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The College Football Voice Top Ten – Week 13

divided_house — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:07:20 +0000

So there’s good news, and then there’s bad news. The good news is that we still have a Thursday, Friday and Saturday with College Football. The bad news is that four teams in our top ten poll are all wide open this week. We also have two ties in the poll this week. Oregon and USC are tied and holding down 5 & 6, and Arkansas and Boise State are sitting at 8 & 9.

So for those of you who don’t have to play in Conference Championship Games – heal baby, heal. And for those of you who are playing in your Conference Championship or Title Game, the College Football Voice wishes you the best of luck.

Other television listings for this week are (All times Eastern. Please check your local listings):
Thursday, 12/1/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. West Virginia at South Florida

Friday, 12/2/2011
[ESPN2] 7:00 p.m. MAC Title Game (Ohio vs. Northern Illinois)
[FOX] 8:00 p.m. Pac-12 Championship Game (Oregon vs. UCLA)

Saturday, 12/3/2011
[ABC] 12:00 p.m. C-USA Title Game (Southern Miss at Houston)
[ESPN] 12:00 p.m. UConn at Cincinnati
[ESPN2] 12:00 p.m. Syracuse at Pittsburgh
[FSN] 12:30 p.m. Iowa State at Kansas State
[The Mtn.] 2:00 p.m. Wyoming at Colorado State
[Versus] 2:30 p.m. UNLV at TCU
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Texas at Baylor
[CBS] 4:00 p.m. SEC Championship Game (LSU vs. Georgia)
[WAC] 4:00 p.m. Idaho at Nevada
[Sun Belt] 4:30 p.m. Troy at Arkansas State
[The Mtn.] 6:00 p.m. New Mexico at Boise State
[ESPN2] 7:30 p.m. BYU at Hawaii
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Oklahoma State
[CBSSN] 8:00 p.m. Fresno State at San Diego State
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. ACC Title Game (Virginia Tech vs. Clemson)
[FOX] 8:00 p.m. Big Ten Championship Game (Michigan State vs. Wisconsin)

The College Football Voice Top Ten – Week 12

divided_house — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:26:42 +0000

According to our panel of experts, the top three spots are given to three teams in the Southeastern Conference, the Bayou Bengals of Louisiana State University, the Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama, and the Razorbacks of the University of Arkansas. And of those three, the purple and gold from LSU remains undefeated. Looking at spots 3 thru 5, Stanford, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State have been playing musical chairs in our top ten week after week, but coming in at number 7 this week are the Trojans of the University of Southern California who appear in our poll for the first time this season unless I’m mistaken. The rest of the bunch is rounded out by Oregon Boise State and Houston.

This is Thanksgiving week, and that usually means rivalry week. The Battle for the Golden Boot will be played in Baton Rouge and the Iron Bowl will be played in Auburn. The winner of Stanford and Notre Dame will get the Legends Trophy, which is an Irish crystal trophy on a California redwood base. Evidently I haven’t been paying attention to that one, shame on my Notre Dame friends for not keeping me edumacated. Virginia and Virginia Tech will be playing for the Black Diamond Trophy, and though sweet tea automatically comes to my mind evidently the Virginians are talking about coal, or ‘black diamond’. Huh, go figure. USC and UCLA fight for the Victory Bell, Oregon and Oregon State fight what they call the Civil War and the winner will receive the Platypus Trophy. Hell baby, don’t tell those boys nothing was civil about what most people in this country call the War Between the States. But I digress, Boise State will be playing Wyoming and I can’t figure out if there’s a rivalry there or not. A quick look at Wikipedia (no, I don’t keep up with Boise State Rivalries) will tell you that Boise has had past “rivalry” games with Idaho, Fresno State, Hawaii, Nevada and TCU. Houston and Tulsa will play what Bleacher Report refers to as a “Wild Rivalry” I can’t figure out if that’s an actually rivalry title, or just some sportswriter wanting to have something nice to say about Tulsa when all they really want to talk about is Case Keenum because he is “the nation’s leading passer, threw six touchdown passes in last season’s rout of Tulsa and is coming off of a career-best 559-yard performance last week.”

Yeah, I kind of like him too, but you’ve got to admit he’s still no Trent Richardson, bless his heart.

Others receiving votes this week: Georgia, Michigan State, Kansas State and Oklahoma.

