Sunday, September 28, 2008

Rankings

What in the Hannah Bell happened to the top 25 this football weekend? In the top 10 alone, of the 8 teams that played, half of them lost. Granted 1 game was #8 against #3, but it was #3 Georgia that lost (was destroyed?) at home. There were 16 games and 7 losses in the top 25.
So what did this mean for #11 BYU that didn't even play at all?
AP Ranking #8
USA Today/Coaches #7

They're ahead of USC in both polls. What does this mean? They're the best team in the Pac-10 right now.

BCS Conference Rankings:
ACC: #22 Florida St., #20/24 VA Tech, #25 Wake (who lost, why are they still in the top 25?)
Big 12: #1 Oklahoma, #4/3 Missouri, #5 Texas, #7 Texas Tech (overrated) #16 Kansas, #21/22 Ok St.
Big East: #10 South Florida, #24/23 UConn
Big Ten: #6 Penn St., #14/12 Ohio St (overrated), #18/17 Wisconsin
Pac-10: #9 USC, #23/20 Oregon (shouldn't be ranked)
SEC: #2/4 Alabama, #3/2 LSU, #11/10 Georgia, #12/13 Florida, #13/14 Auburn, #19 Vandy

Mountain West: #8/7 BYU, #15 Utah
WAC: #17/18 Boise St, #22/21 Fresno St

What does that all mean? The Mountain West right now is better (firmly in the polls and possibly top to bottom) than the ACC, the Big East and the Pac-10. The WAC is a weaker conference but has better top teams than the ACC.

What does all of this teach us? BCS=bogus and cannot provide a true nation championship. The SEC title game provides a better national championship game than does the wack BCS.

3 comments:

Jenny said...

I know, right?! Crazy, and quite awesome at the same time, woulnd't you say?

Jenny said...

um, need to clarify -- awesome that BYU bumped up to #7/8. Not so awesome that the conferences are so completely messed up.

Lydia and Josh said...

venom, have you seen this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsC2k9opOP0 ? It is a bit above my head, but I'm interested to know what you think.

Lydia