Monday, November 11, 2013

NCAA Football Week 10: What Have We Done?

This week's BCS Standings I found many rankings for fans to disagree with. I don't think there's a problem with the current top two teams in college football but beyond that, the rankings are a wee bit off. Here's MY personal rankings with the BCS Ranks in parentheses'. 

1. Alabama Crimson Tide (1): They won last year's BCS Championship and haven't lost since, why would anyone dare disagree? Roll Tide.

2. Florida State Seminoles (2): Jameis "Squints" Winston is now the Heisman favorite (in my books at least) and practically everyone wants to see this prolific offense take on Bama's D.

3. Stanford Cardinal (4): You can't just beat the #3 team in the world last week and not jump over Ohio State, when comparing schedules.

4. Ohio State Buckeyes (3): The bye week did not help their case. The only big win for Ohio State came over Wisconsin in a close battle.

5. Baylor Bears (5): They are who Oregon was supposed to be. Easily the most prolific offense in college football, Baylor now gets real stiff competitions in their schedule vs. Oklahoma State, TCU, and Texas.

6. Oregon Ducks (6): An incredible comeback keeps them from falling further. Marcus Mariota is still interception-less but injured as well. 

7. Auburn Tigers (7): Enjoy it while it lasts, Auburn fans. Next two games are versus an improving in terms of health Georgia and Alabama.

8. Clemson Tigers (8): That one loss to Florida State may have looked awful but it's possible that Florida State was and is just that good

9. Missouri Tigers (9): That's not a typo, there are back-to-back-to-back Tiger teams. Missouri's one blemish came on a terribly missed field goal in double overtime versus a very good South Carolina team. They might be underrated at this point with a very good offense.

10. Texas A&M Aggies (11): The defense is very, very, very shaky but Johnny Manziel and Mike Evans are one of the all-time great QB-WR combos in college football. 

11. Fresno State Bulldogs (14): This is a very biased pick on my part as I've grown to loving this Fresno State team's exciting brand of football at 1 AM every Sunday morning. Derek Carr might just be a carbon-copy of his brother but at least he doesn't have the hype surrounding him.

12. Wisconsin Badgers (22): When will the BCS finally recognize that the loss to Arizona State was a complete abomination of refereeing? Probably never. This team is very underrated and the only real loss was to #4 on my list, Ohio State.

13. Michigan State Spartans (16): One of the best defenses in the nation with a manageable offense. Only one loss to Notre Dame in a week where they were out-defended.

14. South Carolina Gamecocks (10): Head Coach Steve Spurrier has had his rough patches this season but things seem to smoothing out in the final stretch with Jadeveon Clowney playing like a top 3 draft pick.

15. UCLA Bruins (13): Another team that has seen it's share of strong oppositions, UCLA's only losses are to Stanford and Oregon.

16. Northern Illinois Huskies (15): QB Jordan Lynch might be more mobile than Johnny Football and Marcus Mariota combined but this team has yet to be really challenged.

17. Central Florida Knights (17): I agree with this ranking. Storm Johnson is a cool name. Blake Bortles is not. I hope you learned something from this.

18. Oklahoma State Cowboys (12): This team is talented everywhere except for at the quarterback position. I have been incredibly underwhelmed by this one-loss team whether it's been Clint Chelf or J.W. Walsh manning the offense.

19. Louisville Cardinals (20): The Heisman watch is off of Teddy Bridgewater and he'll probably just boost his draft status at this point. Dissapointing loss to Central Florida shouldn't have knocked them down so low but due to talent of other teams, it does.

20. Oklahoma Sooners (18): They just got man-handled by Baylor but they weren't alone in that category. Wins over Texas Tech and Notre Dame keep them in the top 20 by an eyelash.

21. Texas Longhorns (24): Wins over Oklahoma and their most recent thriller over West Virginia knock the Longhorns up a few notches in my book. Mack Brown, job... done.

22. Miami (FL) Hurricanes (23): The running game and passing games are both very good and a loss to Florida State should not knock them down so far but the fact that this is Miami's second loss does.

23. Minnesota Golden Gophers (NR): The turnaround that this team has made recently is impressive.

24. LSU Tigers (21): They were in it for three quarters against Alabama but this is not the same team as they were three years ago. 

25. USC Trojans (NR): New coach Ed Orgeron knows what he's doing and the team loves him. It's clearly shown on the field how big of a difference his coaching is compared to college football terrorist Lane Kiffin. Recent wins over Oregon State and California make them a top 25 team.

Any disagreements? Leave thoughts in the comments. Want Heisman rankings? They're coming back next week. Want other sports stuff? Watch my blog and find out...

1 comment:

  1. lovin the Wisconsin ranking! agree with Stanford over Ohio State, as well.

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