2008 Season Final AP Poll Standings

At the end of the year here's who the Associated Press considers to be the top teams in the country for the 2008 season.

1 Florida (48)
2 Utah (16)
3 USC (1)
4 Texas
5 Oklahoma
6 Alabama
7 TCU
8 Penn State
9 Ohio State
10 Oregon
11 Boise State
12 Texas Tech
13 Georgia
14 Mississippi
15 Virginia Tech
16 Oklahoma State
17 Cincinnati
18 Oregon State
19 Missouri
20 Iowa
21 Florida State
22 Georgia Tech
23 West Virginia
24 Michigan State
25 Brigham Young



Ok so now on to the useless analysis!!

Of the twenty five teams 8 of them did not have more than 10 wins: Ole Miss(9-4), Oklahoma St.(9-4), Oregon St.(9-4), Iowa(9-4), Florida St. (9-4), Georgia Tech(9-4), West Virginia (9-4), Michigan St. (9-4).

4 teams had only one loss: Florida (13-1), USC(12-1), Texas(12-1), and Boise St. (12-1)

One team has NO losses: Utah(13-0)

Here's how the conferences did:
Big 12: 5 (3 South, 2 North)
SEC: 4
Big 10: 4
Pac 10: 3
Mountain West: 3
ACC: 3 (1 Atlantic, 2 Coastal)
Big East: 2
WAC: 1
(No teams from CUSA, or Sunbelt, and no Independents)

Guy who placed USC as #1: Lee Corso.

Top Selling Jerseys

NFLShop.com Top Selling Jerseys from April 1 to July 31 are as follows:

1. Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers
2. Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys
3. Tom Brady, New England Patriots
4. Eli Manning, New York Giants
5. Peyton Manning, Indianapolis Colts
6. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
7. LaDainian Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers
8. Marion Barber, Dallas Cowboys
9. Darren McFadden, Oakland Raiders
10. Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers
11. Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears
12. Devin Hester, Chicago Bears
13. Randy Moss, New England Patriots
14. Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh Steelers
15. Michael Strahan, New York Giants
16. Brian Westbrook, Philadelphia Eagles
17. Terrell Owens, Dallas Cowboys
18. Osi Umenyiora, New York Giants
19. Jason Witten, Dallas Cowboys
20. DeMarcus Ware, Dallas Cowboys
21. Reggie Bush, New Orleans Saints
22. Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers
23. Jay Cutler, Denver Broncos
24. JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders
25. Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle Seahawks

Wow...Brett was number one, my guess is because of all the Green Bay fans who were thinking of getting the latest throwback, Jokes on you bastards!

So I like to analyze stuff that doesn't need to be analyzed or should be analyzed so let's see...

Teams with multiple players in the top 25 jerseys: 6 Teams, Dallas Cowboys: 5 (Tony Romo, Marion Barber, Terrell Owens, Jasson Witten, DeMarcus Ware), New York Giants: 3 (Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, Osi Umenyiora), New England Patriots: 2 (Tom Brady, Randy Moss), Oakland Raiders: 2 (Darren McFadden, JaMarcus Russell), Pittsburgh Steelers: 2 (Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu), Chicago Bears: 2 ( Brian Urlacher, Devin Hester)

No Surprises here, "America's Team" is in first place, with the Super Bowl winners in second place followed by the bigest case of "almost but not quite" the Patriots. Perhaps the biggest shock is to see Oaklands two young offensive stars on here, I mean neither of them have even started a game, Russel has as much playing time in the NFL as I do and McFadden hasn't even taken a snap in a preseason game...hype much?? The Steelers and the Bears show that your team doesn't have to win in order for your players to be popular they just have to have cool hair, or be big scary looking white guys from crappy colleges.

NFC players: 16
AFC players: 9

Hm...so while the AFC has better teams the NFC has better individual talent? Well No, they have more popular players I guess...think about it the only "media darlings" I can think of in the AFC are Peyton Manning and Chad Johnson...You'll find as much camera whores in the NFC as you would on Myspace...TO, Reggie Bush, Tony Romo, Brett Favre, Devin Hester, Matt Leinart, Michael Vick(HEY he still counts.) So now let's see wether Defensive or offensive players are more popular...

Offense: 18
Defense: 6
Special Teams: 1

WOW...well no, not wow...no surprise what's truly shocking is that of those six defensive players only one of them is from the AFC(Hairs-n-Muscle Polamalu) come on people! Show more love to Bob Sanders, or Champ Bailey, or heck even Mike Vrabel. The special teams player is Devin Hester...because that's pretty much what he is. So which position is the most popular??

QB: 10 (Brett Favre, Tony Romo, Tom Brady, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Ben R , Jay Cutler, JaMarcus Russell, Matt Hasselbeck)

RB: 6 (Adrian Peterson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Marion Barber, Darren McFadden, Brian Westbrook, Reggie Bush)

LB: 3 (Brian Urlacher,DeMarcus Ware, Patrick Willis)

WR: 2 (Randy Moss,Terrell Owens)

DE: 2 (Michael Strahan, Osi Umenyiora)

TE: 1 (Jason Witten)

S: 1 (Troy Polamalu)

KR: 1 (Devin Hester)

The usual spotlight players...QBs and RBs stealing the spotlight...why aren't there ever any Long snappers or Centers on this list?? A nice surprise is Patrick Willis who tore it UP at San Franciso last year, I'm also glad to see Jason Witten who's very underratted and should be payed alot more.

So there you go, a lot of information about Jersey sales for a couple of months.