College Football 2010: So it begins

[Guynemer]

I don't have Bama at the top of my one-loss teams for that very reason. I may have them overrated at #7, but other than Wisky, it's hard to find a one-loss team that has two good wins.

[reismark]

1. Boise State
2. Auburn
3. Oregon
4. TCU
5. Alabama
6. Utah
7. Wisconsin (+2)
8. Nebraska (*)
9. Stanford (+1)
10. Ohio State (*)

Dropped: Michigan State, Missouri

[Tuberski]

back at ya.

But, how amazed would you have been if USC had won?

ACK!

[Donegeal]

I am still of the mind that OSU is a better team than my Badgers.

Here is how I see the big ten, with respect to how good the teams are and not their record:

OSU>Iowa/Wisconsin>MSU

[Guynemer]

OSU may well be the better team. But they will almost certainly finish with the same record 11-1 as the Buckeyes (at worst--OSU could well lose at Iowa), and they beat OSU soundly. Wisky must be rated ahead of OSU at this point.

[Boris Godunov]

New AP and Coaches polls:

Bowl Subdivision Polls
AP Top 25
1.Oregon (49)
2.Boise St. (7)
3.Auburn (2)
4.TCU (2)
5.Alabama
6.Utah
7.Wisconsin
8.Ohio St.
9.Nebraska
10.Stanford
11.Oklahoma
12.LSU
13.Arizona
14.Missouri
15.Iowa
16.Michigan St.
17.Arkansas
18.South Carolina
19.Oklahoma St.
20.Virginia Tech
21.Mississippi St.
22.Baylor
23.N.C. State
24.Florida St.
25.Nevada

USA Today
Oregon (51)
Auburn (4)
Boise St. (3)
TCU (1)
Alabama
Utah
Wisconsin
Ohio St.
Oklahoma
Nebraska
LSU
Stanford
Arizona
Missouri
Michigan St.
Iowa
South Carolina
Oklahoma St.
Arkansas
Virginia Tech
Mississippi St.
Baylor
Nevada
Florida St.
N.C. State

Oregon picks up first place votes at the expense of Boise in the AP poll, and Auburn jumps Boise in the USA Today poll. That plus the win over USC should help Oregon's standing with the computers, but probably not enough to jump Auburn to #1 in the BCS. But this makes it even more obvious that if Auburn and Oregon remain undefeated, Boise has no chance of making it to the National Championship game.

In fact, I wonder if TCU will jump Boise in the BCS standings either this week or after they beat Utah.

[Boris Godunov]

And the new BCS standings... Oregon finally gets its due as #1!

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

And TCU does jump Boise to land at #3.

[SlowwHand]

Good. More proof that the BcS is a load of crap.

[Guynemer]

If anybody wants to talk me out of driving up to Ann Arbor and forcing RichRod to resign at howitzer-point, now's your chance.

[Solomwi]

And the new BCS standings... Oregon finally gets its due as #1!

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

And TCU does jump Boise to land at #3.

Congratulations . Sparty and Mizzou losing helped you guys a lot. The one thing made clear this week is that Auburn and Oregon have separated themselves from the rest. Last week, Oregon was at .9069 and #3 Boise at .8846. This week, Auburn is at .9599 and #3 TCU at .8911. For those, like Sloww, who don't understand the BCS, I'll spell it out: that's an insurmountable lead without one of the top two losing.

[Boris Godunov]

Congratulations . Sparty and Mizzou losing helped you guys a lot. The one thing made clear this week is that Auburn and Oregon have separated themselves from the rest. Last week, Oregon was at .9069 and #3 Boise at .8846. This week, Auburn is at .9599 and #3 TCU at .8911. For those, like Sloww, who don't understand the BCS, I'll spell it out: that's an insurmountable lead without one of the top two losing.

Hell, the CW is that even if Auburn loses to Alabama, that won't guarantee Boise or TCU a slot in the NC game--it would likely go to Alabama!

[Guynemer]

[MRT144]

Hell, the CW is that even if Auburn loses to Alabama, that won't guarantee Boise or TCU a slot in the NC game--it would likely go to Alabama!

Which would just be another slap in the face to Boise State and TCU.

[Solomwi]

Maybe with enough slaps to the face, they'll seek the Utah route and actually try to play with the big boys more than a couple of times a year.

[MRT144]

Maybe with enough slaps to the face, they'll seek the Utah route and actually try to play with the big boys more than a couple of times a year.

How many ****ing times does this need to be put to bed? They can only schedule so many OOC games per year, "big boys" are afraid to play them because they aren't a cupcake OOC team, they can't join a BCS conference for various reasons which you seem incapable of understanding and which have been discussed numerous times.

They've proved themselves in bowl games and thats enough for me.