2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #3/ #4 /#4 (CFP/AP/Coaches)

[Dark Horse 2,400]

7 minutes ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Rat Poison is for players and coaches - fans don’t need to worry about that shit - we should be as obnoxious as possible right now. 

No shit, I will still be at peak performance watching the games regardless of our ranking. 

[Pato del Muerto 53,163]

8 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Congrats. This is well-deserved.  

Anybody know the last time y’all were consensus number one?

Jan 9, 2009 for us. 

You were fortunate to catch ou instead of us for that game. Honestly texas and ou had better arguments based on regular season loss comparison, but we couldn’t both be conference champs.  Not that I’m still bitter over how that transpired or anything. 

[Ignatius 4,112]

7 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

You were fortunate to catch ou instead of us for that game. Honestly texas and ou had better arguments based on regular season loss comparison, but we couldn’t both be conference champs.  Not that I’m still bitter over how that transpired or anything. 

We would have rolled fucking Florida that game. We were the best team in country in 2008…

[Gatorubet 30,566]

6 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

You were fortunate to catch ou instead of us for that game. Honestly texas and ou had better arguments based on regular season loss comparison, but we couldn’t both be conference champs.  Not that I’m still bitter over how that transpired or anything. 

It’s like y’all agreed to some shitty conference tiebreaker rules, and then had to suffer the consequences of agreeing to them.  I feel your pain, brother, but that sounds a bit like “Leopards ate my face” unhappiness. 

if I had access to time travel in a different parallel universe, I would love to see them play.  I think Texas would’ve done better handling an injured Percy Harvin, but we may have had more success passing.   it’s been too long and I didn’t see you play too many times that year to have a knowledgeable opinion on it. 

[linux 1,719]

46 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Texas HAS a monster roster in the way that ‘01-‘08 Big 12 Texas rosters also had, but with a better QB situation. The similarity is the OL retoolment over the last 3 years. 

Nobody thought we could compete in the Big 12 in ‘94, and it was clearly the best conference in the land until 2006 and arguably through 2009. We were able to recruit linemen and skill position players quickly. Difference here is, Sark has spent the last 3 years doing exactly this. I’d like to see us actually get through the SEC with only 1 conference loss at most before I finish my thought here, but I knew we likely wouldn’t have a problem with the “different caliber of athlete” horseshit. 

People are consistently bitching in the recruiting forum that talent evaluation meant that the current roster is better specially at OL, and I don't disagree, being late with hard offers and flipmas means Sark is taking the recruits Senior season seriously.

That said Jimbo was also a closer and his classes were mostly busts, but it was because chased stars.

[Gatorubet 30,566]

7 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

We would have rolled fucking Florida that game. We were the best team in country in 2008…

Well, maybe you should’ve held Texas Tech to 14 points like we did to Oklahoma.  But fuck all that. Just win it all this year.

[Jiggy-Z 3,506]

23 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

No shit, I will still be at peak performance watching the games regardless of our ranking. 

I will be making a burnt orange spectacle of myself.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5,656]

36 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Congrats. This is well-deserved.  

Anybody know the last time y’all were consensus number one?

Jan 9, 2009 for us. 

Texas isn't consensus number 1, but the last time was November 1st, 2008.

[Hagbard Celine 11,099]

3 hours ago, satyanash said:

That was 1983. In 1984 we lost No. 1 after tying third-ranked blOU in a miserable downpour.

and we got a :00 clock mulligan on a BS flag to kick for the tie

both sides walked out knowing the zebras had done that to keep both teams alive back when 10-0-1 was about as good as 11-0 on new year's day

[Hagbard Celine 11,099]

3 hours ago, Walser said:

i get the idea, but it should be noted he was an ohioan

[Hagbard Celine 11,099]

2 hours ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Back in the day, they would light the tower orange with "1" when the team was ranked as such during the season. Can't remember if they did this in 08 or not. Surly react!!!

only for titles

entire tower orange but no "1" for beating aggy in football

that was the sop in the 80s

[Fletch 5,816]

1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

It was because for one week the computers loved us. We weren't ranked above USC in any of the polls.

