Final AP

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OSU finished 12th

FSU 1
Aub 2
MSU 3

Surprised that MSU did not move up to 2 with both Aub and Bama losing in BCS games.

[victor2111]

If Auburn didn't lose a close game to FSU, I think they would have. But with the NC going how it did, these two teams were going to stay the same as they were. Great game. Can't fault the rankings.

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I disagree. Not that these final rankings mean anything. Auburn lost their bowl game and finished with 2 losses. No way do they deserve to stay above MSU who won their bowl game against a very good team. If a team gets penalized during the regular season for a late loss then they should get penalized during the bowl season.

[victor2111]

I see both sides, I'm fine with either one.

Should Auburn be punish for playing in the NC game and losing on a last second drive? I mean going into the game, those two were called the best two teams in CFB, and they played till the last second. So why are they still not the same best two teams?

Bowl season and regular season are different. Regular season you play into your ranking. Auburn played into the #2 ranking and showed last night they deserved that ranking. And were seconds away from being #1.

[ohstatefan]

Here's how the recent losers of the BCS title game has done in the final AP rankings.
2012 ND #4
2011 LSU #2
2010 Oregon #3
2009 Texas #2
2008 Oklahoma #5
2007 Ohio St #5
2006 Ohio St #2
2005 USC #2
2004 Oklahoma #3
2003 Oklahoma #3
2002 Miami #2

Not a lot of big surprises in there.

[ohstatefan]

I will say this , though, looking at that list. It looks like the only ones that only slipped to #2 after the loss were undefeated going into the game. I think this is the first exception to that.

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I think they got it right. Those were the two best teams playing last night.

[gobucksgo]

Jan 7, 2014 15:22:25 GMT -5 @theurbaneffect said:

I think they got it right. Those were the two best teams playing last night.

I don't know about that. Auburn won the Bama game with a VERY lucky play and slipped into the NCG with some help from Michigan State. If they hadn't won that game, it would have been Bama and FSU in the NC, even if we had won the B1G CG.

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Jan 7, 2014 15:31:42 GMT -5 gobucksgo said:

Jan 7, 2014 15:22:25 GMT -5 @theurbaneffect said:

I think they got it right. Those were the two best teams playing last night.

I don't know about that. Auburn won the Bama game with a VERY lucky play and slipped into the NCG with some help from Michigan State. If they hadn't won that game, it would have been Bama and FSU in the NC, even if we had won the B1G CG.

I believe you make your own "luck". Good teams put themselves in position to win and when they do, I don't think it's luck, I think it's a team finding a way to win. I don't believe they were lucky the same that I don't believe the 2002 Buckeyes were lucky when they pulled out wins.

[gobucksgo]

Jan 7, 2014 15:38:43 GMT -5 @theurbaneffect said:

Jan 7, 2014 15:31:42 GMT -5 gobucksgo said:

I don't know about that. Auburn won the Bama game with a VERY lucky play and slipped into the NCG with some help from Michigan State. If they hadn't won that game, it would have been Bama and FSU in the NC, even if we had won the B1G CG.

I believe you make your own "luck". Good teams put themselves in position to win and when they do, I don't think it's luck, I think it's a team finding a way to win. I don't believe they were lucky the same that I don't believe the 2002 Buckeyes were lucky when they pulled out wins.

I understand that. I even agree to a point. Several here *cough-cough Cincy* would claim that the late penalty flag in our NC was "luck." I also get that some teams get the luck of the bounce. However, in the Bama/Auburn game, for all intents and purposes, it was over and headed to overtime when Bama attempted the field goal. Coaching lost that game for them, in my opinion. Had even one coach said, "Um....they have a guy in the end-zone if we miss, we should tackle him and not stand around like it's over after we kick it" they wold have tackled him and the game would have gone to overtime. Not to say Auburn would not have won it in OT, but the play that the game was won on, was a fluke.

I'm just saying that Auburn was not necessarily one of the Best two teams at the end of the season. It took some "magic and luck" for them to get there. Mainly a play that Bama should have never given up and an OSU loss in the B1G CG. Otherwise, they would have been the #5-7 team in the country at the end of the season.

I just wonder what an FSU/tOSU or FSU/Bama game would have looked like. Would have been interesting.