Huskers end season unranked in AP, coaches polls

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29th in AP.

30th in Coaches.

Behind LSU in both polls. Really? I know they beat Georgia Tech soundly, but they did nothing else all year. Was that simply a SEC > Big 12 vote?

 
huskerswrkhavoc said:
29th in AP.

30th in Coaches.

Behind LSU in both polls. Really? I know they beat Georgia Tech soundly, but they did nothing else all year. Was that simply a SEC > Big 12 vote?
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Final AP poll

School 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

Ridiculous! How can four teams from the big 10 be ranked ahead of us? Michigan st! WTH

 
HuskerT said:
huskerswrkhavoc said:
29th in AP.

30th in Coaches.

Behind LSU in both polls. Really? I know they beat Georgia Tech soundly, but they did nothing else all year. Was that simply a SEC > Big 12 vote?
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Final AP poll

School 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

Ridiculous! How can four teams from the big 10 be ranked ahead of us? Michigan st! WTH
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I don't agree either.... BUT playing devil's advocate... we didn't beat a ranked team all year.

 
huskerswrkhavoc said:
Final AP poll

School 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
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Losses only to ranked teams.. that's OK in my book.

 
Huskers end season unranked in AP, coaches polls
By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star

Friday, Jan 09, 2009 - 02:09:24 am CST

Nebraska fell short of the national rankings when the final football polls were released around the midnight hour.

The Huskers received 64 points in The Associated Press poll (the equivalent of a ranking of 29th) and 62 points in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll (a ranking of 30th).

After a 26-21 Gator Bowl win over Clemson, it was wondered if the Huskers (9-4) might find their way into the rankings for the first time since the first week of October last year.

Nebraska hasn’t finished a year ranked since after the 2005 season when an Alamo Bowl victory over Michigan vaulted NU to 24th in both polls.

The AP rankings:

1. Florida (48) 13-1 1,606 points

2. Utah (16) 13-0 1,519

3. USC (1) 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 10-4 713

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. Brigham Young 10-3 137

Others receiving votes:

California 128, Pittsburgh 106, LSU 95, Nebraska 64, Tulsa 61, Northwestern 53, Ball State 13, Boston College 11, Rutgers 11, Rice 8, Arizona 4, Kansas 2.

The USA Today coaches' poll:

1. Florida (60) 13-1 1,524

2. Southern California 12-1 1,393

3. Texas 12-1 1,389

4. Utah (1) 13-0 1,375

5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,333

6. Alabama 12-2 1,157

7. TCU 11-2 1,114

8. Penn State 11-2 1,091

9. Oregon 10-3 1,011

10. Georgia 10-3 904

11. Ohio State 10-3 874

12. Texas Tech 11-2 867

13. Boise State 12-1 809

14. Virginia Tech 10-4 740

15. Mississippi 9-4 620

16. Missouri 10-4 549

17. Cincinnati 11-3 493

18. Oklahoma State 9-4 480

19. Oregon State 9-4 407

20. Iowa 9-4 250

21. Brigham Young 10-3 248

22. Georgia Tech 9-4 219

23. Florida State 9-4 217

24. Michigan State 9-4 179

25. California 9-4 116

Others receiving votes:

West Virginia 101, Tulsa 68, LSU 65, Northwestern 63, Nebraska 62, Pittsburgh 38, Arizona 21, Ball State 14, Rice 14, Boston College 6, Rutgers 5, Kansas 3, Kentucky 3, Connecticut 2, Houston 1.
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I don't mind this...we can go into next season flying under the radar, and it will motivate some of our players and coaches. :horns2

 
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Not that surprising. To crack the top 25 at the end of the season we needed to beat a marquee opponent. We did not. We beat everyone that we "should" beat, but didn't have a signature win over a ranked opponent.

If and when we beat VTech next fall, all will be well.

 
I'd like to see who some of the other 4-loss teams played.

All of our losses were against teams rated in the final top 20. I doubt some of the other teams there did it that hard.

 
yah, i saw this this morning on yahoo sports. kinda stinks but like the other guy said it'll give our players and coaches a lot more motivation. Is it August yet?

 
We'll be ranked when we deserve to be ranked.

But I look for NU to be ranked in the Top 25 when the worthless pre-season polls are released.

 
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One of the only reasons I can see Iowa at #20 is because they upset Penn State.
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no doubt a big win, but they struggled badly the first of the year. I thought at least to have NU at 24 and Iowa at 25 or vice versa, both teams really turned it on the end of the year, and luck would have it both got invites to new years bowls when we probably should not have.

 
I would'nt be upset if I did'nt think NU would destroy IOWA in a head to head matchup. But as has become painfully obvious, that's not the way college football does buisness.

So hears to another sham of a bowl season. GO PLAYOFFS!!!

 
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