My questions are Alabama being ahead of Florida, Baylor being ahead of Michigan State, and Iowa being ahead of Memphis. Otherwise they got it right. Clemson, LSU, Notre Dame are in the right place.
well, other than play a team that will be in the playoff top four (whether it's OSU or MSU).
If Iowa loses, they'll tumble down the rankings for sure but probably not quite that far, depending on how bad the loss is. For instance, I doubt they'll drop past Northwestern who they destroyed on their home field and has fewer losses than.
As to the rankings, I'm not sure what criteria they could have used for these rankings. They obviously didn't go by the results on the field, otherwise MSU is in the top 4 with one of the best wins of anyone in the discussion and OSU and Bama aren't. They couldn't have went just by the eye test, otherwise why wouldn't TCU and Baylor be ranked higher?
So they must have used the ole put in as many big brand teams as we can method. At least there weren't three SEC teams listed like there was last year.
How about dropping them from clear #2 to end last year to #8 this year without losing a game?
If you say "prove it" Ohio State and TCU are the top teams right now...yet TCU is barely in the top 10.
TCU's SOS is terrible right now so I have no problem with where them or Baylor sit. Each will play 3 Top 15 teams before the season is over.
Their SOS is 25 spots higher than Ohio State's.
They finished 1-2 with Ohio State and everybody else was clearly playing worse football last year, then they play better teams than Ohio State and win in more dominant fashion generally, but OSU gets #3 and TCU gets #8?
TCU at #8 means the committee should have an official stance that they ignore last year and thus Ohio State's horrible schedule until the last two games should be just as big a deal as Baylor's easy early schedule.
Fully agree with that, I have no problem with where Baylor and TCU are, but OSU should be right in the same range, not third. They have one decent win and it was at home against a very, very average Penn St team.
Their SOS is 15 spots higher than Ohio State's. Why not have Ohio State 7th or 9th?
They finished 1-2 with Ohio State and everybody else was clearly playing worse football last year, then they play better teams than Ohio State and win in more dominant fashion generally, but OSU gets #3 and TCU gets #8?
TCU at #8 means the committee should have an official stance that they ignore last year and thus Ohio State's horrible schedule until the last two games should be just as big a deal as Baylor's easy early schedule.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/sagarin/
The committee needs to be more open about whatever SOS they use. I follow a ton of computer polls and nothing they say about SOS makes any sense according to any widely followed computer poll.
It's pretty clear with Ohio State and Alabama that name recognition means something. At least in these early polls.
I don't have a problem with that.
on that note the committee has definitely sent the notice that the SEC doesn't lose they only have "non-wins" that are basically equal to a tie.
So if bama beats LSU then ole miss wins out and FLA beats ole miss that could result in a BAMA, ND, CLEM, FLA final 4 with a undefeated (sparty) B10 winner and undefeated (TCU/OKIEst) B12 possibly being left out with 3 other "name brand" 1 loss teams taking their place. how would that go over with the fans and media? chaos and burning pitch forks would be seen on every street corner