Okay, after LSU and USC everybody sucks. Or is at least so severely flawed that you just can’t count on them.
Rank | Team | Delta |
---|---|---|
1 | LSU | 1 |
2 | Southern Cal | 1 |
3 | California | 3 |
4 | Ohio State | 5 |
5 | South Florida | 8 |
6 | Boston College | 4 |
7 | Wisconsin | 4 |
8 | Florida | 4 |
9 | Georgia | 3 |
10 | Oklahoma | 7 |
11 | Kentucky | 6 |
12 | West Virginia | 7 |
13 | Hawaii | 3 |
14 | South Carolina | 5 |
15 | Texas | 8 |
16 | Rutgers | 8 |
17 | Missouri | 1 |
18 | Cincinnati | 3 |
19 | Oregon | 5 |
20 | Arizona State | 3 |
21 | Nebraska | 1 |
22 | Miami (Florida) | 2 |
23 | Virginia Tech | 2 |
24 | Purdue | 2 |
25 | Florida State | 1 |
Standing by/Wait Listed: Hell if I know anymore.
LSU is just too impressive. I finally had to flip them with USC. USC has struggled with Washington, but LSU hasn’t slipped yet.
Purdue didn’t really deserve to move into the rankings after that performance against ND, but someone had to go in at #25.
Florida and Oklahoma had off games as much as anything else. Things just seemed freaky in those.
Wisconsin is winning but is continually shaky doing so. When they finally lose, expect everyone to plummet them with their votes. Right now, though, there’s no one else to really put in front of them.
South Carolina struggled until late against Miss. St. yet moved up way too much. I’ll have to adjust that. I don’t care that they beat Georgia head-to-head. I see no reason to move them ahead of the Bulldogs at this point.
If the upper-teams keep losing, then Hawaii might actually creep into the BCS poll.
USF will always be something to contend with probably from here on out, at least in the Big East.
But in FL recruiting, I still can’t see them doing anything but getting the big three’s scraps, or snagging a guy or two that gets miffed at a bigger program (ala Ford and ‘bama).
Don’t get me wrong, those are some pretty damn good scraps! Hell, if there’s anyone’s scraps that I want it’s theirs! And FL scraps can keep you competitive in the Big East.
See, FL is where the speed is. Everyone knows that. They can counteract an offense like WVU’s with that speed.
But how do you beat a fast defense? You de-evolve and play an old school, power-running game. And, despite DW’s claim that Pitt will be a power-running team, not many teams in the Big East are doing that right now.
So therefore, I’m not going to sit here and say that the Bulls are the be-all and end-all like Frank is saying. They’re on a good run this year and USF is in the right place, at the right time for some big success.
I’d put KU above wisconsin – i’d like them in a head to head matchup, and until they lose, i think they deserve it.
And Oregon – they lose a game they’re supposed to lose against Cal by 7 points, and you cream them? How should they be ranked any differently then WVU? Their loss definitely wasn’t worse than Texas or Rutgers…
They went from getting blown out against us in 04 with about 600 fans in RayJay (I live in Tampa, I was there), to a bowl game in 05 (which they lost), to another bowl game in 06 (which they won), to a top 10 ranking this year.
I think they’ve had some luck (ie Grothe being as good as he has been), and the FL scraps they get just happen to be fast enough to combat an attack like WVU’s.
But I saw them struggle offensively last year when Grothe went down. I don’t think they have the best O-line out there. And they’re smallish on defense.
But fortunately, those flaws aren’t as bad as they initially appear to be because they just match up well against a lot of the other BE teams.
So good team, yes. Right place at the right time, yes.
And for those of you that complain about OUR attendance, Friday was the first time they even opened the upper deck at RayJay for a Bulls game. Usually the lower bowl is about 2/3 full with most of the people there in the student section (student’s get free tix). That will probably change a little after Friday, but they’re still a “city school” just like us.
(sorry if that was longwinded, I just think that I’m the only one here that lives in Tampa and therefore am “blessed” with tons of useless Bulls knowledge).
BTW, am I the only one that thinks FSU should be ranked in the real polls?
ok, wishful thinking…
Any of the teams behind them should most certainly be in front, as they have better records or beat/lost to better teams. I understand this is a Big East blog, but c’mon.
So one team is 4-1 and actually has a quality win, and the other is 3-1 without a quality win. Naturally, the second team is 9 (or more depending on how far outside the top 25 you think clemson really is) spots below the first. No offense, but that’s just outrageous and indefensible.
I might switch Cincinnati and Rutgers, but overall, these rankings are defensible.