Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009

ACC-SEC football rankings

As voted on by writers from The State (Seth Emerson and Paul Strelow), The Charlotte Observer (Ron Green Jr. and Ken Tysiac) and the Raleigh News and Observer (Joseph Giglio and Edward Robinson).

Team Votes Last week

1. FLORIDA (5) 143 1

Time to ask Tim Tebow to solve our health care system

2. ALABAMA (1) 139 2

About time Mark Ingram creeps into Heisman conjecture

3. VIRGINIA TECH 132 3 (TIE)

Ought to trade one of those running backs for future considerations

4. MIAMI 124 5

Mark Whipple: Exhibit A for why Xs and Os mean as much as Jimmys and Joes

5. LSU 122 3 (TIE)

Lack of passing game, defensive front make them vastly overrated

6. GEORGIA TECH 114 7

Never good when you overhaul your defense twice in the same season

7. SOUTH CAROLINA 108 8

So that's why the other USC pursued freshman receiver Alshon Jeffery

8. AUBURN 95 9

Has allowed at least 22 points in five of six games ...

9. GEORGIA 89 6

... making the Bulldogs defense (at least 37 points three times) appear stingy in comparison

10. ARKANSAS 84 13

Has scored 41-plus in four of five games. When did the SEC become the Big 12?

11. WAKE FOREST 82 12

Riley Skinner's ad-libbing drawing comparisons to Matt Ryan

12. TENNESSEE 81 16

Loathe him or hate him, Lane Kiffin has made the Vols formidable in big games again

13. OLE MISS 77 10

Jevan Snead is this year's Cullen Harper. If you remember who that is

14. BOSTON COLLEGE 59 11

And this without even an FCS-caliber quarterback

15. CLEMSON 57 17

Will FSU, Georgia line up to nab defensive coordinator Kevin Steele from this wreckage?

16. KENTUCKY 54 15

Mike Hartline's injury the most significant news few know or care about

17. FLORIDA STATE 44 18

Yep, there's no staff dissension. Right

18. MISSISSIPPI STATE 42 19

Signs of the times when a close loss to Houston is a moral victory

19. UNC 41 20

Memo to Bryn Renner: Don't peek at the list of UNC's other recent can't-miss QBs

20. (TIE) MARYLAND 29 21

Imagine how good the Terps would look if they faced Clemson every week

20. (TIE) DUKE 29 24

Imagine what the Blue Devils might accomplish if they were in the Atlantic Division

22. VIRGINIA 26 23

Can you imagine a more underachieving program?

23. N.C. STATE 16 14

Imagine what the defense might have been if Frank Spaziani had followed Tom O'Brien

24. VANDERBILT 13 22

Imagine how inept the Commodores must appear to be below the previous four teams

- Paul Strelow

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