Look who's #10, no surprise here!!!! Keep feeding them Tramel... You can't give up 600 yards on D and sniff the Top 10.
Time to rank college football’s top 10, and we’re getting a little more resume’-building each week. Remember, this little exercise is to help get you ready for November, when the College Football Playoff committee will start ranking teams a little differently from what we’re used to. At least that’s the promise, and at least that was the actual result in 2014. Rank teams based on what they’ve done, not what we think they will do. Resume’s can change from week to week, so teams don’t naturally just stay in the order if both win. Or lose.
Let’s get to this week’s list, and there’s a new No. 1. A team that wasn’t even mentioned last week:
Ole Miss: A few teams already have two quality wins. But not all quality wins are created equal. Winning at Alabama means you can play some football.
Michigan State: Do you realize the Spartans haven’t had an automatic game yet? They beat Oregon, of course, but winning at Western Michigan and beating Air Force in East Lansing are decent verdicts, too.
Ohio State: You know what’s interesting? My top three is the same as the AP top three, only in a different order. And after that, the pollsters don’t pay any attention to results. But the top three are at least a sign that actually accomplishing something matter.
UCLA: The Bruins were fortunate to get past Brigham Young. But getting past Brigham Young is part of the mission.
Brigham Young: Think about this. Some teams have yet to play a real team. OSU and Baylor are on that list. BYU has played three. All went down to the wire. Only one game was in Provo. If I have the Cougars mis-ranked, I have them too low. Not too high.
Northwestern: When the Wildcats beat Stanford 16-6 in the season opener, we thought it said a lot about Stanford. But maybe it said a lot about Northwestern, after Stanford won at Southern Cal. Northwestern’s win at Duke was a good win, too.
Stanford: The Cardinal taking it to USC at the Los Angeles Coliseum was more surprising than Ole Miss winning at Tuscaloosa.
Notre Dame: Nothing but Power-5 Conference victims so far, and while beating Texas and Virginia is no big deal, beating Georgia Tech is.
LSU: Going 2-0 so far in the SEC matters, and LSU’s 2-0 (at Mississippi State, Auburn) looks a little better than Georgia’s 2-0 (at Vanderbilt, South Carolina).
Oklahoma: Winning at Tennessee matters for now. If the Vols keep winning, this will help the Sooners.
Time to rank college football’s top 10, and we’re getting a little more resume’-building each week. Remember, this little exercise is to help get you ready for November, when the College Football Playoff committee will start ranking teams a little differently from what we’re used to. At least that’s the promise, and at least that was the actual result in 2014. Rank teams based on what they’ve done, not what we think they will do. Resume’s can change from week to week, so teams don’t naturally just stay in the order if both win. Or lose.
Let’s get to this week’s list, and there’s a new No. 1. A team that wasn’t even mentioned last week:
Ole Miss: A few teams already have two quality wins. But not all quality wins are created equal. Winning at Alabama means you can play some football.
Michigan State: Do you realize the Spartans haven’t had an automatic game yet? They beat Oregon, of course, but winning at Western Michigan and beating Air Force in East Lansing are decent verdicts, too.
Ohio State: You know what’s interesting? My top three is the same as the AP top three, only in a different order. And after that, the pollsters don’t pay any attention to results. But the top three are at least a sign that actually accomplishing something matter.
UCLA: The Bruins were fortunate to get past Brigham Young. But getting past Brigham Young is part of the mission.
Brigham Young: Think about this. Some teams have yet to play a real team. OSU and Baylor are on that list. BYU has played three. All went down to the wire. Only one game was in Provo. If I have the Cougars mis-ranked, I have them too low. Not too high.
Northwestern: When the Wildcats beat Stanford 16-6 in the season opener, we thought it said a lot about Stanford. But maybe it said a lot about Northwestern, after Stanford won at Southern Cal. Northwestern’s win at Duke was a good win, too.
Stanford: The Cardinal taking it to USC at the Los Angeles Coliseum was more surprising than Ole Miss winning at Tuscaloosa.
Notre Dame: Nothing but Power-5 Conference victims so far, and while beating Texas and Virginia is no big deal, beating Georgia Tech is.
LSU: Going 2-0 so far in the SEC matters, and LSU’s 2-0 (at Mississippi State, Auburn) looks a little better than Georgia’s 2-0 (at Vanderbilt, South Carolina).
Oklahoma: Winning at Tennessee matters for now. If the Vols keep winning, this will help the Sooners.