Ahhhh. Makes sense. I’m still gonna count that. If bama gets to count like a million championships pre WW2 then dammit I’m counting this. 

[QuesoEspecial 255]

3 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Well, maybe you should’ve held Texas Tech to 14 points like we did to Oklahoma.  But fuck all that. Just win it all this year.

y’all also started Aaron Hernandez on that team…12 team playoff would have sorted all the bs and my view is Texas would have won 🤘

[Nivek 17,287]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

We have "a target on our back", regardless, and if we don't beat OU, it's pretty much a moot point.

Same as it ever was.  Texas is the school to beat.  Doesn't matter if we are #1 or #200.  

[UTEE97 3,834]

Week 0: 

Week 4:

[TKthunder2 5,057]

4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Well, maybe you should’ve held Texas Tech to 14 points like we did to Oklahoma.  But fuck all that. Just win it all this year.

Eat a dick.

Florida beat Oklahoma by 10 on a neutral field and lost to an unranked Ole Miss at HOME.

Texas beat Oklahoma by 10 on a neutral field and lost to number 6 ranked Tech IN Lubbock.

[Hagbard Celine 11,099]

1 hour ago, Rimbo said:

Don't know that we've earned #1 as much as this is penalizing Georgia for a rough game yesterday.

that's exactly what this is

and we'll take it

[Alien Octopus 617]

Fuck UGA. Fuck em all!

[BrazilHorn 6,770]

Alright. Let’s fucking go! Crazy to think four seasons ago we are at end of shitty Herman era. What a ride

[TexEx15 17,870]

3 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

67 years ago

67 you say….

 

[Nivek 17,287]

20 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

Eat a dick.

Florida beat Oklahoma by 10 on a neutral field and lost to an unranked Ole Miss at HOME.

Texas beat Oklahoma by 10 on a neutral field and lost to number 6 ranked Tech IN Lubbock.

We got fucked over by officiating in that game to almost 2015 OSU levels.   

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5,656]

2 minutes ago, Nivek said:

We got fucked over by officiating in that game to almost 2015 OSU levels.   

And Colt should have won the Heisman in that season. People forget that he lead a pretty fucking incredible comeback at Tech right before the crabtree catch. It wasn't Colt's fault they lost that game.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5,656]

27 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

only for titles

entire tower orange but no "1" for beating aggy in football

that was the sop in the 80s

This "1" on the tower also didn't happen in 2005 when the first BCS rankings came out and Texas was ahead of USC for a week. I have never seen a "1" tower lighting for a #1 ranking midseason in any sport at Texas. Deffo not when the Basketball team rose to #1, either under Barnes or anyone else.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,494]

 

[Pods 7,608]

SWC -> Big XII

Big XII -> SEC

Stepping up to a higher level of competition opens the floodgates for us once again. 

 

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 13,294]

54 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

Week 0: 

Week 4:

Easy buddy, we haven’t even played a conference game yet.

[TOR 5,988]

3 hours ago, gofuckyourself said:

Blatantly false.

 

More a legend than a meat judger.

[chainsaw 10,197]

10 minutes ago, Pods said:

SWC -> Big XII

Big XII -> SEC

Stepping up to a higher level of competition opens the floodgates for us once again. 

 

This always amused me.

They're going south on congress, then east on inner campus drive, then going south passing by the little loop on the east mall, then finally into the south end zone where there are some white pickup trucks parked.

[JBJ 3,758]

35 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

This "1" on the tower also didn't happen in 2005 when the first BCS rankings came out and Texas was ahead of USC for a week. I have never seen a "1" tower lighting for a #1 ranking midseason in any sport at Texas. Deffo not when the Basketball team rose to #1, either under Barnes or anyone else.

The 1 on the tower is reserved for a national title in any sport.

[TrashMaster G 17,934]

2 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

This always amused me.

They're going south on congress, then east on inner campus drive, then going south passing by the little loop on the east mall, then finally into the south end zone where there are some white pickup trucks parked.

They are not going into the south endzone. They are entering the north end of the stadium.

1 minute ago, JBJ said:

The 1 on the tower is reserved for a national title in any sport.