Other listings for this week, Bon Apetit!

All times eastern, please check local listings

11/22/2011
[ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Ohio

11/24/2011
[ESPNU] 4:00 p.m. Tuskegee at Alabama A&M
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Texas at Texas A&M

11/25/2011
[ESPN2] 11:00 a.m. Louisville at South Florida
[ESPNU] 11:00 a.m. Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois
[ABC] 12:00 p.m. Iowa at Nebraska
[FSN] 12:00 p.m. Houston at Tulsa
[ESPN3.com] 2:00 p.m. Toledo at Ball State
[CBS] 2:30 p.m. Arkansas at LSU
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Boston College at Miami (Fla.)
[FSN] 3:30 p.m. Colorado at Utah
[CBSSN] 7:00 p.m. UTEP at Central Florida
[ESPN] 7:00 p.m. Pittsburgh at West Virginia
[ESPN] 10:15 p.m. California at Arizona State

11/26/2011
[ABC] 12:00 p.m. Ohio State at Michigan
[Big East] 12:00 p.m. Cincinnati at Syracuse
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Michigan State at Northwestern
[ESPN] 12:00 p.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech
[ESPN2] 12:00 p.m. Rutgers at UConn
[FSN] 12:00 p.m. Missouri at Kansas
[FSN] 12:00 p.m. Rice at SMU
[FX] 12:00 p.m. Iowa State at Oklahoma
[SEC] 12:21 p.m. Tennessee at Kentucky
[ACC] 12:30 p.m. Maryland at N.C. State
[Sun Belt] 12:30 p.m. Troy at Western Kentucky
[The Mtn.] 2:00 p.m. Wyoming at Boise State
[WAC] 3:00 p.m. Nevada at Utah State
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Oregon State at Oregon
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Virginia Tech at Virginia
[Big Ten] 3:30 p.m. Illinois at Minnesota
[Big Ten] 3:30 p.m. Purdue at Indiana
[CBS] 3:30 p.m. Alabama at Auburn
[CBSSN] 3:30 p.m. East Carolina at Marshall
[ESPN] 3:30 p.m. Penn State at Wisconsin
[ESPNU] 3:30 p.m. Vanderbilt at Wake Forest
[FSN] 3:30 p.m. Kansas vs. Missouri
[RSN] 3:30 p.m. Duke at North Carolina
[CSS] 4:00 p.m. Memphis at Southern Miss
[ERT] 4:00 p.m. New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech
[The Mtn.] 6:00 p.m. Air Force at Colorado State
[ESPN2] 7:00 p.m. Florida State at Florida
[ESPNU] 7:00 p.m. Ole Miss at Mississippi State
[FSN] 7:00 p.m. Baylor at Texas Tech
[Versus] 7:30 p.m. Washington State at Washington
[ESPN] 7:45 p.m. Clemson at South Carolina
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. Notre Dame at Stanford
[FX] 8:00 p.m. Iowa State at Oklahoma
[FSN] 10:00 p.m. UCLA at USC
[The Mtn.] 10:00 p.m. San Diego State at UNLV

The College Football Voice Top Ten – Week 11

divided_house — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 02:15:38 +0000

I get amazed each year how we all start with a mixture of teams that we think are “deserving” of a ranking in our top ten, but as the season progresses, our various lists are converging to similar lists. Our picks may be a little mixed around, but for the most part, we are in agreement on at least the top eleven teams with Houston pulling out the big 11. Here is how the Voice contributors see the college football landscape after week 11.

For the Google challenged, here are the TV listings for other games:

All Times Eastern; Check Local Listings
11/15/2011
[ESPNU] 8:00 p.m. Ball State at Northern Illinois

11/16/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Western Michigan at Miami (Ohio)
[ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. Ohio at Bowling Green

11/17/2011
[CBSSN] 8:00 p.m. Southern Miss at UAB
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. North Carolina at Virginia Tech
[FSN] 8:00 p.m. Marshall at Memphis
[Southland] 8:00 p.m. Nicholls State at Southeastern Louisiana

11/18/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Iowa State
[ESPNU] 8:00 p.m. Toledo at Central Michigan

