The weekly football polls came out this afternoon and there was an interesting look to it.
University of Southern California, which was the number 1 team coming into this weekend, was listed as 9th in the AP Poll and 11th in the USA Today Poll.
The funny thing is that USC lost to an UNRANKED team and dropped the same number of spots that Ohio State (then 5th ranked) dropped when it lost to USC in week 2.
Wisconsin lost to an unranked team and dropped 8 spots too.
Basically the poll voters didn’t seem to care who the loss was against except when it was Ohio State in week 2.
I think that vote was a response to the left over hate from last season when people didn’t think Ohio State deserved to be in the Championship game.
Georgia, which was 3rd this past week, dropped 8 places after losing to 8th ranked Alabama and Florida dropped 8 spots after losing to an unranked team.
I just think a team should drop more if the loss is to an unranked team.
In 2007, Michigan was ranked 5th before they lost to a division 2 team and they dropped out of the polls.