So TCU is the new Boise State, LSU is the new Alabama, and I hate college football polls just as much as I did last week.
The Broncos are down to No. 4 in all major polls after a 35-point beatdown of the No. 26 team in the country. Your Top Four are Oregon, Auburn, TCU, and Boise State. LSU is No. 5 in the AP, Wisconsin is No. 5 in the Coaches.
How do you feel about this week's poll? Do you have any righteous indignation left? Full polls and some analysis are after the jump. I'll update the post with the BCS rankings later, if I can bring myself to doing that.
Talk me off the edge, Dr. Saturday
Thus the Broncos become perhaps the first team ever to fall after trashing a top-10 offense riding a six-game winning streak in a 42-7 massacre. In two weeks, in fact, Boise has fallen from No. 2 in both polls to No. 4 while burying two conference opponents by a combined score of 91-27 and increasing the nation's widest margin of victory to nearly five touchdowns per game.
That's not helping!
The point of Dr. Saturday's story is that someone's getting screwed one way or another. This week it's Boise State. From September through October, it was TCU. Three weeks from now, it could be somebody else. Regardless, college football is broken and just gets more broken with every passing week.
Any championship system that fails to include both TCU and Boise – the only teams that have spent the entire season in the top 10 after finishing in the top 10 each of the last two years – if they both finish 12-0 is a failure.
That's about right.
AP Poll
Record Pts Pv
1. Oregon (49) 9-0 1,484 1
2. Auburn (2) 10-0 1,396 3
3. TCU (2) 10-0 1,391 4
4. Boise St. (7) 8-0 1,366 2
5. LSU 8-1 1,196 12
6. Wisconsin 8-1 1,182 7
7. Stanford 8-1 1,143 10
8. Ohio St. 8-1 1,087 8
9. Nebraska 8-1 1,055 9
10. Michigan St. 9-1 868 16
11. Alabama 7-2 861 5
12. Oklahoma St. 8-1 821 19
13. Iowa 7-2 807 15
14. Arkansas 7-2 775 17
15. Utah 8-1 657 6
16. Virginia Tech 7-2 540 20
17. Mississippi St. 7-2 501 21
18. Arizona 7-2 481 13
19. Oklahoma 7-2 436 11
20. Missouri 7-2 420 14
21. Nevada 8-1 304 25
22. South Carolina 6-3 170 18
23. Texas A&M 6-3 130 -
24. Florida 6-3 94 -
25. UCF 7-2 74 -
Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 51, San Diego St. 42, Miami 39, Penn St. 29, Baylor 23, North Carolina 20, Kansas St. 18, Pittsburgh 14, N. Illinois 9, Florida St. 6, Temple 4, Navy 3, Syracuse 2, Delaware 1.
Coaches Poll
Record Pts Pvs
1. Oregon (50) 9-0 1,463 1
2. Auburn (4) 10-0 1,389 2
3. TCU (2) 10-0 1,340 4
4. Boise State (3) 8-0 1,330 3
5. Wisconsin 8-1 1,184 7
6. LSU 8-1 1,153 11
7. Ohio State 8-1 1,123 8
8. Nebraska 8-1 1,067 10
9. Stanford 8-1 1,058 12
10. Michigan State 9-1 876 15
11. Oklahoma State 8-1 832 18
12. Alabama 7-2 791 5
13. Iowa 7-2 779 16
14. Arkansas 7-2 696 19
15. Utah 8-1 659 6
16. Oklahoma 7-2 569 9
17. Virginia Tech 7-2 563 20
18. Mississippi State 7-2 477 21
19. Arizona 7-2 403 13
20. Missouri 7-2 395 14
21. Nevada 8-1 328 23
22. South Carolina 6-3 151 17
23. Central Florida 7-2 99 NR
24. Florida 6-3 85 NR
25. Texas A&M 6-3 79 NR
Others receiving votes: Miami (Fla.) 67; San Diego State 44; Kansas State 36; Baylor 30; Penn State 28; Michigan 15; Fresno State 11; Temple 11; Florida State 8; North Carolina 8; Northern Illinois 8; Navy 5; North Carolina State 5; Pittsburgh 5; Hawaii 3; Southern Mississippi 2.