BCS Rankings: Week 8

[Hasselbeck]

The BCS is such a joke.

I truly feel for Boise State fans, for TCU fans, for Utah fans.. these teams will simply NEVER get a chance at a National Championship and it's wrong.

Butler University was a jumper away from winning the National title in basketball. But if college basketball deployed the logic college football does, Butler probably would have been stuck in some worthless exhibition game against the 7th best ACC school.

We're destined to have the same scenario as last year where Boise and TCU/Utah are going to be screwed out of a title shot.. and will likely be stuck facing each other because of the way these games are slotted.

Terrible.

 

[Hasselbeck]

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.

While I agree Auburn has had the more difficult schedule.. when is Boise EVER going to get its shot? They've only been winning games left and right for the past several YEARS.. not just this season, but YEARS.

Either put in a playoff so a mid-major that's stuck in a shit conference with the only opportunity to schedule actual worthwhile teams coming at the beginning of the year when those schools could very well be nowhere near as good as their ranking (See: Virginia Tech, Pitt).. or give a Boise State, Utah, or TCU a shot for their body of work not just THIS season.. but the last several seasons as well.

 

[Sportsbuck]

While I agree Auburn has had the more difficult schedule.. when is Boise EVER going to get its shot? They've only been winning games left and right for the past several YEARS.. not just this season, but YEARS.

Either put in a playoff so a mid-major that's stuck in a shit conference with the only opportunity to schedule actual worthwhile teams coming at the beginning of the year when those schools could very well be nowhere near as good as their ranking (See: Virginia Tech, Pitt).. or give a Boise State, Utah, or TCU a shot for their body of work not just THIS season.. but the last several seasons as well.

Agreed on all counts.

 

[Rudi]

Cam Newton for Heisman.

 

[Hasselbeck]

Why in God's name are people freaking out about Boise? Still a long ways to go folks and Boise sits in 3rd. Auburn will lose, that's pretty much a lock in my mind. MSU will lose to Iowa this week and Mizzou will lose at Nebraska this week. Boise will then jump all those schools in the computer rankings.

When all is said and done there will be 4 teams competing for the Title Game: Oregon, Boise, TCU, and a 1 loss Bama.

No because if Auburn loses to Bama, guaranteed Bama will jump Boise.

That's the problem, barring a bunch of one-loss teams.. Boise is going to continue to get jumped as often as a blind kid playing checkers.

 

[Blade]

I don't understand college football. Can someone help me understand how Auburn at #3 in AP and Coache's poll ends up being #1 in the BCS?

 

[Senser81]

No because if Auburn loses to Bama, guaranteed Bama will jump Boise.

That's the problem, barring a bunch of one-loss teams.. Boise is going to continue to get jumped as often Houston walking down the hallway of his high school.

Fixed

 

[nesper]

let's not forget that MSU took it to wisconsin, toasted illinois in the second half and still won in northwestern. a win is a win is a win. As far as iowa the last two games between these two teams was decided by a total of 5 points and both of those iowa teams were better than this years version and both msu teams were worse than this years version.

 

[nickp50010]

Iowa isn't losing back to back home games. Not happening.

ISU wasn't suppose to beat Texas - EVER.

As long as Ferentz is making the calls, nothing is a lock.

 

[Hasselbeck]

I disagree that a 1 loss Bama will jump Boise. I don't think that will happen.

You're wrong then. The SEC champ, barring them being a 2 or 3 loss school.. is almost automatically assured a spot in the BCS title game.

If Alabama runs the table, SEC Title Game included.. they will be in the NC more than likely.

 

[Nukleopatra]

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.
.

Yeah. But they have a white quarterback.

 

[Bear Pand]

I have a question about the BCS. Why is it always the "computers" who get the heat?

Looking at the current Harris poll which makes up 1/3 of the vote, Oregon has 80% of the first place votes. How are 80% of the voters in agreement that Oregon is number one? There's a clear argument for Auburn, and a smaller argument for Boise.

Oregon has 85% of the first place votes in the USA Today poll. Which is also bs.

I think the people who participate in these polls could do a lot better of a job than they do currently. It'd help make things more fair for teams like Boise if 80%+ of the voters didn't just hand Oregon the #1 spot for no reason. It'll be on these human voters to make sure they don't help dick Boise over at the end of the season by letting a 1 loss team slide into the NC.

 

[Bear Pand]

There really isn't an argument for Auburn to be ahead of Boise and Oregon in the human polls. The preseason polls had Boise and Oregon wayyyyyyy ahead of Auburn before the season started. Boise and Oregon are both still unbeaten so there is NO reason in the world for Auburn to jump them. If Auburn goes to Tuscaloosa and wins then let's talk.

Who gives a shit. That's another thing, preseason polls are bullshit. They do nothing but cause problems.

 

[nflman2033]

2 Reasons:

1) They're in front of Ohio St. is because the BCS big wigs are sick and tired of the Buckeyes getting ass blasted in the championship games.

2) Big 12 > Big 11

lol, its funny that OSU is in the same spot that OU was in a few years ago when it was OU that BCS voters were tired of watching them getting their asses kicked in NC games.

 

[Senser81]

That's the way it works. Also Auburn was lucky to get by Arkansas. Didn't Ryan Mallet get hurt late in that game? If he doesn't, Arkansas wins that IMO.

Right. Because Auburn scored only 65 points, so if Arkansas had Mallet they would have won the game 66-65. Also, Tyler Wilson came in and only threw for 332 yards and 4 TDs, so the obvious reason Arkansas lost is because of the poor play from the QB position, NOT the defense that gave up 65 points. And, as you said, Auburn was lucky to score 65 points.

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3) Create a new VSN account, "tabula rasa"
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[Cornelius]

When I read your first sentence the first team I thought of was Ohio St. How have their last 2 NC games gone? Beat by a combined 50 pts or so right? bama:

With regards to the conference this year:
The Big 12 is a much deeper conference. The middle and bottom don't absolutely blow outside of Kansas. The middle and bottom of the Big 10 is truly pathetic.

Who is the best team in the Big 12, iyo? This should be fun.

 

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