1. Southern Cal (11-0)-- Survived a red scare from Fresno. (LW 1)
2. Texas (10-0)-- Only A&M and the Big 12 championship game stand between them and a Rose Bowl date. (LW 2)
3. Penn St. (10-1)-- Congrats Jo Pa. (LW 4)
4. Virginia Tech (9-1)-- Dominated the Cavs in Charlottsville. (LW 5)
5. Louisiana St. (9-1)-- Arkansas is their last hurdle to an SEC West title. (LW 6)
6. Miami (8-2)-- Probably blew a BCS bid with the loss to Georgia Tech. (LW 3)
7. Ohio St. (9-2)-- Tressel the anti-John Cooper. (LW 7)
8. Auburn (9-2)-- Pulling hard for the Hogs this week. (LW 12)
9. Oregon (10-1)-- Won last 3 games without Clemens. (LW 10)
10. UCLA (9-1)-- Still waiting on the Trojans. (LW 11)
11. Notre Dame (8-2)-- Don't deserve a BCS bid. (Lw 9)
12. Georgia (8-2)-- SEC East champs. (LW 13)
13. Alabama (9-2)-- Season definitely lost its luster. (LW 8)
14. West Virginia (8-1)-- Moving up by default. (LW 15)
15. TCU (10-1)-- Ditto. (LW 16)
16. Fresno St. (8-2)-- No shame in the way they played the Trojans. In fact, if you figure homefield is worth 3 points then they actually performed better than the Irish. However, they will get about 1/10 the media attention. (LW 17)
17. Iowa St. (7-3)-- Tough game this week at Kansas. (LW 18)
18. Louisville (7-2)-- Get the 'Cuse at home this week. (LW 20)
19. Michigan (7-4)-- Carr stuck in neutral against Tressel. (LW 14)
20. Colorado (7-3)-- If they beat Nebraska, they win the Big 12 North. (LW 23)
21. Wisconsin (8-3)-- Spend the holidays in Hawaii. (LW NR)
22. Texas Tech (9-2)-- Worst 9-win team ever? (LW NR)
23. Florida (7-3)-- Close with a big rivalry game. (LW 21)
24. Florida St. (7-3)-- Chance to have 5 losses when they go bowling! (LW 22)
25. Georgia Tech (7-3)-- Didn't see that one coming. (LW NR)
Creeping around:
Oklahoma (6-4): Got the shaft against the Red Raiders.
UTEP (8-2): Still have work to do.
Boston College (8-3): How did they lose to North Carolina?
South Carolina (7-4): Proof once and for all that winning close games ain't a matter of skill.
Clemson (7-4): Tommy owns Carolina.
Aw, but there is always next year for the Gamecocks. You will be saying Steve owns Clemson ;o)
ReplyDeleteNotre Dame does deserve a BCS bid. Look at Alabama people were calling that bs schedule bcs worthy? I'm surprise they lasted that long without losing.
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ anonymous. 'Bama played and defeated Florida (7-3) and South Carolina (7-4). Hardly two elite teams, but definitely top 25-30 material. They also played and lost to LSU (9-1) and Auburn (9-2). ND's best scalp is Michigan (7-4). Sure they played SC tough, but so did Fresno... in LA. ND has beaten one other team with a winning record, BYU (6-5) and lost at home to a team not going to a bowl, Michigan St. (5-6). This same Spartan team lost to Northwestern by 5 touchdowns. Now by no means does 'Bama deserve a BCS bid, but neither does ND. Auburn, Ohio St., Oregon, and Miami all have better at-large credentials than the Irish.
ReplyDeleteMy bad. Seems the Irish have also defeated Navy (6-4). Don't wanna short them. Disregard the fact that Navy lost to Maryland, Stanford, and Rutgers as well.
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