First USA Today Coaches Poll Released, Boston College Is Nowhere To Be Found
by A.J Black on Aug 4, 2011 12:01 PM EDT
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PrintThe first USA Today Coaches Poll of 2011 is out and of course the Boston College Eagles didn't garner any votes (not much of a surprise here). Expectations by most people are historically low this season. As a BC fan, we all know this lack of respect isn't new. Take a look back at previous years where BC hasn't been able to crack the Preseason Top 25:
2007: 150 points
2008: 47 points
2009: 3 points
2010: 10 points
2011: 0 points
Commence the gnashing of teeth ... we don't get respected by the media or coaches! Even with the Preseason ACC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year in Montel Harris and Luke Kuechly, BC will never get respect until they prove on the field. Also note that Coach Spaziani is one of four ACC coaches that didn't vote in the Coaches Poll and is joined by Jimbo Fisher, Paul Johnson and Dabo Swinney as the only non-voting coaches in the conference.
Another interesting factoid to take from this poll is how difficult BC's opponents are perceived to be. Our entire schedule is on the list except for UMass, Duke and Wake Forest (but they don't really count). Florida State tops the list ranked #5 which should give their fan base a smug sense of satisfaction. But honestly congratulations to Florida State. It's great to see an ACC school crack the top 5.
5. Florida State (1,116 points)
13. Virginia Tech (767 points)
18. Notre Dame (440 points)
29. Miami (49 points)
31. Northwestern (30 points)
33. Central Florida (22 points)
40. Clemson (7 points)
44. N.C. State (4 points)
Preseason polls are usually pretty worthless -- Auburn was ranked #22 last year -- but it is interesting to visualize how difficult BC's schedule is this year.
Our entire out of conference FBS opponents are floating around the Top 25. Much different than the years with schedules padded with cupcakes like Kent State and Weber State. One of the positives about having a difficult schedules is if the Eagles can knock off Northwestern and UCF, they will shoot up those rankings, and quick.
As we all know 2011 will be another underdog season for BC, but as a fan that is just where I want them to be.
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Whos number one and also i think FSU is a little high
by TheSpecialOne on Aug 4, 2011 12:09 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Not a bad thing either
FSU being ranked a little high is not a bad thing. Should make our night game all the more exciting.
by Wisconsineagle on Aug 4, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Where are all the votes for Maryland?
The Terps won 9 games last year and Danny O’Brien had better stats than Andrew Luck’s freshman year!
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Big East
ZERO teams ranked in the Top 25.
Oh wait, nevermind. There they are …
15. TCU
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Texas and Auburn are ranked? That doesn’t seem possible.
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That IS ridiculous
There’s no way 8 teams from one conference end up all ranked by the end of the year, unless the SEC goes undefeated or pretty close to it out of conference. Just thinking off the top of my head the SEC has some pretty tough games out of conference – Oregon, Boise, FSU, and A&M are all playing SEC schools this year, and all 4 of them are in the top 10. LSU also has to play in couch burner country, Bama is playing in Happy Valley, and Auburn is playing in Death Valley. And that’s not even bringing up the Georgia Tech and Clemson rivalry games which are always hotly contested and have been a toss-up in recent years.
At this point, would you vote for BC as a top 25 team?
probably not. maybe a top 40 team that we hope will surprise a few teams and MAYBE wind up in the top 20…\
So no votes is not that surprising.
I'm disappointed with you water
I thought you would have us in the top 10. Maybe top 5. Haha. I’m just messing with you.
Honestly though, I’m not suprised. What coach would look at our offense last year and think that we were a top 25 team? Yea our defense was legit, but our offense probably would have scared off anyone even considering us.
- I don’t think one coach actually voted. Most of their admin’s do it. But where is Spurrier’s single vote for Duke?!?!!?
Not sure I buy FSU as a top 5 team...
Top 10 team? Maybe.
Top 15 team? Definitely.
I know Jimbo is the savior and all…but that’s a HUGE leap for a team that’s not even returning its starting QB and one that didn’t even win its conference last year. Manuel has been great as a reliever when Ponder’s gotten hurt – but how will he handle a full season as a starter when teams have full weeks to prepare for him and have more game film on him? Too many questions on FSU to just hand them a #5 ranking at the start of the season.
Va Tech seems a bit high with how much they lost too. But they could make a run for a high end-of-season ranking with their joke of a schedule this year.
This also might be one of the first years where I don’t think Notre Dame is overrated. Of course, I hope I’m wrong.
I think the problem lies in what teams you put ahead of them.
There are all kind of question marks from 3-15.
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