I can't remember OU ever receiving votes in a top 25 AP or Coaches' poll before...is this a first?  Also, it would be nice to see NIU move into the top 25 prior to the MAC Championship Game, setting up the possibility for our first ever win over a ranked team.

sad but true story - OHIO snapped some awful losing streak in the fall of 1993.  Then started receiving votes in the coaches poll - clearly it was a joke, but they were receiving votes for like two weeks.

Good call, I'd completely forgotten about that.  Sad but true, indeed.

I went back and looked and neither the 2006 or 2009 teams ever received votes in the AP or Coaches polls.  We did receive votes in the Harris poll both years, though.

Ohio now #34 in USAToday #37 in AP.

NIU in waiting at 26 in all 3.  Just a single vote shy in the coaches poll.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt10.htm

50  Northern Illinois   
75  Ohio University     
78  Toledo              
88  Wofford              
90  Virginia            
104  Minnesota           
105  Indiana             
108  Miami-Ohio          
109  Marshall            
118  Wake Forest         

That is kind of a random list up there. Dream Conference? NIU is close to top 25 in a media poll but has a long way to go in the BCS standings if this Sagarin ranking is any indication of where they stand in most computers. Ohio would be lucky to crack the top 25 in a media poll at 11-3 with very few votes so far.

From sagarin:
60     Temple
75     Ohio University

I think that if we were to line up for this game again we might just be favored

I don't think the Kent State win is going to impress voters too much. Maybe up to 10 votes in each poll. NIU should be ranked in the media polls though won't make the BCS top 25 because of computers. Its the BCS top 25 ranking which is annotated by outlets as a teams ranking so the general public won't be aware of NIU's media poll ranking. Its also time the major outlets stopped reporting the AP poll rankings as they don't calculate into the BCS formula and have a sole purpose now of influncing the Harris and Coach's vote. 

Hold on, I'm about to jack this thread all up... I apologize in advance...

I'm just curious, but why is this team usually considered to be the best?  I find it really interesting how whenever we talk about the great teams, this group is usually considered #1.  Now, before I get too far gone here... I love that team.. .I'm friends with several members from it and it absolutely ranks in my top 3...Also, not saying you're making that statement Wes, but just a comment on the general feelings I've seen on here...

But, in my opinion the 1960 National Small College Championship team would have to be ranked #1.  They went 10-0 but didn't play in a bowl.  Minnesota won it all in the big division that year and there was an article in Sports Illustrated about the Bobcats and how they could possibly beat the Gophers that year.  I think the fact that so much was made about the '68 team making our last bowl game before 2006 has taken them to the top in the minds of most.

If I were to rank them I'd go:

1960: 10-0
1929: 9-0 (outscored opponents 305-7... that's not a typo...305-7...How would you like to be the guy who gave up that TD?  In fact, from '29-31 Ohio went 24-1-1 and outscored opponents 704-53.... That's unbelievable... I don't care what era you played in... No wonder we play in "Peden" stadium...)  
1968: 10-1

Now... if the 'Cats win out this year they would be a solid #4 for me...

I think NIU has a shot to be top-25 in the BCS if the chips fall their way.  A loss or two in front of them, and hang another 50+ point night on EMU, it seems plausible.  Don't forget that votes in the Coaches and Harris polls make up 2/3 of the poll numbers.  NIU would be 26th in the BCS standings this week.

Also, don't forget that Sagarin is just one of six computer rankings, and the overall ranking isn't what is used in the BCS rankings.  Additionally, i've been tracking those computer rankings with respect to Ohio all season, and Sagarin has consistently had us ranked lower than the other five (and the highest and lowest get tossed).

FWIW, Ohio would be 37th in the BCS standings if they completed them out to everyone who received a point.