Mark Vader Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Alright explain this to me. USC loses to an unranked Washington and is still in the Top 10. Georgia Tech loses to a ranked Miami and is kicked out of the Top 25 completely. Does this make sense to any of you? http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 USC loses to an unranked Washington and is still in the Top 10. A provision of the BCS contract is that USC can never drop out of the top 10 no matter what they do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Alright explain this to me. USC loses to an unranked Washington and is still in the Top 10. Georgia Tech loses to a ranked Miami and is kicked out of the Top 25 completely. Does this make sense to any of you? http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm Because the poll is done by humans, not computers. Wins/Losses play a big part of course, but so does actual team talent. If they played 10 times, USC beat GT at least 9. It's not such a stretch. This is weird year anyway. It seems like almost everyone (teams and conferences) are playing sub par ball. There really doesn't seem to be any elite teams right now, and there is a huge drop off between the top few/maybe 5 teams and the rest of the league. Bowl games are going to be up in the air all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Because the poll is done by humans, not computers. Wins/Losses play a big part of course, but so does actual team talent. If they played 10 times, USC beat GT at least 9. It's not such a stretch. This is weird year anyway. It seems like almost everyone (teams and conferences) are playing sub par ball. There really doesn't seem to be any elite teams right now, and there is a huge drop off between the top few/maybe 5 teams and the rest of the league. Bowl games are going to be up in the air all year. I've had the same discussion with a lot of friends. There seems to be little difference in team talent between teams 11-35. USC should have dropped to about 13-15. No way they stay in the top 10. Of course, the BCS would still put a 2-loss USC team into the national championship over many 1-loss BCS teams, so there's no point in arguing. I'm waiting for the day the BCS puts a 9-3 USC team against an 8-4 ND squad for the national title. FSU is a bit lower than we should be. We should be ranked about 20, where we are in the AP poll. There's not much difference between us and miami. Both beat a ranked team and the game between us was as tight as it could possibly be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'm waiting for the day the BCS puts a 9-3 USC team against an 8-4 ND squad for the national title. Please stop pretending that ND gets any sort of benfit even remotely close to USC or most of the other top teams. They are 2-1, with a last minute loss against a ranked team and they are not in the top 25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 If voting were 100% merit, there is no reason BYU shouldn't have been #1 after winning @Oklahoma. Preseason rankings clearly matter in voting which is kinda dumb, but that's college football. It's not a pro-USC conspiracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffOrange Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Please stop pretending that ND gets any sort of benfit even remotely close to USC or most of the other top teams. They are 2-1, with a last minute loss against a ranked team and they are not in the top 25. Michigan being ranked is a bigger joke than anything else. How many games are the refs going to give them this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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