WAR EAGLE EXTRA: Auburn up to No. 8 in AP, coaches' polls

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Auburn up to No. 8 in AP, coaches' polls

Auburn came in at No. 8 in both major polls this week. The Tigers moved up two spots in the latest Associated Press poll to No. 8, its highest ranking since November of 2006. They moved up three spots in the coaches' poll.

The Tigers (5-0) jumped Florida and Stanford in the AP rankings after beating Louisiana-Monroe 52-3 on Saturday. They hopped Florida, Wisconsin and LSU in the coaches' poll.

Auburn is the second highest ranked SEC team after No. 1 Alabama. The Tigers are one of six SEC teams in the AP poll, joining Arkansas (No. 11), LSU (No. 12), Florida (No. 14) and South Carolina (No. 19).

Here's the coaches' poll top 10:

1. Alabama (5-0), 1,449 points, LW: 1 --> 57 first-place votes
2. Ohio State (5-0), 1,377 points, LW: 2 --> 1 first-place vote
3. Oregon (5-0), 1,300 points, LW: 4
4. Boise State (4-0), 1,276 points, LW: 3
5. TCU (5-0), 1,187 points, LW: 5
6. Nebraska (4-0), 1,176 points, LW: 6
7. Oklahoma (5-0), 1,132 points, LW: 8
8. Auburn (5-0) 988 points, LW: 11
9. LSU (5-0), 930 points, LW: 10
10. Utah (4-0), 868 points, LW: 12

Here's the AP top 10:

1. Alabama (5-0), 1,497 points, LW: 1 --> 58 first-place votes
2. Ohio State (5-0), 1,401 points, LW: 2 --> 1 first-place vote
3. Oregon (5-0), 1,379 points, LW: 4
4. Boise State (4-0), 1,341 points, LW: 3 --> 1 first-place vote
5. TCU (5-0), 1,250 points, LW: 5
6. Oklahoma (5-0), 1,183 points, LW: 8
7. Nebraska (4-0), 1,1,72 points, LW: 6
8. Auburn (5-0), 1,045 points, LW: 10
9. Arizona (4-0), 898 points, LW: 14
10. Utah (4-0), 860 points, LW: 13

Here's a closer look at how the AP voters regard Auburn:

The Tigers are on all 60 ballots.

Their highest ranking is 6th. Ray Ratto of the San Francisco Chronicle has them there.

Four others have Auburn 7th: Joe Giglio of the Raleigh News & Observer, John Niyo of the Detroit News, Pete DiPrimio of the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel and Rob Long of Fox-1370 Radio in Baltimore.

All but five voters have the Tigers ranked in the top 10.

The lowest voters have Auburn 12th: Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times and Tom Keegan of the Lawrence Journal World.

The two Alabama AP voters -- Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News and Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News -- both have Auburn 8th.

1 comment:

AUBURN GUYS said...: Someone tell Joe G in Richmond to stop voting Boise #1 and TCU so high ... they play NO ONE. Run them in a Pac, Big12, SEC schedule then get back to me; October 3, 2010 at 3:19 PM