They used to light the tower for a number 1 ranking in football.

[chainsaw 10,197]

Just now, TrashMaster G said:

They are not going into the south endzone. They are entering the north end of the stadium.

Oh right! That makes even less sense because they always timed it for the players to run onto the field from the south end zone

[BevoAbyss 2,132]

3 hours ago, Earl Haffler said:

Damn, we weren't the same until VY won the MNC.

Spot on ... after 24 years (since 1960) of being one of the very top teams, with five undefeated seasons and 3 national titles, we were not too much above .500 till Mack arrived. 

Hard to believe UT has only been ranked #1 for 4 weeks since that fateful day in Fair Park 40 years ago.

That is reason enough alone to want to annihilate the Sooners this year.

Edited September 15 by BevoAbyss

[Hornlover 8,884]

4 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

The last time aggy was #1 at any time?

 

1957. Bear bryants final year where they went 8-3

 

 

67 years ago

Aggy has been #1 in the AP poll for 7 weeks total in the history of the AP poll.

4 weeks in 1939, and 3 weeks in 1957. 

That's 7 total weeks in 88 years.

[GreenspointTexas 9,896]

1 minute ago, Hornlover said:

Aggy has been #1 in the AP poll for 7 weeks total in the history of the AP poll.

4 weeks in 1939, and 3 weeks in 1957. 

That's 7 total weeks in 88 years.

So 7 out of like 1500 polls? Lololol

[BevoAbyss 2,132]

By my quick count at the UT all-time records page, UT has been ranked #1 in the regular season for 40 weeks.

2: DX Bible

26: Royal

9: Akers

3: Mack

1 (so far): Sark

-- Let's hope Sark can increase this total.

 

Edited September 16 by BevoAbyss

[Valmy77 13,550]

2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

It’s like y’all agreed to some shitty conference tiebreaker rules, and then had to suffer the consequences of agreeing to them.  I feel your pain, brother, but that sounds a bit like “Leopards ate my face” unhappiness. 

if I had access to time travel in a different parallel universe, I would love to see them play.  I think Texas would’ve done better handling an injured Percy Harvin, but we may have had more success passing.   it’s been too long and I didn’t see you play too many times that year to have a knowledgeable opinion on it. 

Dude...you won the title. Enjoy your championship, nobody can take it away.

Don't mind us being extremely bitter about it.

Edited September 16 by Valmy77

[RPM 26,472]

Polls are like assholes. Butt...

NUMERO UNO MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

Edited September 16 by RPM

[boilerhorn 1,562]

6 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

Think that may be his ballot from last week

 

Mea culpa.  Looks like the update the per-voter tracking a bit later than the overall poll.  That said, Kurt's deserves our resentment. 

[futureman 22,633]

46 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Dude...you won the title. Enjoy your championship, nobody can take it away.

Don't mind us being extremely bitter about it.

yeah he should enjoy his title as long as he knows good and well that colt goddamn mccoy and the 2008 longhorns would have rolled his ass. 

[Deej 77,476]

[Celery Man 21,062]

Wrong thread. Arch is the greatest Manning quarterback of all time.

Edited September 16 by Celery Man

[Gatorubet 30,566]

2 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

Eat a dick.

Florida beat Oklahoma by 10 on a neutral field and lost to an unranked Ole Miss at HOME.

Texas beat Oklahoma by 10 on a neutral field and lost to number 6 ranked Tech IN Lubbock.

I was honestly not expecting that “quality loss” argument. 

In the history of national championship  games there were undoubtedly many teams that were better than the two teams in the championship game on the day of the game.   Also, teams match up differently with different opponents due to the different strengths and weaknesses.   Duh.  The team who wins this year will not necessarily be the best team.  It will be the team who defeated the teams the Committee matched them with until the championship game.   Your team may have a great run stop defense, and have a questionable secondary.    So you would lose to an Air-raid type opponent,  but advance because you stuffed the strong run game opponent.   

So much of this shit is luck.   A lot of this shit is officiating.   Who knows who would’ve won.   It boggles my mind this is even a discussion point given the fact you’re number one in the rankings and on your way to a very possible national championship shot.   I am jealous as shit of your recent success and disappointed as hell at our descent into irrelevance. 

