USF will move up in the rankings

[tampaboi07]

Too many games left to make that call.I will say we will be higher than 19 or 20.I think we may end up being near 16.

[USF Colby]

If South Carolina gets blown out (blow out in progress), it will help us.

If you were watching the game you wouldn't be saying that.

[nukebull]

I really think that Michigan beats Penn State and South Carolina will fall

I also think that Kentucky loses

Alabama or Georgia will lose

There is a chance that Wisconsin gets beat also but who knows

UL will have to drop out form their loss and so will Texas A&M

With all that I say #19

[USF Colby]

Woah someone else from Palm Harbor, maybe I know you.

But anyway as for the Bulls ranking probably 20.

[kastofsna]

okay, i'll make some assumptions on the games remaining today. let's just assume the higher ranked teams win every game remaining today. that means:

#12 South Carolina loses

#13 Oregon wins

#19 Hawaii wins

#21 Kentucky wins

#22 Georgia loses (#16 Alabama wins)

okay, we've already seen #18 Louisville lose and #24 Nebraska squeak out a victory against Ball State. and #20 Texas A&M lost on Thursday

Louisville is out of the top 25. no doubt.

thanks to teams like Louisville, Nebraska, and even Florida, a lot of people have already dubbed this "hangover Saturday." when a team like USF, coming off a huge win and looking towards another huge game, wins as impressively as they did, with those other teams struggling, it helps out USF even more than just tearing up UNC, so some votes that went to Nebraska are going to go to USF, and, assuming the outcomes that i started this post with, USF jumps ahead of Georgia, and if South Carolina loses big, they could jump ahead of them as well.

so, doing all that unnecessary math, i think the rankings would go something like:

15: Boston College

16: Clemson

17: Virginia Tech

18: Hawaii

19: Kentucky

20: USF

20: South Carolina

21: Missouri

22: Georgia Tech?

23: Michigan State?

24: Texas Tech?

25: Cincinnati?

[RandyGator]

With 3 ahead of us losing and USF gaining more respect I would expect 19.

[E.T.]

We did our part !

(23) South Florida 37, North Carolina 10

By FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer

September 22, 2007

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- No. 23 South Florida finally can turn its attention to West Virginia.

The rapidly rising Bulls validated their first Top 25 ranking Saturday with a dominating 37-10 victory over North Carolina, setting themselves up for a much-anticipated Big East showdown that will bring them even more national exposure.

No. 5 West Virginia visits Raymond James Stadium next Friday for a nationally televised game that will draw the biggest crowd for a home game in USF history and give the Bulls (3-0) a chance to prove their victory over the Mountainneers in Morgantown last season wasn't a fluke.

"We know we're playing a great, great team coming in here. We're excited about the challenge," USF coach Jim Leavitt said. "We're going to have to play awfully good football to have a chance."

The Bulls, in only their 11th season, cracked the Top 25 for the first time this week, largely on momentum generated by last November's 24-19 win at West Virginia and a 26-23 overtime victory at then-No. 17 Auburn two weeks ago.

All week long, Leavitt and his players insisted the ranking, and the buzz it has created around campus, would not affect their preparation for North Carolina, which has lost three straight after winning its first game under new coach Butch Davis.

"I think the guys appreciate it. I know I appreciate people knowing about us a little bit. It's just important to know how to handle it," Leavitt said.

"You really need to focus on playing good football. Anything that gets you away from doing that, you're not going to play good football, and you're not going to win."

That wasn't a problem Saturday.

Matt Grothe led long touchdown drives on USF's first two possessions, while the Bulls' swarming defense forced four turnovers and kept North Carolina (1-3) out of the end zone until just over a minute remained.

Grothe completed 17 of 30 passes for 230 yards and one touchdown before being replaced by backup Grant Gregory in the fourth quarter. The Bulls rushed for 194 yards and outgained the young, rebuilding Tar Heels 428-164 overall.

The Bulls marched 78 yards after the opening kickoff to take a 7-0 lead on Mike Ford's 5-yard touchdown run, then moved 83 yards in 10 plays on their next possession to go up 14-0 on Grothe's 12-yard scoring pass to Amarri Jackson.

"There's no easy way to look at a performance like this," said Davis, the former University of Miami and Cleveland Browns coach said.

"I told the players I don't think that we could have gotten off to a much poorer start than we did. We struggled in all three phases."

North Carolina lost its previous two games to East Carolina and Virginia by a total of five points. Redshirt freshman T.J. Yates threw for over 300 yards in both of those losses, however he found it much more difficult to throw against a USF secondary led by cornerbacks Trae Williams and Mike Jenkins.

The Tar Heels forced two fumbles by Grothe, but both times Yates -- harassed all day by a relentless pass rush -- turned the ball back over to USF on interceptions that set up field goals by Delbert Alvarado.

The quarterback's third interception, on a play when he was flushed out of the pocket, led to Benjamin Williams' 5-yard TD run that put USF up 30-3 late in the third quarter.

"For our football team to get better, we have got to become more multidimenisonal on offense," Davis said. "We cannot rely solely on T.J. Yates, expecting to throw for 350 yards a game and three of four touchdowns, and everything's going to be hunky dory."

Yates, who was sacked four times, finished 11 of 27 for 85 yards and four interceptions. Ryan Houston scored North Carolina's only touchdown on a 5-yard run with 1:04 left.

"I didn't think we'd come out and dominate the way we did," Grothe said. "We still could have had even more points. It could have been, easily, 50-something to 10."

[Guest]

Michigan beat Penn State, too... not sure how far PSU will drop...

and I don't see the Wolverines moving into the Top 25.

[bulls96go]

who else will lose where will we end up?

[Mag Pie]

I said we'd make #19 at the game and that's what I still believe.