NCAA Football

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It looks like FSU edged out Alabama.

Coaches pick Florida State as No. 1

"The Florida State Seminoles aren't going anywhere, as the defending national champions are the No. 1 team in the preseason Amway Coaches Poll, which was released Thursday.

FSU, led by Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston, got 56 of the 62 first-place votes.

"We're very excited about being No. 1 and happy to be No. 1, but we understand that we have to play like No. 1 and play great football," FSU coach Jimbo Fisher told USA Today. "That's going to be our objective. We're proud to start there and now we just have to go play great football.

"Alabama, Oklahoma, Oregon and Auburn, which lost to FSU in the final BCS title game last season, round out the top five. Ohio State starts at No. 6, and is followed by UCLA, Michigan State, South Carolina and Baylor.

Overall, the SEC leads the way with seven teams in the poll. The Pac-12 is represented by six teams, and the Big 12 and Big Ten each have four teams in the poll.

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Defending national champs Florida State No. 1 in AP pre-season poll

Florida State, for what it's worth these days, was an overwhelming pick for No. 1 in Sunday's release of the Associated Press pre-season college football poll. The Seminoles garnered 57 of the available 60 first place votes.

Florida State is followed by Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma and Ohio State. Auburn is sixth followed by UCLA, Michigan State, South Carolina and Baylor. USC is No. 15.

We temper the poll release news because Florida State is an obvious No. 1 choice, coming off a 14-0 season in which it returns Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston.

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We don't have a cute stadium name like "The Swamp'' or "Death Valley" but we have the worst weather in the world and our fans are amazing.



Suck it, soccer.

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We need to play a lot better than this to stay #1.

Florida State 37
Oklahoma State 31

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2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 2 (Aug. 31)

(ESPN thinks the week 2 rankings came out on Sunday when it was the week 1 rankings that came out on Tuesday)

1 Florida State (46) 1-0
2 Alabama (1) 1-0
3 Oregon (5) 1-0
4 Oklahoma (2) 1-0
5 Auburn 1-0
6 Georgia (2) 1-0
7 Michigan State 1-0
8 Ohio State 1-0
9 Texas A&M (2) 1-0
10 Baylor 1-0

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2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 3 (Sept. 7)

1 Florida State (38) 2-0 1463
2 Oregon (16) 2-0 1415
3 Alabama (1) 2-0 1334
4 Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1303
5 Auburn 2-0 1236
6 Georgia (1) 1-0 1201
7 Texas A&M (2) 2-0 1101
8 Baylor 2-0 1043
9 USC 2-0 1039
10 LSU 2-0

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I believe the top 4 will weather well this season.... barring injuries, bad bounces and egregious pac-10 ball managing by the refs. FSU was favored to win in 2000, remember?

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2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 4 (Sept. 14)

1 Florida State (37) 2-0 1466
2 Oregon (17) 3-0 1424
3 Alabama (1) 3-0 1346
4 Oklahoma (2) 3-0 1325
5 Auburn 2-0 1252
6 Texas A&M (3) 3-0 1195
7 Baylor 3-0 1134
8 LSU 3-0 1114
9 Notre Dame 3-0 917
10 Ole Miss 3-0 840

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Florida State suspends Jameis Winston for first half vs. Clemson

Florida State is suspending quarterback Jameis Winston for the first half of its game Saturday vs. No. 24 Clemson in the wake of an obscene phrase he yelled in a public space Tuesday.

Jimbo isn't so stupid that he's going to keep him out of the entire game.

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Florida State suspends Jameis Winston for Clemson game

Citing results of a "continuing investigation" into an incident Tuesday, Florida State has suspended quarterback Jameis Winston for Saturday's entire game against Clemson, the school announced late Friday night.

The one-sentence statement, which was e-mailed at 11:07 p.m. Eastern time, was signed by interim president Garnett Stokes and athletics director Stan Wilcox. Football coach Jimbo Fisher's name was nowhere to be found ...

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2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 5 (Sept. 21)

1 Florida State (34) 3-0 1439
2 Oregon (12) 4-0 1400
3 Alabama (6) 4-0 1377
4 Oklahoma (4) 4-0 1343
5 Auburn 3-0 1268
6 Texas A&M (4) 4-0 1232
7 Baylor 3-0 1143
8 Notre Dame 3-0 967
9 Michigan State 2-1 905
10 Ole Miss 3-0 889

[BigTruck]

Roll Tide!

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2014 NCAA Football Rankings - Week 6 (Sept. 28)

1 Florida State (27) 4-0 1416
2 Oregon (13) 4-0 1405
3 Alabama (13) 4-0 1387
4 Oklahoma (7) 4-0 1357
5 Auburn 4-0 1272
6 Texas A&M 5-0 1206
7 Baylor 4-0 1149
8 UCLA 4-0 975
9 Notre Dame 4-0 972
10 Michigan State 3-1 944

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At the end of the year they will just call this Bloody Saturday.

Arizona 31
#2 Oregon 24

#3 Alabama 17
#11 Ole Miss 23

#4 Oklahoma 33
#25 TCU 37

#6 Texas A&M 31
#12 Mississippi State 48

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Add one more upset to Bloody Saturday.

Utah 30
#8 UCLA 28