Auburn is still No. 2 in the Associated Press, USA Today coaches' and Harris Interactive polls, but it's closing the gap on top-ranked Oregon.The Tigers, who beat Georgia 49-31 Saturday, moved within 42 points of the top-ranked Ducks in the AP poll. Last week, the gap was 88.
Auburn got 12 first-place votes this week, up from two. Oregon, which narrowly beat California 15-13, watched its first-place vote total drop from 49 to 38.
The Tigers' had less of a gain in the coaches' poll, trimming the Ducks' advantage from 74 points to 60. Auburn had six first-place votes, up from four last week.
Boise State jumped TCU in both polls for the No. 3 spot. LSU is fifth in the AP poll. Wisconsin is fifth in the coaches' poll.
Auburn is second in the Harris poll, getting 35 first-place votes out of 114. It trails Oregon by 55 points.
The AP poll is not a part of the BCS formula. The coaches' and Harris polls are.
The BCS rankings come out tonight at 8:15 p.m. ET.
Coaches' poll glance:
1. Oregon (46), 10-0, 1,457 points, LW: 12. Auburn (6), 11-0, 1,397 points, LW: 23. Boise State (5), 9-0, 1,329 points, LW: 44. TCU (2), 11-0, 1,318 points, LW: 35. Wisconsin, 9-1, 1,197 points, LW: 5
Harris poll glance:
1. Oregon (65), 10-0, 2,788 points, LW: 1
2. Auburn (35), 11-0, 2,733 points, LW: 2
3. Boise State (11), 9-0, 2,591 points, LW: 4
4. TCU (3), 11-0, 2,583 points, LW: 3
5. Wisconsin, 9-1, 2,268 points, LW: 5
AP poll glance:
1. Oregon (38), 10-0, 1,469 points, LW: 12. Auburn (12), 11-0, 1,427 points, LW: 23. Boise State (9), 9-0, 1,377 points, LW: 44. TCU (1), 11-0 1,361 points, LW: 35. LSU, 9-1, 1,220 points, LW: 5
As usual, here's an AP voter breakdown:
- Twelve first-place votes for Auburn this week, an increase of 10.
- Here are the No. 1 voters: Coley Harvey of the Macon Telegraph, Craig James of ABC, Eric Hansen of the South Bend Tribune, Garland Gillen of WWL-TV in New Orleans, Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News, Kyle Tucker of the Virginian-Pilot, Lisa Byingon of WLNS-TV in Lansing, Mich., Manny Navarro of the Miami Herald, Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News and Travis Haney of the Charleston Pots & Courier.
- A breakdown by rank: 30 second-place votes, 11 third-place and seven third place. (Last week that breakdown was 27-16-15).
- State voters: Solomon has the Tigers No. 1. Cecil Hurt of the Tuscaloosa News has it No. 2.
- Average rank: 2.22. Last week it was 2.73.
1 comment:
At this point, the polls don't really matter. All Auburn has to do is keep winning. Three games left in the season. Win them all and the polls will take care of themselves.
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