Worst Voter of the Week: Week 5 Edition

Every week I'll take a look at how the individual AP poll voters voted (thanks to http://www.pollstalker.com/) and then share who I think had the worst poll for that week.

This week's honors go to...

Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily Times

Boo this man

This is Scott's poll for week 5.

1. Alabama

2. Florida

3. Boise State

4. TCU

5. Ohio State

6. Oklahoma

7. Nebraska

8. LSU

9. Stanford

10. Oregon

11. Auburn

12. Miami (FL)

13. Arkansas

14. Utah

15. Arizona

16. Air Force

17. Florida State

18. Southern California

19. Texas

20. South Carolina

21. West Virginia

22. Kansas State

23. Iowa

24. Nevada

25. Oregon State

Problems with 1-10:

Obviously Florida at 2 catches the eye first. Florida looked sharp for the first time last week against Kentucky at home, and have yet to leave Gainesville this season. I had UF at 10, but 2 ahead of Ohio State, Nebraska and Oregon is a joke. Ohio State at 5 below both Boise State and TCU is terrible as well. They are the clear cut number two team in the country at this point. Moving on, we see LSU at number 8. Admittedly I have LSU at 13, but that is much more because of teams ahead of them losing rather than LSU impressing. They nearly lost to a totally depleted North Carolina team at a neutral site, and were played close by West Virginia in Baton Rouge. West Virginia's only other road game of the year was a near loss to C-USA foe Marshall. Finally at 10 Scott has Oregon. Despite a less than impressive effort at Arizona State last week, Oregon has looked like a top 5 team. Oregon didn't dominate the Sun Devils like they had dominated their previous opponents, but still came away with an 11 point win against a conference opponent on the road, and in no way deserve to be ranked 1o.

Problems with 11-20:

Let's start with Miami (FL) at 12. I had the 'Canes at 17. While they looked impressive against Pitt on the road, Pitt is a very average team from the Big East. Jacory Harris still looks like a turnover machine on the road, already having 6 interceptions in 2 road games this year. They don't deserve (yet, at least) to be ahead of teams like Arizona, Utah and Arkansas. Moving on, we come across Air Force at 16. I cannot tell you where the love for the Falcons came from. They beat an average BYU team who is even worse on the road in Falcon Stadium. They did play Oklahoma close, but so did Utah State and Cincinnati. Last week Air Force nearly lost to Wyoming. Next we go to the very next team, Florida State at 17. The Seminoles will have their chances down the road, but as of now they don't deserve to be ranked at all. They beat subpar opponents at home, and got throttled in their only road game at Oklahoma. Oklahoma's biggest margin of victory this season is 7 against Utah State, but they beat FSU by 30. I also don't think Texas should be ranked, let alone ranked 19, but considering everything else wrong with this poll, that is minor.

Problems with 21-25 and unranked:

West Virginia shouldn't be ranked, but Scott has them at 21. The Mountaineers needed a furious comeback in the 4th quarter to knock off Marshall in overtime, and also lost to an LSU team who I am not high on. They really haven't looked sharp in any of their games. Next up is Kansas State at 22. Bill Snyder's team has beaten poor opponents (maybe with the exception of UCLA) in an unimpressive fashion, and have yet to play a road game this season. They will have a chance to prove themselves later on, but for now shouldn't be ranked. Rounding out Scott's poll is Oregon State. Somehow, he has Oregon State as the 25th best team in the nation. Not only do they have a losing record, but both losses were no non-BCS conference opponents (Boise State and TCU). Their only win was a 7 point victory at home to a bad Louisville team. The Beavers are nowhere near being ranked for now. To cap things off, Scott has both Wisconsin and Michigan unranked. I will admit Wisconsin has been underwhelming thus far considering what they had returning from last year, but surely they deserve to be ranked at this point. Also I don't think Michigan will continue to play at this level for the rest of the season, but they also deserve to at least be ranked for now.