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After a Crushing Defeat, Oregon Football is Dropped From the AP Poll

By Alex Weber

EUGENE, OR - OCTOBER 13: Head coach Mario Cristobal of the Oregon Ducks reacts to an official's call during the first quarter of the game against the Washington Huskies at Autzen Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
EUGENE, OR - OCTOBER 13: Head coach Mario Cristobal of the Oregon Ducks reacts to an official's call during the first quarter of the game against the Washington Huskies at Autzen Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /
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With that, the great carrousel that is the Associated Press Poll spins once more. This time, the Oregon Football program was one of 7 victims thrown from the APC (Associated Press Carousel). Speaking of carousels: remember the opening scene of Face/Off when John Travolta’s son gets shot by Nicholas Cage and (by some unknown and other-worldly force) soars off the carousel on to the ground? No, you probably don’t, but I’m gonna continue with this analogy anyways.

So once Travolta’s son gets shot and is on the ground, dead, Travolta hovers over him and weeps while Cage sips on Diet Coke. Yeah, that’s what Saturday’s game felt like. I was Travolta, simply trying to enjoy a good, not special, season of football with the Ducks football team (AKA my son). And then out of nowhere, Kevin Sumlin and Khalil Tate struck my dear child, the Oregon Ducks, with a bullet named “Depression,” leaving me to sit and mourn late into the evening.

Saturday I sat and wept as I watched Oregon Football stare a  potentially 10-2 fantastic first season for Mario Cristobal and say, “good bye old friend.” They got whooped. There’s no way around it. And, as anyone with a brain would’ve expected, they were dropped like bad first date from the soon-to-be second-most esteemed set of rankings, the AP Poll (the first installment of the College Football Playoff Rankings will be revealed on Tuesday, which supersede the AP). Here’s the week 10 poll if you care or dare to look:

  1. Alabama
  2. Clemson
  3. Notre Dame
  4. LSU
  5. Michigan
  6. Georgia
  7. Oklahoma
  8. Ohio State
  9. UCF
  10. Washington State
  11. Kentucky
  12. West Virginia
  13. Florida
  14. Penn State
  15. Texas
  16. Utah
  17. Houston
  18. Utah State
  19. Iowa
  20. Fresno State
  21. Mississippi State
  22. Syracuse
  23. Virginia
  24. Boston College
  25. Texas A&M

Others receiving votes: Washington 120, Northwestern 86, Georgia Southern 62, Michigan St. 51, Cincinnati 45, Iowa St. 42, South Florida 29, Stanford 26, Oklahoma St. 24, UAB 17, Oregon 13, Wisconsin 12, Auburn 7, San Diego St. 6, Army 6, NC State 5, California 2, Buffalo 1.

Too High 

Utah State – What the hell are we doing here, media members? Please, will you offer me some evidence, any evidence, that Utah State is good at football? They haven’t beat anyone good, or even mediocre. How about “well shoot, they beat Air Force by 10!” or “they blew out BYU!” as the top arguing points for this team being 17th in the country? Thoughts? None, except disgust. Oh wait, USU only lost to unranked Michigan State by a touchdown.

Too Low

Kentucky – This one is simple: UCF and Ohio State belong below UK. Directional Floridas are the perennial We Are Undefeated Against Our Middle School Schedule So You Have To Rank Us High programs. And with USF faltering over the weekend, the Golden Knights have assumed the full-time position. Ohio State, on the other hand, has a win vs. Penn State and nothing much else. Also, they lost by 29 to Purdue. Kentucky keeps grinding out SEC victories and now has themselves a battle with Georgia for a spot in the SEC Championship.

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