College Football '10 - Conference switching chaos!!

[Drake Tungsten]

Top Ten...

1. Florida
2. Cincinnati
3. Alabama
4. TCU
5. Boise State
6. LSU
7. Texas
8. Georgia Tech
9. Oregon
10. USC

[Imran Siddiqui]

If I heard correctly, Iowa was on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week... And Navy

1) Florida
2) Texas
3) Alabama
4) Cincinnati
5) Texas Christian
6) Boise State
7) Georgia Tech
8) Iowa
9) Pittsburgh
10) Ohio State

with Oregon, Southern Cal, Miami (FL) and LSU hovering very close.

I really kinda had no idea what to do with 7-10, btw. Iowa doesn't fall as far as it normally would have because they lost due to an utterly shameful attempt to injure Iowa's starting QB (which succeeded).

[Guynemer]

I know, I know, the usual argument about the best team doesn't always win, but... I'm not sure how to justify Ohio State being the 2-loss team ranked in the top ten, especially with Oregon around.

1. Alabama
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. Cincinnati
5. Boise State
6. Texas Christian
7. Iowa
8. Georgia Tech
9. Pittsburgh
10. Oregon

Next few, in no particular order: Utah, USC, Houston, Ohio State, LSU, Miami

[Guynemer]

This week for the unbeatens:

Florida at South Carolina
Texas at Baylor
Alabama at Mississippi State
Cincinnati vs. West Virginia
TCU vs. Utah
Boise State vs. Idaho



Very, very interesting week coming up. No team has a straight-up gimme, with the top three going on the road. Texas and Alabama, in particular, should win, and in all likelihood will win handily, but road games this late in the year against inferior opponents are an invitation to "looking ahead" and a potential upset. Florida has a much tougher task at South Carolina; you know Spurrier would love to put this particular scalp on his wall.

The next three teams all have home games, but all of these are also potentially dangerous. The Mountaineers are the first true "name" opponent the Bearcats will face this season, and while they aren't as terrific as they once were, they are still a good team. TCU has the toughest opponent, by far, of any of the undefeated squads, facing Utah, the team the Horned Frogs are trying to emulate. Utah's only loss came on the road to Oregon; this will be the game of the week. Boise State should not have too much trouble at home against the Vandals, but rivalry games are always potentially dangerous.


All of the undefeated squads should win this week, but with so many potential upsets, I think only four will squeak through. I haven't the faintest idea who will fall, though. On paper, it looks like TCU, but I doubt it. Forced to pick, I'd say Florida and Cincy go down.

[SlowwHand]

Texas will kill Baylor.

[David Floyd]

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Alabama
4. TCU
5. Boise State
6. Cincinnati
7. Miami
8. Georgia Tech
9. Pittsburgh
10. Iowa

And I agree, 7-10 are tough. I refuse to reward LSU for losing just because other top teams struggled, and I also refuse to heavily reward Georgia Tech heavily for barely squeaking through. LSU doesn't drop past 12 or so, but again, I'm not rewarding them for losing. OTOH, I have to reward Miami, given their pretty tough strength of schedule, and Pittsburgh has been impressive lately.

[SlowwHand]

BCS Standings
(As of 11/08/2009)
Rank School W-L Points Prev
1 Florida 9-0 9842 1
2 Alabama 9-0 9516 3
3 Texas 9-0 9234 2
4 TCU 9-0 8620 6
5 Cincinnati 9-0 8580 5
6 Boise St. 9-0 8126 7
7 Georgia Tech 9-1 7552 10
8 LSU 7-2 6138 9
9 Southern California 7-2 5922 12
10 Iowa 9-1 5755 4
11 Ohio St. 8-2 5733 16
12 Pittsburgh 8-1 5628 13
13 Oregon 7-2 5318 8
14 Miami (Fla.) 7-2 4712 17
15 Houston 8-1 4691 15
16 Utah 8-1 4003 14
17 Arizona 6-2 3363 18
18 Penn St. 8-2 3350 11
19 Oklahoma St. 7-2 2909 19
20 Wisconsin 7-2 2334 21
21 Virginia Tech 6-3 2331 23
22 BYU 7-2 1236 NR
23 Oregon St. 6-3 1231 NR
24 South Fla. 6-2 1084 25
25 West Virginia 7-2 653 NR

[Imran Siddiqui]

Florida has a much tougher task at South Carolina; you know Spurrier would love to put this particular scalp on his wall.

South Carolina has gotten pummelled in successive weeks by Tennessee and Arkansas, & are in their all too common late season swoon. I think Florida wins it.

TCU (9-0) vs. Utah (8-1) should be a great matchup, but I'm really going to enjoy watching Cincy (9-0) vs. West Virginia (7-2) - mostly because the offensive firepower is going to be super impressive. Collaros is getting the start for Cincy and I want to see the final numbers he puts up passing & rushing and the yards Gillyard (for Cincy) and Devine (for WVU) put up. It'll be super fun.

[Boris Godunov]

Bah, Oregon. Oregon, Oregon, Oregon. I had an ominous feeling going into the game, given what I'd seen out of Stanford before. Gerhardt (sp?) is a monster. Oregon will still probably win the Pac-10 though, and go to the Rose Bowl.

1. Florida
2. Alabama
3. Texas
4. Cincinnati
5. TCU
6. Boise State
7. Georgia Tech
8. Pittsburgh
9. Oregon
10. Iowa

The BCS having USC over Oregon is total BS. Stanford is a pretty good team, unlike the Huskies.

[Guynemer]

Blame the voters. Ohio State, USC, and Oregon are all 7-2; Oregon and USC have top-10 SOS, while OSU is in the 40s; Oregon crushed USC, who edged out OSU.

BUT, because Oregon lost most recently, they are ranked the lowest; Ohio State, with the least recent loss, is ranked highest.

Seriously, I just do not understand the people who vote in these polls. It defies all logic.

[SlowwHand]

Florida should have a loss.

[Drake Tungsten]

So should Texas.

[DanS]

Well, it looks like Weis is going to be let go after the regular season because he won't win out the rest of the way. There are a number of interesting choices for a new coach. The one that most intrigues me is Paul Johnson, even though he isn't known as good on about 2/3rds of what the ND job entails -- public relations and recruiting.

For the life of me, I can't understand why Nebraska didn't hire him the last time around.

Others who are interesting to me are Gruden, Stoops, and Meyer (if he wants to go back to ND).

[-Jrabbit]

Can we interest you in a slightly used Zook?

[SlowwHand]

So should Texas.

While Texas has played beneath their ability at times, a game hasn't been given to them by the officials, unlike Florida.

SEC suspends officials from Florida-Arkansas game
Oct 22, 2009 ... The same group of officials called the LSU-Georgia game earlier this ... Granted , this won't give Arkansas the win and Florida the loss, ...

Read more and see the video here:

http://www.scoresreport.com/2009/10/22/sec-suspends-officials-from-florida-arkansas-game/

What else, motor mouth?