It's the College Football thread!

[Tuberski]

Ohio Sate's offense once again lets them down. 5 field goals.

ACK!

[SlowwHand]

That's part of it. It's a team sport.

[Drake Tungsten]

Michigan, Ohio State and Iowa all lose. What a great day for college football.

[Donegeal]

Stop forgetting about Wisconsin. Maybe things are looking up for a shot at the Rose Bowl in Barry's last season... maybe.

[Drake Tungsten]

I would've thrown Wisconsin in that list too if they had lost...

[Donegeal]

Yeah... is WAS pretty close. Just nipped them in the last second while rotating our Kickers in at RB....

[Drake Tungsten]

It was Temple.

[Guynemer]

The new AP poll:

#1 USC (56)
#2 Texas (8)
#3 LSU
#4 Virginia Tech
#5 Tennessee
#6 Florida
#7 Georgia
#8 Florida State
#9 Ohio State
#10 Notre Dame
#11 Louisville
#12 Purdue
#13 Miami
#14 Michigan
#15 California
#16 Georgia Tech
#17 Boston College
#18 Arizona State
#19 Texas Tech
#20 Clemson
#21 Oklahoma
#22 Iowa
#23 Fresno State
#24 Iowa State
#25 Virginia



Florida State above Ohio State?

Iowa above Iowa State?!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well FSU is 2-0 . I think they are banking on the fact that in the Miami game, Weatherford was just nervous and inexperienced and the end of the Citidel game is when he got his confidence.

Iowa, even though they got blown up by Iowa State, is probably a better team overall and will have a better record when all is said and done.

[PLATO]

Is it too early to start the BCS debates?

With 4 of the top 7 being SEC schools, would an undefeated SEC champion be left out again this year if Texas and USC run the table?

Perhaps this may be better characterized as a Playoff Debate.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Depends on how the season plays out. I think if, say, Georgia runs the SEC table, they'd vault over Texas since the Big XII just looks weak. Then again, it depends on the new Harris pool and the computers.

I can guarentee you that 4 of the top 7 won't be SEC teams in December . They all look good before they gotta play the SEC schedule and some teams lose against others.

[Guynemer]

And that would be a terrific argument for no polls at all until October... a SEC champ (or ACC, or Purdue, or...) could very well run the table and get shut out of the Rose Bowl.

Is it too early to start looking forward to Notre Dame at Tennessee?

[Imran Siddiqui]

And that would be a terrific argument for no polls at all until October... a SEC champ (or ACC, or Purdue, or...) could very well run the table and get shut out of the Rose Bowl.

And how would that remedy one of an undefeated USC, Texas, and SEC team not getting screwed.

[Guynemer]

It wouldn't. But at least we'd have several games under our belt before ranking, as opposed to a largely arbitrary and always inaccurate pre-season perception of who is #1, #2, #3, etc.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Perhaps, but the pre-season rankings sell magazines. The reason college football stick with the polls is partially because of the controversy.

And IIRC, Auburn was 3rd in the computer rankings last year as well.