Another weekend of college football once again scrambles the rankings. Since the purpose of this ranking system is to provide a top 10 based on 2009 results – thus no speculations about future games, no high ratings based on expectations, nothing to do with returning lettermen or last year’s results … simply who one plays and the outcome.
Before the ranking I must say that what I heard several ESPN commentaries this weekend that was pleasant music to my ears. They simply made these points:
- Preseason ranking get too much emphasis, especially in the season’s early weeks
- Voters should be more fluid during the early weeks to result in teams who have earned respect versus teams who we still don’t know much about beyond expectations
- Several challenged anyone to identify a team that had done more to date than the Miami Hurricanes
For those needing more explanation, read this post about PreSeason Rankings.
I would imagine that many fans will have problems with this week’s rankings, but hey – life is what it is and some teams have played 4 very respectable games to start the season.
- Out from last week: Miami, Cal, Boise, North Carolina, Texas, UCLA
- Dropped from last week: Cincinnati, Auburn,
They’ve Earned It Top 10
- LSU (4-0) Next: @ Georgia
- Alabama (4-0) Next: @ Kentucky
- Georgia (3-1) Next: LSU
- Oregon (3-1) Next: Washington State
- Iowa (4-0) Next: Arkansas State
- Va. Tech (3-1) Next: @ Duke
- Houston (3-0) Next: UTEP
- Cincinnati (4-0) Next: @ Miami (Oh)
- South Carolina (3-1) Next: South Carolina State
- Auburn (4-0) Next: @ Tennessee
Conference games are becoming more of the norm rather than the exception, so keep your eye on the Sun Belt race as other teams seek to catch Nebraska (3-0). Besides games involving the top 10 teams, I’m keeping my eyes on these potential ranking-impact games.
- Georgia Tech @ Mississippi State
- Michigan @ Michigan State
- Oklahoma @ Miami
- Oregon State @ Arizona State
- USC @ Cal
- Washington @ Notre Dame
- Wisconsin @ Minnesota
how about Cal just getting their guts kicked in, stomped, and strewn across the gridiron like that?
Boise St = BcS Finally! is my hope
CCC,
Wow … talk about an unexpected good old fashion butt whoopin’! Quite the surprise.
Iowa dominating Penn State in the fourth quarter at Happy Valley was also impressive.
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Another great week of college football just proved how useless the preseason rankings and the whole BCS process are!
Beeze,
Agree on both counts. I still can’t figure out what Texas has done to be number 2 in the polls and in so many personal rankings. In terms of the BCS, whose ranking are approaching, the whole thing is about money …. and still a mythical national champion.
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Auburn beats Ball State who hasnt won a game all year and they are your number 10 team. Im not sure I understand that pick. LSU barely got Mississippi State. How can they be Number 1? That Houston is pretty good
Jerry,
In short, Auburn, beating Ball State actually caused them to drop. But the best thing about them is that they haven’t played any nonD1 teams & have 2 BCS wins. LSU has 3 BCS wins (2 on the road) and no nonD1 opponents to date. Houston looks good, is fun to watch, and has 2 good wins, including one on the road. That’s enough at this point to overcome their 1 nonD1 win – but winning at UTEP won’t do them much good.
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