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East Carolina Pirates storm Top 25; BYU drops and Utes stay at 22

Sad to see BYU slide three spots for winning on the road at a BCS school. But you can definitely make a case for those teams that moved ahead of them. At least Ohio State was similarly penalized for struggling AT HOME against a non-BCS team.

actually, utah didnt advance. But that's okay, after byu loses to ucla and utah beats utah st. We'll be in the top 10 and byu will drop completely out. and i'll be happy

Completely justifiable. BYU's defense looked horrible! I hope they can play better than this. If not then they don't belong in the top 25.

I said this on another comment section, but what the heck, I'm madder than a Ute fan after a beatdown by the Cougars.

How can a team totally dominate statistically in every category (except penalty yards)...

Only give up 330 yards (270 of which came by way of ultra stud Locker) in a hostile environment, on the road against a team with it's back against the wall and hungry for a win...

Win on the road against a BCS conference team...

AND DROP THREE PLACES IN THE AP POLL?!?!?!?!?!

What a joke...very sad state of affairs. WE NEED A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF!

Ohio State barely beat an Ohio team that got beat by Wyoming...at home. They didn't get punished.

Punished for winning on the road???

B I A S

BYU deserves to drop

The Pirates deserve their ranking. They have had two very impressive wins against quality opponents. IF the cougs truly are the 15th best team in the nation they should have beat the Huskies more impressively than a one point trumph.

I know all you folks in Cougartown are aroused but lets face it the Huskies are the 8th or 9th place team in the pac 10. This is the cougs last chance to shine on a national stage this Saturday and Impressive big win over UCLA is needed to validate that BYU truly is a top 15 team

Let's hope UW beats OU somehow. I don't see why BYU should be penalized for the refs oh well. Jake Locker is a media darling. UCLA also dropped out of the rankings, but next week's game is still huge. A BYU victory would give us a couple of easier games before TCU. Let's hope BYU figures defense out before then.

I can understand the East Carolina moving really high but how does Oregon jump up two spots after beating Utah St.? Penn St. also jumps up two spots after beating Oregon St. We also have Utah moving up after killing one of the worst football teams in the nation. The BCS makes me frustrated.

The penalty called on Washington was NOT controversial except to the Washington media. It is stated in the NCAA rules that throwing the ball in the air after scoring a TD is a celebration penalty. The Washington media are just a bunch of cry babies.

And what's so hard about kicking the ball thru the uprights from 35 yards out anyway? Kickers do it all the time, that isn't even a long field goal. Just cowboy up and kick it for crying out loud. It got blocked because BYU's players made the play they needed to make, end of story.

I think the main reason BYU dropped in the polls after getting the win was because their defense wasn't that impressive so the score was too close. Collie's dropped TD and Unga not protecting the ball with both hands at the goal line has come back to haunt them. Looks like East Carolina is now the cinderella team to get a BCS bowl game.

East Carolina deserves this ranking after what they have done the first two weeks. BYU deserves to drop a few spots after their first two games. Utah is ranked about where they should be right now but they should be ranked above BYU.

If East Carolina wins out then they will be the BCS buster this year and rightly so. They have the inside track and BYU, Utah & Fresno St will all make it interesting and keep the pressure on ECU. That is if BYU can beat UCLA this week in Provo. Watch out for TCU as they could be joining the top 25 soon. It would be great to have 3 MWC teams in the top 25!

cougars dont want a playoff. they cant win anywhere but at home. and yeah i think at this point in time byu's ranking is pretty accurate. havent seen anything impressive.

Cougar fans....keep the bad call-good call and one point win over UW on that other topic. Oregon moved up because they have blown out their first two teams and they look good. Penn St moved up because they also thumped Oregon St. BYU dropped because they won by one point over a team that most think is not that good and because they didnt look great in beating N. High School. Keep it real Cougar fan, your still in the top 25 but you best watch out for UCLA in Provo this week.

"Domination of the conference is not enough"; say the pundits. "Win on the road against BCS foes", they say. "Then you will gain respect".

"See Utah?", they ask. "They have beaten an unranked, mediocre big ten team on the road and are rewarded with a place in the polls. They have gained our respect", says the media.

"What's that, BYU? You have done what we required? Beaten a mediocre Pac-ten team on the road who obviously played up in an attempt to save its coach?"

"You have overcome the nationally notorious Pac-10 officiating, well known as 'totaly invested' in assuring that Pac-ten teams don't get burned by the 'dishonesty' of the other confrences officials?"

"Well, those same "homer" officials obviously gave you the game. You earned nothing. You have done EVERYTHING we required, but it is not enough. You need to drop three places to punish you for having the gall to believe that if you do as we say, you'll be rewarded. This is why we mock men like Bronco Mendenhall who means the things he says, for we do not."
Signed,
"big-time" college football.

AP doesn't matter. Just in case people forgot the AP poll doesn't matter anymore. They removed themselves from the BCS system. So I could care less if the AP had BYU at 10 or 116. The Coachs poll is the one that matters and BYU is still at #15. Also East Carolina deserves to be ahead of any other non-BCS team. That was an impressive win over West Virginia. I think the only thing the AP poll got way wrong was East Carolina still being ranked way too low. Look out of East Carolina at the end of the season, they don't have another tough game left on the schedule. BYU at #18 is fair. Sure they could be higher, but they will be if they keep winning.

B. Y. U.'s lack of DEFENSE is what frustrates me. We just as well have had Carlos Boozer out there. They act like they don't want to hurt those tender little hands by making the tackle.Talk about slow reaction to the play.IF BYU WANTS TO REMAIN IN THE TOP 25 THEN THEY BETTER START PLAYING TOP 25 DEFENSE! Man talk about a waste of a very top 15 offense!!!! Go to work Mr. defensive coordinator.

It doesn't matter if they dominated statistically dummy all that matters is the score

The Locker celebration penalty was NOT controversial, I agree, it was dead wrong! Celebration.... Are you kidding? Rubbish boy, the rule states "throwing the ball HIGH in the air"! Maybe that's as high as you can throw... don't know??? Unless having fun playing football is against the rules then that call was bogus. Granted a 35 yard field goal is not that hard to make, credit BYU. But to penalize a kid for showing passion is a joke. BYU fans and players alike generally do get their feelings hurt easily so maybe the official was privy to that information. BYU's defense will get exposed this week by Chow and company so this weeks three step drop in the polls won't seem so bad after BYU falls out entirely. BYU fans should know just how good Chow is...

My 2 cents

well, after beating utah state, utah shouldnt move into the top ten, and shouldnt move up much unless everybody ahead of them loses bad! And to noname, the pollsters watch the games, Oregon and Penn State tromped over their opponents, BYU squeaked by. AND Ohio state did drop in the polls. No fewer spots than BYU did either, so stop complaining.

who cares. byu was probably ranked too high to begin with. if not, there's plenty of time to prove otherwise. as for my utes, I hope they are taking it one game at a time. the rankings will get sorted out in due time.

Last Year #1 USC played at Washington and only won the game by 3 points and they didn't drop any spots. Washington was horrible last year. What gives. Oh yeah, BYU is from a non-bcs conference and should have won by a lot more. Its okay for the number one team in the nation to only win by three points at Washington, but the number 15 team should have won by more. Pathetic!!