This is my second to last post on this topic, as it sidetracks the awesomeness of your ranking. 

[TKthunder2 5,057]

1 hour ago, BevoAbyss said:

By my quick count at the UT all-time records page, UT has been ranked #1 in the regular season for 40 weeks.

2: DX Bible

26: Royal

9: Akers

3: Mack

1 (so far): Sark

-- Let's hope Sark can increase this total.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_football_teams_by_weekly_appearances_atop_AP_poll

This has us at 46 weeks total. 4 national titles where we were #1 at the end of the season plus your 40 above gets you to 44 which means you’re missing 2 weeks somewhere.

 

[Tex Long 4,557]

1 hour ago, Hornlover said:

1957. Bear bryants final year where they went 8-3

As I recall, aggy was 8-0, lost by one point to Rice, two points to us, and 3 points to Tennessee. I think those were 7-6, 9-7, and 3-0.

 

 

[Gatorubet 30,566]

49 minutes ago, futureman said:

yeah he should enjoy his title as long as he knows good and well that colt goddamn mccoy and the 2008 longhorns would have rolled his ass. 

I’ve enjoyed the Title for 15 years without knowing that, so I see no reason to start now.  

Again, congrats on knocking the flea-bitten, leg humping mutts from the top spot. i’ve rooted for Texas since I first hung out on Shaggy, but anything that makes the mange-ridden scum unhappy gets extra support. 

[victory88 5,751]

Fuck yes.  I hope this team takes on the villain mentality bc we’re about to get a ton of hate from other fanbases.  Sark needs to become Darth Vader because I’m ready for us to fuck his up not only in the SEC but nationally.  These fucking assholes have had a decade of Texas is back jokes.  We’re back alright, go grab your fucking lube because this is going to be painful.  

[TKthunder2 5,057]

3 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I was honestly not expecting that “quality loss” argument. 

In the history of national championship  games there were undoubtedly many teams that were better than the two teams in the championship game on the day of the game.   Also, teams match up differently with different opponents due to the different strengths and weaknesses.   Duh.  The team who wins this year will not necessarily be the best team.  It will be the team who defeated the teams the Committee matched them with until the championship game.   Your team may have a great run stop defense, and have a questionable secondary.    So you would lose to an Air-raid type opponent,  but advance because you stuffed the strong run game opponent.   

So much of this shit is luck.   A lot of this shit is officiating.   Who knows who would’ve won.   It boggles my mind this is even a discussion point given the fact you’re number one in the rankings and on your way to a very possible national championship shot.   I am jealous as shit of your recent success and disappointed as hell at our descent into irrelevance. 

This is my second to last post on this topic, as it sidetracks the awesomeness of your ranking. 

You guys took a bad loss at home and had a chance to make/win your title game. We got fucked over by coaches in our own conference in the coaches poll which gave OU the tie breaker. It’s bullshit. We have every right to bitch about it, so yeah we will. We were robbed of a chance to play for it all where we would have skull fucked you jean short wearing mothers fuckers, so thank rape enabling Art Briles and the other douche bag coaches for voting OU 1/Texas 5 and letting you play big game bob instead of Colt.

[Gatorubet 30,566]

4 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

You guys took a bad loss at home and had a chance to make/win your title game. We got fucked over by coaches in our own conference in the coaches poll which gave OU the tie breaker. It’s bullshit. We have every right to bitch about it, so yeah we will. We were robbed of a chance to play for it all where we would have skull fucked you jean short wearing mothers fuckers, so thank rape enabling Art Briles and the other douche bag coaches for voting OU 1/Texas 5 and letting you play big game bob instead of Colt.

Hmmmmm.  if I were you, I’d leave that conference.

[TKthunder2 5,057]

1 minute ago, Gatorubet said:

Hmmmmm.  if I were you, I’d leave that conference.

And that we can agree on. Too much bitchassness around that place.

[Biff Tannen 45,940]

7 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

We’re fucking running this bitch 

Motherfucker yes!  We need to get Sweat to say “I told yall”.