only lost to Utah and OK (two top 5 teams) in addition to the other 3 top 25 wins they had. No doubt they played a bunch of cupcakes too but that they beat the cupcakes like they were supposed to.

MPeter · January 9, 2009 1:02AM

lsutigers1973........

You would be doing yourself a huge favor if you put an end to the non-conference talk right now. The SEC is by far one the worst conferences when it comes to scheduling non-conference games and you know it. Don't get into this argument, because you will never win.

larryallen73 · January 9, 2009 1:06AM

The SEC is by far one the worst conferences when it comes to scheduling non-conference games and you know it.

Come on man, the SEC teams always schedules the best... of division Iaa... for non conf games! Georgia Southern, App State, etc....

My Pac 10 sucked this year but at least they don't fill their non-conf schedule like the SEC does. No debate there.

MPeter · January 9, 2009 1:12AM

You got it right larryallen! They play in state schools too for non-conference.

VitoCo1972 · January 9, 2009 1:13AM

<< 

While I am not saying Utah should be #1 I don't think they should be dismissed without some serious thought. >>

That's basically all I'm saying. No one can proclaim the Mountain West Conference is the SEC or the Big 12, but it did finish with 2 top 10 teams and a 3rd in the top 25. Utah scheduled a Big 10 road game and PAC 10 and WAC games and beat the SEC runner up in a bowl game.

I'm not saying they're better than one-loss Florida, but because they won't play each other, I don't think a split national title is that out of line to talk about either.

MantleMarisFordBerra · January 9, 2009 1:33AM

I (like most of you) really wish there was a playoff system in place so these conversations wouldn't take place. I know most people don't think Utah would have a prayer against Florida but it'd be nice to see them at least get an opportunity. Same with USC or Texas.

stown · January 9, 2009 2:25AM

<< 4. Texas 12-1 1,478 >>

RIGGED!

Goot · January 9, 2009 5:59AM

If I remember correctly, the last time UF played an out of conference game, out of state, was '91 against Syracuse. They lost.

Pretty much the only non conference game that they'll play on the "road" is at FSU, about 2 1/2 hours away.

Final AP Poll Released - Florida edges Utah

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