[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by Danzig

just think how little we'd all have to discuss if the ncaa did what everyone wants, and went to a playoff/college super bowl system!

maybe someday....


as for the rankings right now, osu gets a lot of votes because they're osu. just like usc started out no 1 because they're usc, and just like notre dame gets a bowl game if they even have a hint of win about them. they're traditional schools, and that means something to many voters. it's also why 'purists' were unhappy with the upstart south florida team daring to crack the top five.
it's all bs. play the top teams against each other, to hell with the striving for a perfect season, have the wins MEAN something! do what every other sport does, play it off. may the best win.

well, there's 90 seconds of my life wasted, never to be seen again.

A lot of what you say here is true. Some teams do get votes just because of the name. It's not really that fair. What's also not really fair is the preseason rankings. Some really good teams over the past few years have had to be left out of good bowl games and even out of the national title game because their ranking didn't get high enough because they started so low. I believe it was Auburn or LSU a few years ago that started very far down and ended up the season #3 but if they had started the season #1 or #2, they would have been in the title game. It was all about where they started.

Personally, I have no problem with the upstart teams like South Florida being well received. I like to see new teams get a shot at breaking in.