[damaniac]

I understand the desire to rank LSU above OSU, but you have to be somewhat results-oriented. The great thing about college football is every game matters and the upsets, when they happen, are so meaningful and devastating for the losing team. If you just go by Vegas lines or whatever, you wind up in a world where you are sitting at a computer with a pocket protector watching the final seconds a great upset and your reaction is "Doesn't matter: LSU is still favored over everyone else." What kind of world is that? Ok that's hyperbole but really it has to be some fusion of results and potential/ability. You don't just put all unbeatens ahead of all 1 loss teams, and you don't just put the Vegas favorite ahead of everyone else either.