I'm not sure how this weekend is going to shake out, but in my mind, there should be no question about who is ranked #1 in college football: Boston College. Last night's win over a very good #8 Virginia Tech team, in Blacksburg, is the defining win the Eagles needed to establish themselves as the top team.
Here's BC's victims list: Wake Forest, North Carolina State, Georgia Tech, Army, UMass, Bowling Green, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech. I count two good wins there - Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. Maybe throw Wake in there. The Eagles close with Florida State, Maryland, Clemson, and Miami, and probably the ACC title game. Lots of chances for good wins, but I suspect they lose at least one of those games.
Now let's look at OSU's resume (I know, we've done this before): Youngstown State, Akron, Washington (thought of as the Buckeyes' best win - the Huskies are 2-5), Northwestern, Minnesota, Purdue, Kent State, Michigan State. Wow. This isn't OSU's fault - they simply played who's on the schedule. But in my book, that is ZERO impressive wins. They'll have a chance to earn some points in that ledger in the next four weeks: Penn State, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan. If they run the table there - and it would not be surprising if they did - they would be a deserving #1.
Overall, though, the message is clear: mediocre year for college football - makes it fun for the fans, but there's no teams like '05 Texas or '04 USC that will be remembered as one of the all-time greats.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Who's #1? Boston College - and it's not even close
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Agree with you on BC and OSU, but what about LSU? They beat up Tech pretty bad while we were in Vegas. Les Miles has made some crazy calls, but they have been working for now.
If ever there was a time when a one-loss team deserved to be ranked higher than no-loss teams, it would be now with LSU. Their resume is certainly is much more impressive than all the undefeated teams combined.
But if the college football season is like an elimination tournament, you have to value not losing - LSU just happened to be placed in a much tougher bracket.
Part of me really wants to see Ohio State end up playing LSU or another SEC team in January so they can be humiliated, but Big Ten bashing would inevitably ensue (it's already underway, justifiably so), and that's never good.
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