The College Football Thread 2006

[Imran Siddiqui]

Let me see how much pwnage I can deal

[q=Slowwhand]I think Boston College dwserves Top 25 consideration.[/q]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

See the team ranked #22 on the AP poll and #21 on the Coaches Poll? And 20th in the BCS?

[Drake Tungsten]

I wonder how far Nebraska is going to drop in the polls after today's loss.

[SlowwHand]

Shouldn't be far.

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Donegeal


Meh... PJ Hill had over a 1000 as of last week (plus he had 10 TD compared to 6 for Hart).

And how many rushing yards did he get against Michigan? How much was that below his average? How many rushing TDs did he score against Michigan?

I see Hill had 35 carries for 249 yds in a 41-9 win against lowly Northwestern. Way to pad those stats!

Michigan passes a lot more than Wisconsin, too.

Oh and the answers are 54, -92.5 and 0.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
I realize it can't go who beat who down the line;

If you're just doing Top 10, you actually can do that, at least so far this year. Observe:

1. Ohio State
2. Michigan
3. USC
4. Texas
5. Louisville
6. West Virginia
7. Arkansas
8. Auburn
9. Florida
10. Notre Dame


As long as USC > Arkansas > Auburn > Florida > Tennessee > Cal, OSU > Texas, and Michigan > Notre Dame, you can do it. Needless to say, this will undoubtedly get juggled in the weeks to follow, especially if Cal beats USC.


Speaking of USC, they seem to be the only unbeaten team in remote danger of losing next week, in a road game at Oregon State. Not gonna happen.

[Eroberer]

Okay, I'm revising my previous rankings a little. I'm taking that Cal victory over USC out. Again this week I didn't get to see many games, so I'm a little in the dark on why Ten wasn't able to stamp out Alabama. Still, from their past games, they're my favorite to beat OSU in the title game, if they can get there.

1) OSU
2) Michigan
3) West Virginia
4) Tennessee
5) USC
6) Texas
7) Louisville
8) Clemson
9) Cal
10) Florida

[reismark]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
You realize that they play Louisville and West Virginia back to back. That's probably going to be two spankings in a row... which will hurt them in any online poll.

Why no faith in your own school? Pittsburgh, by the numbers, had just a prolific offense as them, and not only did Rutgers beat Pittsburgh, Rutgers dominated the game. I think they have a decent shot at winning both games. (I'm not saying that they will win both... just that their chances are much better than you give them credit for.)

[Imran Siddiqui]

Why no faith?! It's freaking Louisville and West Virginia! That's like when Missouri was 5-0, and if they had Texas and Oklahoma (prior to AP getting hurt), saying why don't they have faith in their team when they think they'll get spanked by both.

[Drake Tungsten]

My rankings...

1. Ohio State
2. California
3. Texas
4. LSU
5. Clemson
6. Michigan
7. West Virginia
8. Louisville
9. USC
10. Florida

[Eroberer]

Rutgers is much better than Missouri though. I think they have a chance against Louisville. I bet they make it a game. Louisville (IIRC) will have already played West Virginia, and (IMHO) lost, so they'll have their momentum sapped a little.

[Imran Siddiqui]

By that time Brohm will get back into his rhythm and will be deadly. Hoping the defense can make it close, but when Brohm is on his game (he isn't 100% healthy yet), Louisville can put up some big points.

[Drake Tungsten]

Missouri would beat Rutgers.

[DanS]

My votes. No changes...

1. OSU (thinking about going USC, Michigan, OSU due to strength of competition)
2. USC (toughest competition gets the props)
3. Michigan
4. Cal (tougher competition than TN, even though TN won the head-to-head)
5. Tennessee
6. Notre Dame (tough choice between ND, Auburn, and Fla, but ND's only loss is to #3)
7. Auburn
8. Florida
9. Louisville (weak competition)
10. Texas (weak competition)

[MRT144]

mines the same as dan but because usc had a bye im moving them to 3. byes are weak opponents.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Woot... Rutgers 16th in both polls and 14th in the BCS .

And Rutgers would kick around Missouri.