BCS Rankings: Week 8

[Atlas]

Rank|School|Record

1|Auburn |8-0
2|Oregon |7-0
3|Boise State |6-0
4| TCU |8-0
5| Michigan State |8-0
6| Missouri |7-0
7| Alabama |7-1
8| Utah |7-0
9| Oklahoma |6-1
10| Wisconsin |7-1
11| Ohio State| 7-1
12| LSU |7-1
13| Stanford |6-1
14| Nebraska |6-1
15| Arizona |6-1
16| Florida State |6-1
17| Oklahoma State |6-1
18| Iowa |5-2
19| Arkansas| 5-2
20| South Carolina |5-2
21| Mississippi State| 6-2
22| Miami (FL) |5-2
23| Virginia Tech| 6-2
24| Nevada| 6-1
25| Baylor |6-2

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bcs

Cue W2B and the cartel spiel...

 

[Boucher]

Auburn Oregon MNC game be sick, but BSU would be better

 

[G-men]

lolBaylor

 

[Goober]

#10! living through my college team this year!

 

[G-men]

#10! living through my college team this year!

i would have lol'd if it had OSU ahead of your team

 

[Sportsbuck]

Really don't get why Oklahoma is in front of us and Wisconsin.

 

[Leftwich]

Really don't get why Oklahoma is in front of us and Wisconsin.

Oh I don't know....

 

[PP]

BCS shows bOise gonna get hosed again.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Oh I don't know....

Way to misread my statement.

Wasn't saying we should be in front of Wisconsin, I was saying I don't get how Oklahoma is in front of us and Wisconsin.

 

[FedEx227]

Yes the old BCS big wigs.

Or the computer generated ranking system that the BCS uses.

Nope, probably the corrupt fat cats down at the old B-C-S.

 

[Boucher]

Im calling it now for MNC

Boise St versus MSU

 

[FedEx227]

Gonna go out on a limb and say he meant Michigan State.

 

[Sportsbuck]

I've barely been on VSN lately... guessing this is the new hack troll?

 

[G-men]

A couple years ago W. Virginia had their ticket booked to the title game until they didn't. They lost to a terrible team.. (I'm forgetting who it is off the top of my head, Syracuse maybe?).

they lost to Pitt, which wasnt a bad team that year and that was a rivalry game. and no one thought their ticket was punched anyway because that was the craziest season for the teams at the top in recent memory.

Anyways point is tickets aren't punched until they're punched. Pretty much any team in the SEC is capable of beating anyone else. Georgia will be a test, BAMA will be a HUGE test, and yes the SEC title game will be a test. The other team in that game would have huge motivation to play well... Conference Championship games are never a gimme.

Georgia will not be a test, they suck this year. Bama will be a test but if Auburn gets past them theyre fine. no team in the SEC East can beat Auburn unless Cam Newton gets hurt or Jesus grants Tim Tebow another year of eligibility.

 

[JeremyHight]

2) Big 12 > Big 11

lol... what?

 

[Atlas]

The Big 12 is better than the Big 10 (a.k.a the Big 11.. they have 11 teams in the conference).

I can't believe I actually had to explain that.

pretty sure he just disagrees with that assessment, as do most people who follow CFB...

 

[Sportsbuck]

they lost to Pitt, which wasnt a bad team that year and that was a rivalry game. and no one thought their ticket was punched anyway because that was the craziest season for the teams at the top in recent memory.\

Pitt was 5-7 that year, they were seriously horrible.

And if WVU wins that game they go to the national championship game. There was really no question about it.

 

[JeremyHight]

The Big 12 is better than the Big 10 (a.k.a the Big 11.. they have 11 teams in the conference).

I can't believe I actually had to explain that.

Other than losing NC games repeatedly, what has the Big XII done lately to say they are hands down a much better conference than the Big Ten?

 

[Nukleopatra]

I can officially stop watching college football now - It doesn't matter what happens, Boise St. will continue to get screwed.

 

[Sportsbuck]

I can officially stop watching college football now - It doesn't matter what happens, Boise St. will continue to get screwed.

They have played:
#25 VT: 6-2, Beat 33-30 on the road
Wyoming: 2-6, beat 51-6
Oregon State: 3-3. beat 37-24 on the road
New Mexico State: 1-6, beat 59-0, probably the 2nd worst team in CFB
Toledo: 5-3, beat 57-14
San Jose State: 1-7, beat 48-0

Wow, such a tough road.

Meanwhile, Auburn has beat:
Arkansas State: 3-5, beat 52-26
#21 Mississippi State: 6-2 beat 17-14 on the road
Clemson: 4-3, beat 27-24 on the road OT
#20 South Carolina: 5-2, beat 35-27
Louisiana-Monroe: 3-4, beat 52-3
Kentucky: 4-4, beat 37-24
#19 Arkansas: 5-2, beat 65-43
#12 LSU: 7-1, beat 24-17

As of right now, they should be above Oregon, but there's no way in hell they deserve to be above Auburn. The rankings really don't matter right now, all of the formulas don't kick in until after the season is completed. I think Boise is a great football team, but if you look at who they've played they aren't that deserving. Yes they've won every game, not trying to take that way from them, but if it comes down to it and there are 3 undefeated teams, Boise deserves to be the one left out based on schedules. Their marquee games were wins on the road against a fringe Top 25 Virginia Tech team who lost to James Madison, and against an Oregon State team who's 3-3 and that was at home. Not too impressed.