11/19/2011
[Big East] 12:00 p.m. Louisville at UConn
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Indiana at Michigan State
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Iowa at Purdue
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Minnesota at Northwestern
[CSNMA] 12:00 p.m. William & Mary at Richmond
[CSNNE] 12:00 p.m. Maine at New Hampshire
[ESPN] 12:00 p.m. Nebraska at Michigan
[ESPN2] 12:00 p.m. Wisconsin at Illinois
[ESPNU] 12:00 p.m. Cincinnati at Rutgers
[ESPN3.com] 12:00 p.m. Northern Iowa at Illinois State
[FSN] 12:00 p.m. Kansas at Texas A&M
[Versus] 12:00 p.m. Harvard at Yale
[SEC] 12:21 p.m. Kentucky at Georgia
[ACC] 12:30 p.m. Georgia Tech at Duke
[ESPN3.com] 1:00 p.m. Army at Temple
[The Mtn.] 2:00 p.m. New Mexico at Wyoming
[ESPN Classic] 2:30 p.m. Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman
[CBSSN] 3:00 p.m. Tulsa at UTEP
[RSN] 3:00 p.m. Maryland at Wake Forest
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Clemson at N.C. State
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Penn State at Ohio State
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Texas Tech at Missouri
[CBS] 3:30 p.m. Mississippi State at Arkansas
[CSS] 3:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic at Troy
[ESPNU] 3:30 p.m. Miami (Fla.) at South Florida
[FSN] 3:30 p.m. SMU at Houston
[ROOT] 3:30 p.m. Washington at Oregon State
[Versus] 3:30 p.m. Colorado State at TCU
[ESPN3.com] 4:00 p.m. Navy at San Jose State
[NBC] 4:00 p.m. Boston College at Notre Dame
[ERT] 5:00 p.m. Utah State at Idaho
[The Mtn.] 6:00 p.m. UNLV at Air Force
[ESPN] 7:00 p.m. LSU at Ole Miss
[ESPNU] 7:00 p.m. Vanderbilt at Tennessee
[ESPN3.com] 7:00 p.m. Arkansas State at Middle Tennessee
[FSN] 7:00 p.m. Central Florida at East Carolina
[Sun Belt] 7:00 p.m. Western Kentucky at North Texas
[ESPN2] 7:30 p.m. Virginia at Florida State
[Versus] 7:30 p.m. Colorado at UCLA
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. Oklahoma at Baylor
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. USC at Oregon
[CBSSN] 8:00 p.m. Boise State at San Diego State
[FX] 8:00 p.m. Kansas State at Texas
[FS Arizona] 9:30 p.m. Arizona at Arizona State
[ESPN] 10:15 p.m. California at Stanford
[ESPNU] 10:15 p.m. New Mexico State at BYU
[WAC] 11:00 p.m. Fresno State at Hawaii

The College Football Voice Top Ten – Week 10

divided_house — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:57:16 +0000

As some of us are still recuperating from that field-goal fest last Saturday night, I have collected the input from some of the finest minds in or pertaining to College Football. Yes, I’m talking about the indomitable team members that are the College Football Voice Contributors. Each week we’ve asked these bastions of gridiron knowledge, or opinion, where the top ten college football teams should be ranked, and each week this nationwide team answers the mail. Here is the way we see it:

Other teams receiving votes were: Kansas State and Houston

Television listing for this week:

All Times Eastern; Check Local Listings

11/8/2011
[ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. Northern Illinois at Bowling Green
[ESPNU] 8:00 p.m. Western Michigan at Toledo

11/9/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Temple

11/10/2011
[ESPNU] 7:30 p.m. Ohio at Central Michigan
[CBSSN] 8:00 p.m. Houston at Tulane
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech

11/11/2011
[ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. South Florida at Syracuse

