OFFICIAL NCAAF Rank'em thread: October 14, 2007

[BobJoeJim]

God I don't know. This is off the top of my head, and definitely will have a few overranked/underranked teams, but maybe something like:

1. Ohio State
2. LSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Kansas (I definitely think Kansas is the second best undefeated team right now)
5. Oregon
6. South Florida
7. Boston College
8. Arizona State
9. Kentucky
10. Florida
11. South Carolina
12. West Virginia
13. Auburn
14. Cal
15. Virginia Tech
16. Missouri
17. Texas Tech
18. Cincinnati
19. USC
20. Penn State

I'm not going any farther, it really doesn't matter at this point, and I've already included a couple of teams that I'm not sure deserve to be in the top 25... but are for lack of better options.

[rwperu34]

1. Ohio State, 6-0
2. South Florida, 6-0
3. Arizona State, 7-0
4. Kansas, 6-0
5. Kentucky, 6-1
6. Louisiana State, 6-1
7. Oregon, 5-1
8. Oklahoma, 6-1
9. South Carolina, 6-1
10. Boston College, 7-0
11. Missouri, 5-1
12. California, 5-1
13. West Virginai, 5-1
14. Florida, 4-2
15. Virginia Tech, 5-1
16. Southern Cal, 5-1
17. Hawaii, 7-0
18. Tennessee, 4-2
19. Georgia, 5-2
20. Texas Tech, 6-1
21. Auburn, 5-2
22. Penn State, 5-2
23. Texas, 5-2
24. Michigan, 5-2
25. Cincinnati, 6-1

[Sykes]

lol, Boston college is #2 or #3 at worse once the new rankings come out. You guys ranking them 7-10th is funny.

I mean, if they win out, they're most likely in the BCS title game.

[BobJoeJim]

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lol, Boston college is #2 or #3 at worse once the new rankings come out. You guys ranking them 7-10th is funny.

I mean, if they win out, they're most likely in the BCS title game.

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I do not believe that Boston College is one of the top five teams in the country this season, at this point. I'm not attempting to predict where they will be ranked in the official polls (obviously they'll be 2-3 like you say). I think they're overranked, though, and that it's pointless to talk about what will happen *if* they go undefeated because I think they have less than a 5% chance of doing so.

[starvs]

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lol, Boston college is #2 or #3 at worse once the new rankings come out. You guys ranking them 7-10th is funny.

I mean, if they win out, they're most likely in the BCS title game.

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When BC plays at VT on (next) Thursday night, it will be much easier to tell how legit they are.

[Sykes]

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lol, Boston college is #2 or #3 at worse once the new rankings come out. You guys ranking them 7-10th is funny.

I mean, if they win out, they're most likely in the BCS title game.

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I do not believe that Boston College is one of the top five teams in the country this season, at this point. I'm not attempting to predict where they will be ranked in the official polls (obviously they'll be 2-3 like you say). I think they're overranked, though, and that it's pointless to talk about what will happen *if* they go undefeated because I think they have less than a 5% chance of doing so.

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You think they have less than a 5% chance? Would you like to give me 25-1 on $20 they go undefeated?

BC last 5 games are:

VT on the road.
Florida State at home.
Maryland on the road.
Clemson on the road.
Miami at home.

I think the hardest game will be VT. If they beat VT, I can easily see them going 12-0 and playing for the BCS title.

So how about that wager?

[BigSoonerFan]

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lol, Boston college is #2 or #3 at worse once the new rankings come out. You guys ranking them 7-10th is funny.

I mean, if they win out, they're most likely in the BCS title game.

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I do not believe that Boston College is one of the top five teams in the country this season, at this point. I'm not attempting to predict where they will be ranked in the official polls (obviously they'll be 2-3 like you say). I think they're overranked, though, and that it's pointless to talk about what will happen *if* they go undefeated because I think they have less than a 5% chance of doing so.

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You think they have less than a 5% chance? Would you like to give me 25-1 on $20 they go undefeated?

BC last 5 games are:

VT on the road.
Florida State at home.
Maryland on the road.
Clemson on the road.
Miami at home.

I think the hardest game will be VT. If they beat VT, I can easily see them going 12-0 and playing for the BCS title.

So how about that wager?

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They have about a 10% chance of going undefeated. They're at best 50% against Virginia Tech on the road and 50% in the title game against Virginia Tech or Virginia. That alone knocks them down to 25%.

[tdarko]

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1. Ohio State, 6-0
2. South Florida, 6-0
3. Arizona State, 7-0
4. Kansas, 6-0
5. Kentucky, 6-1
6. Louisiana State, 6-1
7. Oregon, 5-1
8. Oklahoma, 6-1
9. South Carolina, 6-1
10. Boston College, 7-0
11. Missouri, 5-1
12. California, 5-1
13. West Virginai, 5-1
14. Florida, 4-2
15. Virginia Tech, 5-1
16. Southern Cal, 5-1
17. Hawaii, 7-0
18. Tennessee, 4-2
19. Georgia, 5-2
20. Texas Tech, 6-1
21. Auburn, 5-2
22. Penn State, 5-2
23. Texas, 5-2
24. Michigan, 5-2
25. Cincinnati, 6-1

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Not a chance in hell KU can sniff LSU or OU's jock. They aren't even in the same league. Like it was mentioned early LSU is 3-1 against top 30 teams in the country, OU is 2-0--KU has won one big game and that was a super overrated KSU team that was overranked b/c of a soft schedule and a win over a fumbling UT team at the time and also a UT team that they match up well against. KU's SOS is 126, LSU's is 13.

I still find it real easy to say LSU and OU are the two best teams in the country. On a goofy poll I would have to put them 4 or 5 or something but in a title game these teams are monsters.

Also either of those two defenses against tOSU's defense would be crazy.

[yjbrewer]

This is the most unrealistic bs I have seen in NCAA football history How In the hell can you still put LSU number 1 after loss. Give UK some respect they beat LSU in a good game with a 2nd string RB. UK should be ranked ahead of LSU. REalistic Top 10 below!

1.OSU
2.BC
3.USF (Lets not forget they beat Auburn who beat UF and they beat WVU. THey had a bad game against FAU but we are all entitled to a letdown)
4.UK
5.LSU
6.OU(Yea they have beat TX and Mizzou but they lost to CU and SEC is better than BigXII also)
7.So Car
8.Oregon
9.WVU
10.VA Tech

USC isnt in top 10 bc they are so overrated. They barely beat Arizona and they lost last week. They still gotta play Cal and Oregon. 3 loss season people lets face the facts!

[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.