NCAAF Rank' Em (approaching Week 13)

[iggymcfly]

My Top 32:

1. LSU 10-1
2. Kansas 11-0
3. Missouri 10-1
4. West Virginia 9-1
5. Ohio State 11-1
6. Arizona State 9-1
7. Georgia 9-2
8. USC 8-2
9. Florida 8-3
10. Virginia Tech 9-2
11. Oklahoma 9-2
12. Oregon 8-2
13. Boston College 9-2
14. South Florida 8-3
15. Tennessee 8-3
16. Illinois 9-3
17. Texas 9-2
18. Cincinnati 8-3
19. Auburn 7-4
20. Connecticut 9-2
21. Kentucky 7-4
22. Virginia 9-2
23. Boise State 10-1
24. Hawaii 10-0 (yes, they finally cracked my Top 25)
25. Texas Tech 8-4
26. Wisconsin 9-3
27. Clemson 8-3
28. Michigan 8-4
29. BYU 8-2
30. Oregon State 7-4
31. Florida State 7-4
32. Utah 8-3

[pwnsall]

1. Kansas
2. LSU
3. Missouri
4. ASU
5. OSU
6. WVU
7. Georgia
8. Oklahoma
9. Texas
10. USC
11. Va tech
12. BC
13. Florida
14. Illinois
15. Oregon

[ArcticKnight]

Good list as usual Iggy. I'd flip USC and VT, but otherwise would have the same top 10.

Looks like the south rules...

[pirateboy]

1. LSU
2. Kansas
3. Missouri
4. Arizona State
5. West Virginia
6. Ohio State

[Billy Bibbit]

I think Ohio State and West Virginia deserve to be ahead of Missouri for the time being; obviously, that will change if Missouri wins the Big 12.

I'm ranking the teams based on resume so I went ahead and put Oregon at #9 even though they're obviously not that good without Dennis Dixon.

1. LSU
2. Kansas
3. Ohio State
4. West Virginia
5. Missouri
6. Arizona State
7. Georgia
8. Florida
9. Oregon
10. Virginia Tech
11. Boston College
12. USC
13. South Florida
14. Illinois
15. Oklahoma
16. Tennessee
17. Texas
18. Virginia
19. Clemson
20. Connecticut

[Arnold_O]

1 kansas 11-0
2 lsu 10-1
3 missouri 10-1
4.ohio state 11-1
5.arizona state 9-1
6.west virg 9-1
7.oklahoma 9-2
8.georgia 9-2
9.virginia tech 9-2
10.oregon 8-2 (#7 if dixon wasn't out)
11.usc 8-2

12.florida 8-3
13.texas 9-2
14.virg 9-2
15.boston college 9-2
16.illinois 9-3

17.south florida 8-3
18.cinci 8-3
19.tennessee 8-3
20.boise st 10-1
21.clemson 8-3

22.kentucky 7-4
23.connecticut 9-2
24.auburn 7-4
25.wisconsin 9-3

26.texas tech 8-4
27.michigan 8-4
28.oregon st 7-4
29.penn st 8-4
30.BYU 8-2
31.arkansas 7-4
32.wake forest 7-4
33.miss st 6-5
34.florida st 7-4
35.hawaii 10-0

[Arnold_O]

guess nobody cares anymore. i must admit, it was more fun 5 weeks ago

[Kos13]

My top 11:

1. Central Michigan
2. SE Louisiana
3. Toledo
4. Florida International
5. Kansas State
6. Baylor
7. Colorado
8. Texas A&M
9. Nebraska
10. Oklahoma State
11. Iowa State

Oops, my bad...those are the teams Kansas has beaten this year. You guys voting them #1 or #2: do you honestly think they are better than the other top teams, or are you just ranking them there because they haven't lost yet, and that's how the rankings work? I'll give them some respect if they somehow beat both Mizzou and Oklahoma, but today, Kansas wouldn't even crack my Top 10.

[Arnold_O]

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My top 11:

1. Central Michigan
2. SE Louisiana
3. Toledo
4. Florida International
5. Kansas State
6. Baylor
7. Colorado
8. Texas A&M
9. Nebraska
10. Oklahoma State
11. Iowa State

Oops, my bad...those are the teams Kansas has beaten this year. You guys voting them #1 or #2: do you honestly think they are better than the other top teams, or are you just ranking them there because they haven't lost yet, and that's how the rankings work? I'll give them some respect if they somehow beat both Mizzou and Oklahoma, but today, Kansas wouldn't even crack my Top 10.

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they be taking care of business, hopefully we get a great game next week against mizz

Schedule
Date Opponent Time/Result
Sep 1 C. Michigan Won 52-7
Sep 8 Southeastern Louisiana Won 62-0
Sep 15 Toledo Won 45-13
Sep 22 Fla. International Won 55-3
Oct 6 @Kansas St. Won 30-24
Oct 13 Baylor Won 58-10
Oct 20 @Colorado Won 19-14
Oct 27 @Texas A&M Won 19-11
Nov 3 Nebraska Won 76-39
Nov 10 @Oklahoma St. Won 43-28
Nov 17 Iowa St. Won 45-7
Nov 24 Missouri 8:00pm

[iggymcfly]

I think they deserve the #2 spot now. They have played a fairly weak schedule, but most of the tougher games have been on the road and they've outscored the teams that they did face by a pretty good margin. Sagarin predictor which ignores wins and losses altogether had them #3 going into this week and that should be at least #2 this week after Oregon's poor performance.

Also, there really aren't a lot of contenders to put above them. Oklahoma and Oregon both have two losses and injured QBs. I'd expect Kansas to hammer either of those teams right now unless Bradford gets healthy in a hurry. Arizona State and Ohio State have played schedules almost as weak as Kansas as between the two of them, they have a combined record of 0-2 against teams I'd rank in the Top 25.

That leaves West Virginia and Missouri. WVU's played a little better competition than OSU or ASU as the Big East is underrated and winning at Cincinnatti is a legitimate accomplishment. The difference in competition hasn't been quite enough for me to overlook the loss to USF where West Virginia was dominated most of the game and trailed 21-3 in the 3rd before the Bulls went into shut-down mode. Don't get me wrong, West Virginia's a very, very good team and they're probably slightly better than Kansas in terms of pure talent, but I think KU's done a little more to earn a ranking.

Kansas and Missouri is the closest of all. Mizzou got a big quality win over Illinois to open the season and has outscored Kansas against 3 out of 5 common opponents with another (Nebraska) being a virtual push. I do expect them to beat the Jayhawks about 55% of the time.

However, the loss to Oklahoma can't just be written off now that we've seen the Sooners look vulnerable for a second time. Also, Kansas State was playing much better back in early October than they are now and the Jayhawks should be given a little extra credit there. Basically, KU and Mizzou are so close that I think it's only fair to give the benefit of the doubt to the unbeaten squad. LSU's schedule on the other hand, has been miles tougher than Kansas's (no pun intended), so it's only fair that they get the #1 spot for now.