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Vegas' linemakers not sour on Oklahoma
Dec. 6, 2011 4:50 pm
Oklahoma's football team took a precipitous drop in the rankings after its 44-10 loss to Oklahoma State last Saturday, but the linesmakers of Las Vegas still believe in the Sooners.
The Don Best Linesmakers' Poll has no sentiment. It goes by one formula. Namely, who the linesmakers think have the best teams.
Oklahoma, which is 14th in the BCS standings and 19th in Associated Press' Top 25, is No. 8 in the Linesmakers' Poll.
Iowa, which plays the Sooners in the Dec. 30 Insight Bowl, is not in the Linesmakers' Top 40.
Oklahoma is a 14- to 15-point favorite at various Vegas sports books. The Sooners opened at -16 at Wynn Las Vegas, but that was down to 14.5 as of 6 p.m., Central time, Tuesday.
Rank
Team
Rating
BCS
AP
Previous Don Best Ranking
1
LSU
124.0
1
1
1
2
Alabama
122.7
2
2
2
3
Oklahoma State
121.0
3
3
3
4
Oregon
119.0
5
6
4
5
Stanford
118.7
4
4
6
6
Wisconsin
118.6
10
9
7
7
Arkansas
116.9
6
7
8
8
Oklahoma
115.9
14
19
5
9
Boise State
115.5
7
8
9
10
Michigan State
114.1
17
12
13
11
Michigan
113.8
13
13
12
12
Georgia
113.7
16
18
10
13
Southern Cal
112.6
NR
5
14
14
Virginia Tech
112.4
11
17
11
15
South Carolina
112.1
9
10
16
16
Clemson
111.4
15
14
21
17
Notre Dame
111.4
NR
26
17
18
Florida State
111.2
NR
25
18
19
Texas Christian
110.9
18
16
19
20
Kansas State
110.8
8
11
20
21
Houston
110.5
19
20
15
22
Southern Miss
109.7
21
22
25
23
Baylor
109.5
12
15
26
24
Nebraska
109.2
20
21
22
25
West Virginia
109.0
23
23
23
26
Texas A&M
108.2
NR
NR
24
27
Tulsa
107.8
NR
34
27
28
Cincinnati
107.0
NR
27
32
29
Ohio State
107.0
NR
NR
T-29
30
Missouri
107.0
NR
32
T-29
Next Ten: Brigham Young, Texas, Utah, Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Washington, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Louisiana Tech.
Dropped out of DB Top 30: Texas (28)
BCS Top 25 not Ranked in Linemakers Poll: Penn State (BCS-22), Texas (BCS-24) and Auburn (BCS-25)
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