Friday
Sep222006
CFR's Top Teams List: Week Three
Friday, September 22, 2006 at 12:19PM Travel got in the way of week two's rankings and I was a little unsure of adding these.
Next week the rankings will definitely be here.
Things are still very fluid so don't lose your mind.
As always, this is a power ranking, not a predictor, not based on some contextless 'so and so is 3-0, so and so is 2-1, 3-0>2-1' nonsense.
- Ohio State---Taking care of business. Quarterback is king in college football and the Buckeyes probably have the best one out there.
- USC---Injury-riddled but still find ways to dominate.
- Florida---Hopefully their early play isn't a mirage, like last year.
- Auburn---Winning even with two average games from Kenny Irons.
- Texas---Now completely under the radar.
- Louisville---Impressive what they've done despite the injuries to Bush and now Brohm.
- Michigan---Please, please don't burn me here.
- West Virginia---Hard to tell much against such mismatched foes, but it's a testament to the program that they do away with these teams instead of giving us reason to doubt them.
- Notre Dame---They'll be back
- LSU---The pieces are there, the offensive fortitude isn't.
- Georgia---I'm still in wait and see mode with this team.
- Oregon---Scrappy on defense, dominant on offense.
- Oklahoma---Got jobbed last week. Peterson is the engine that makes that team run.
- Clemson---I could put any of ten or so teams here, but at least they put Florida State away.
- TCU---It isn't fancy, but the Horned Frogs usually get it done. The small-school version of say, Georgia.
Others
Iowa, Tennessee, Boston College, California
in Top 10
Top 10
Reader Comments (6)
We want top teams to play good teams to see what they're made of, but the opponent doesn't define how good a team is, it simply defines what a team does against a certain level of talent or scheme etc.
The joke is clearly your response if you cannot separate schedule strength from team aptitude. As I noted earlier these are power rankings.
The old way of ranking is a joke, and I simply don't follow it. I'd rather watch all the games and decide for myself based on the what's and the how's and not just the who's, although the who's do matter.
If West Virginia can show they're a #1 team despite mostly crappy opponents, I'll put them there, for example. I'm not sure based on the handful of games I've watched from them that I'd put them there, however. That's how it goes. The opponent isn't the final decider of how a team gets ranked, what the team has in terms of talent, in terms of coaching, how it performs at home, how it does on the road, what it does on the field etc. all DO count.
These rankings reflect that and as I also said it's still very early, very fluid. Things change every week.
what does last year have to do with this one? Did you watch the capital one bowl last year? Barry Alvarez's last game. I don't know if USC could have beat Wisconsin on that day. I mean it is probably unheard of that one team could be more fired up than another, especiallly if the coach is resigning. Auburn had 1 sec loss last year to LSU, so if any SEC team is embarassed of AU than we probably beat them anyway.
I agree the current system is flawed, but Your ranking system is wrong in my opinion....that is the type of thinking that let Nebraska go to the chamionship game a few years back when they couldn't even win their divison of the big 12. That type of system put oklahoma in 04 instead of AU.
again, just my opinon.
Why don't you let the season play out a bit before you start complaining about rankings?