11/12/2011
[ABC] 12:00 p.m. West Virginia at Cincinnati
[ABC] 12:00 p.m. Oklahoma State at Texas Tech
[Big East] 12:00 p.m. Pittsburgh at Louisville
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Ohio State at Purdue
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Rice at Northwestern
[CBS] 12:00 p.m. Florida at South Carolina
[ESPN] 12:00 p.m. Nebraska at Penn State
[ESPN2] 12:00 p.m. Michigan State at Iowa
[ESPNU] 12:00 p.m. Wake Forest at Clemson
[FSN] 12:00 p.m. Marshall at Tulsa
[FX] 12:00 p.m. Texas at Missouri
[Versus] 12:00 p.m. Penn at Harvard
[SEC] 12:21 p.m. Kentucky at Vanderbilt
[ACC] 12:30 p.m. N.C. State at Boston College
[Sun Belt] 1:00 p.m. North Texas at Troy
[The Mtn.] 2:00 p.m. Wyoming at Air Force
[FCS Pacific] 2:30 p.m. Arizona at Colorado
[ESPN3.com] 3:00 p.m. La.-Lafayette at Arkansas State
[RSN] 3:00 p.m. Duke at Virginia
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Miami (Fla.) at Florida State
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Michigan at Illinois
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Kansas State
[Big Ten] 3:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Minnesota
[CBS] 3:30 p.m. Auburn at Georgia
[CBSSN] 3:30 p.m. Rutgers vs. Army
[CSNNE] 3:30 p.m. Richmond at Delaware
[FSN] 3:30 p.m. Navy at SMU
[Versus] 3:30 p.m. TCU at Boise State
[FX] 3:45 p.m. Washington at USC
[CSS] 4:15 p.m. UAB at Memphis
[ESPN2] 6:00 p.m. Tennessee at Arkansas
[The Mtn.] 6:00 p.m. San Diego State at Colorado State
[CSN California] 6:30 p.m. Oregon State at California
[ESPNU] 7:00 p.m. Western Kentucky at LSU
[CSS] 7:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Ole Miss
[NBC] 7:30 p.m. Maryland vs. Notre Dame
[ESPN] 7:45 p.m. Alabama at Mississippi State
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. Oregon at Stanford
[CBSSN] 8:00 p.m. Central Florida at Southern Miss
[WAC] 8:00 p.m. Fresno State at New Mexico State
[ESPN2] 9:15 p.m. Idaho at BYU
[The Mtn.] 10:00 p.m. UNLV at New Mexico
[ESPNU] 10:15 p.m. Hawaii at Nevada
[Versus] 10:30 p.m. Arizona State at Washington State

The College Football Voice – Week 9

divided_house — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:06:40 +0000

You won’t believe this one college football fans…I sure didn’t. On the week where the top two teams in the nation (yeah, yeah, and the SEC), Alabama and Louisiana State University, face each other even our College Football Voice contributors couldn’t even agree on who should be first, or second, or wait a minute…should Stanford be #2 or #3? My thanks to our Voice contributors and to College Football for being so intriguing.

This was way too crazy for me to keep up with…bless all our hearts. BTW – yes I put Alabama first-first because ‘A’ precedes ‘L’ in the alphabet by 11 ordinal values.

Other teams receiving votes this week were: Clemson, Kansas State, Arkansas, South Carolina and Houston.

And finally, for the Google impaired, here are the TV listings for the upcoming week:

11/1/2011
[ESPN2] 7:00 p.m. Northern Illinois at Toledo

11/2/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Temple at Ohio

11/3/2011
[ESPNU] 7:30 p.m. Akron at Miami (Ohio)
[CBSSN] 8:00 p.m. Tulsa at Central Florida
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Florida State at Boston College

11/4/2011
[ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. Central Michigan at Kent State
[ESPN] 9:00 p.m. USC at Colorado

