Comments about ‘Texas back to No. 2 in AP Top 25’

The Y didn't play so they moved into the Top 25. Maybe they should have more byes if they want to move up in the polls.

Yes, and maybe the Utes should cancel the rest of their season because after losing to TCU and BYU they will drop off the charts.

That may be a good point if it wasn't so dumb Dixie Dan.

The real impressive move was the Utes playing and dropping, after an uninspired win. BYU deserves to be in the top 25 every week based on their body of work. Two losses this year against (sometime during the season) top 25 teams, one of which is a top 5. One win against a top 5 team. I'll take that...and after the Utah game it will be 2-2 against top 25 teams. I like that even more.

What is the real, serious question is this: How does Oklahoma State lose by 27, at home, to a top 5 program and only drop 4-5 spots depending on the poll...And the mighty Cougars drop 10 after a 31 point loss to a top 5 team? The answer is in the bias. The gross, obnoxious, disengenuous bias of the BCS conferences whose Coaches and Press corp beat up the non-bcs teams and hand out gifts to the BCS teams. When will the non-BCS coaches and press corp attack bias with bias? USC should have dropped from the top 20.

If you'll notice, Notre Dame pulled the same stunt that BYU did last week. They didn't play, and moved up.

Go figure.

Will you look at that. Florida State managed to squeak one out at home against football powerhouse NC State by a score of 45-42.

The 'Noles are now back to .500 ball.

And, we wondeers if the $ associated with a higher ranking in the BCS doesn't play a part in the review booth. Case in point---Indiana at Iowa. Indiana still leading in 4th quarter by 10 and gets apparent touchdown. The referee is 4 feet away from the play. TV replay after replay shows the receiver dragging his foot well in bounds. The booth decides to review, and after 5 minutes or so says no touchdown. Indiana then misses the fieldgoal and in two plays, Iowa scores and then scores 3 more times in the 4th quarter. I really think that a team that is not that good had their wheels jerked right out from under them and could not handle it. Indiana lost, Iowa didn't win.

Why should it surprise anybody that BYU moved back into the top 25 despite the bye week? They were sitting at #26 after last weekend, and a team or two lost in front of them. It makes perfect sense. Anybody acting like that's a travesty is clearly just a hater.

I agree with Speaking of moving...@1:38 pm. There is no reason that BYU should fall so much further in the polls after losing to TCU than Oklahoma St. did after an equally embarrassing loss. Do I think BYU deserved to stay in the top 25 after that loss to TCU. No. Do I think that Oklahoma State should have fallen a lot further after getting blown out at home. Absolutely.

Comes to good teams that have national respect. For fans of other teams that complain about that, the respect is earned. It's called having winning seasons for 30+ years, an national championship, constant national rankings, occasional big wins, great players, etc.

And anyway, BYU was 26 or 27 last week if you looked that those getting votes but not in the top 25. With a few losses by teams 18-25 this week, it's only natural they'd move up. BYU won't lose another game this season, ending 11-2 and ranked near the top 10. That'll make four seasons in a row of at least 10 wins. That's the mark of a consistently good team.

By the way, the Utes are getting there. They've had two great seasons in the last five and one great win. Now, if they can get an occasional win here and there against a top 10 team, consistently find themselves ranked, and regularly win the MWC for the next 10-15 years, they'll get there. It might even happen sooner than that.

cry ,cry , cry...just win baby!

That was 29 consecutive weeks the cougs were ranked, until the TCU loss. That's the second longest streak in school history. Now we start over again. Let's break the record!

Funny, I seem to remember a little earlier THIS year that BYU DROPPED two spots after WINNING. The system was broken then right? But now it's JUUUST fine (when it works in your favor).

As a die hard Utah fan I agree that they didn't deserve to jump too much. The only reason we remain in the teens is that we keep winning albeit very ugly. When we lose we will drop like BYU did. We haven't proven that we are worth the ranking yet....all we have is a one touchdown LOSS to a top ten team working for us...we will lose to TCU, possibly even SDSU, and the RIvalry game is a coin flip... Lets hope Wynn can get this offense clicking so we can prove we belong. Our Defense is THAT good. THey will keep every remaining game close! Go UTES!

at 1:38. The utes were 19th last week and now they are 17th. Where is the drop? This is the AP not the BCS. Just another "intelligent" fan Bronco was talking about.

Oregon 2
TCU 5
Utah 20
BYU 33

Gators vs Horns, Tebow vs McCoy, best of the SEC vs best of Big XII. The best two teams in the country. This shouldn't be any surprise.

Texas is playing the best defense in the nation and is led by the best player in the nation. Last year people complained about no defense in the Big 12, now they are crying if they have to play UT.

McCoy for Heisman and UT for their 5th National Championship. Hookem Horns!!!

Still say the problem is ND. The BC$ system is all about $$ and ND has no place in it. Their sugardaddy deal of automatic BC$ game if they only have 2 losses is ridiculous. Look at their bowl record the last 10 games . . 0-10 with many of those being of the blow-out variety. While I personally think TCU is better than Boise State, Boise is clearly the better team than Oregon. Look at it on paper, look at the scoreboard Duck fans . . face it you MAY win the PAC 10, but what is that knowing the best team in the WAC absolutely whipped the PAC-10's best! And it appears as if the Mnt. West's best (TCU) would pretty much rip the PAC-10 leaders as well.

What national respect are you speaking of. Oh thats right, ancient. Since the BCS began, unfortunately that is all that counts. Someday perhaps we won't have to listen to cougar fans continue to live in the distant past. Since the MWC was organized cougar teams have been good, but you crave what Utah has achieved. Someday perhaps your team will get to play in a BCS game and then cougar nation will get to rise and shout "See Utah, we can do it to". Can Mendenhall take you there, who knows. There have been a whole bunch of cougars calling for his head and a whole bunch who sing his praises. Cougar nation sounds just a little schizo to me. Its time to focus on the present. Will Utah beat TCU or BYU or anybody else on the schedule? Don't know and before you say it, nobody else knows either. This much appears to be evident, most Ute fans are more realistic and feel good about the Ute program. Cougar fans appear to be trying to sort out frustrated expectations and occasional disappointments. Remember, its only a game!

Oh yea, Magic Happens!

cougs should not be ranked. They can't beat a good team. When was the last good win? Utah st.? UNLV? give me a break. Utah is the power team of the MWC. TCU better look out.

Nice try regarding BSU. BSU did beat Oregon but I would be quiet about it. The Oregon team they beat is not the same one that has been playing the last few weeks. BSU is good but I don't know if I would even hope for a BCS berth this year unless you can get a weak Big East team.

BYU in the Top 25 is good for The UTes If we can figure the offense out, beat TCU on the road beat a ranked cougar team on the road and Oregon wins out, guess who makes a huge jump in the rankings. GO UTES

The reason OK St didn't drop as far as BYU is because that wasn't the second time in the same season that they had been absolutely embarrassed at home.