11/5/2011
[Big East] 12:00 p.m. Louisville at West Virginia
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Indiana at Ohio State
[Big Ten] 12:00 p.m. Minnesota at Michigan State
[ERT] 12:00 p.m. Ball State at Eastern Michigan
[ESPN] 12:00 p.m. Michigan at Iowa
[ESPNU] 12:00 p.m. Syracuse at UConn
[FX] 12:00 p.m. Texas Tech at Texas
[SEC] 12:21 p.m. Vanderbilt at Florida
[ACC] 12:30 p.m. North Carolina at N.C. State
[ACC] 12:30 p.m. Virginia at Maryland
[CSS] 12:30 p.m. New Mexico State at Georgia
[FCS] 12:30 p.m. Kansas at Iowa State
[ESPN3.com] 2:00 p.m. North Dakota State at Indiana State
[The Mtn.] 2:00 p.m. TCU at Wyoming
[RSN] 3:00 p.m. Duke at Miami (Fla.)
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Purdue at Wisconsin
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Stanford at Oregon State
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Oklahoma
[Big Ten] 3:30 p.m. Northwestern at Nebraska
[CBS] 3:30 p.m. Army at Air Force
[CBSSN] 3:30 p.m. Troy at Navy
[CSNNE] 3:30 p.m. Villanova at Massachusetts
[ESPNU] 3:30 p.m. Ole Miss at Kentucky
[FSN] 3:30 p.m. UTEP at Rice
[Sun Belt] 3:30 p.m. Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette
[Versus] 3:30 p.m. Army at Air Force
[CSS] 4:00 p.m. Southern Miss at East Carolina
[Southland] 4:00 p.m. Central Arkansas at Northwestern State
[WAC] 4:00 p.m. Idaho at San Jose State
[CBN California] 6:30 p.m. Washington State at California
[CBSSN] 7:00 p.m. Houston at UAB
[ESPNU] 7:00 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
[ESPN3.com] 7:00 p.m. South Florida at Rutgers
[FSN] 7:00 p.m. Missouri at Baylor
[FS South] 7:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee at Tennessee
[ESPN] 7:15 p.m. South Carolina at Arkansas
[CSS] 7:30 p.m. UT-Martin at Mississippi State
[Versus] 7:30 p.m. Arizona State at UCLA
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. Kansas State at Oklahoma State
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. Notre Dame at Wake Forest
[CBS] 8:00 p.m. LSU at Alabama
[The Mtn.] 8:00 p.m. New Mexico at San Diego State
[CBSSN] 10:30 p.m. Boise State at UNLV
[ESPNU] 10:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech at Fresno State
[FSN] 10:30 p.m. Oregon at Washington

The Voice Top Ten – Week 8

divided_house — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:29:24 +0000

Hey Y’all, it finally feels like home sweet home. We’re back again with our contributors and their collective wisdom in ranking the top ten college football teams from the battles on the gridiron this last week. Three of our top ten are taking a break with an open date and while we’ve kept Alabama and LSU up at numbers 1 and 2, the rest of the pack is all mixed up.

And…as always for the Google-impaired among us, here are this week’s television listings:

Week 8

All Times Eastern; Check Local Listings

10/25/2011
[ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. Troy at Florida International

10/26/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. UConn at Pittsburgh

10/27/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Virginia at Miami (Fla.)
[FSN] 8:00 p.m. Rice at Houston

10/28/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. BYU vs. TCU

10/29/2011
[CSNNE] 12:00 p.m. Rhode Island at New Hampshire
[ESPNU] 12:00 p.m. N.C. State at Florida State
[CSS] 12:00 p.m. UAB at Marshall
[ERT] 12:00 p.m. Central Michigan at Akron
[SEC] 12:21 p.m. Arkansas at Vanderbilt
[ACC] 12:30 p.m. Virginia Tech at Duke
[The Mtn.] 2:00 p.m. Air Force at New Mexico
[RSN] 3:00 p.m. Boston College at Maryland
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma State
[ABC] 3:30 p.m. West Virginia at Rutgers
[CBS] 3:30 p.m. Florida vs. Georgia
[CBSSN] 3:30 p.m. Fordham at Army
[ESPNU] 3:30 p.m. Wake Forest at North Carolina
[FSN] 3:30 p.m. SMU at Tulsa
[Southland] 4:00 p.m. McNeese State at Stephen F. Austin
[ERT] 5:00 p.m. Hawaii at Idaho
[ERT] 6:00 p.m. San Jose State at Louisiana Tech
[The Mtn.] 6:00 p.m. Colorado State at UNLV
[CSNNE] 7:00 p.m. Delaware at Towson
[ESPNU] 7:00 p.m. Ole Miss at Auburn
[FSN] 7:00 p.m. Mississippi State at Kentucky
[Sun Belt] 7:30 p.m. Louisiana-Lafayette at Middle Tennessee
[ABC] 8:00 p.m. Stanford at USC
[CBSSN] 8:00 p.m. Southern Miss at UTEP
[WAC] 8:00 p.m. Nevada at New Mexico State
[The Mtn.] 10:00 p.m. Wyoming at San Diego State

Week 8

All Times Eastern; Check Local Listings

10/25/2011
[ESPN2] 8:00 p.m. Troy at Florida International

10/26/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. UConn at Pittsburgh

10/27/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. Virginia at Miami (Fla.)
[FSN] 8:00 p.m. Rice at Houston

10/28/2011
[ESPN] 8:00 p.m. BYU vs. TCU