Top 10

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

i don't think there should be any rankings at all until the middle of october.

I like rankings cause I could have paid no attention to college football all year and would see #1 Florida at #4 LSU and know it is a huge game. What I don't like is that the pollsters pay too much attention to where they had teams ranked the previous week. They should re-evaluate every team every week instead of just leaving everyone in order except the teams that lost the last week.

[horseofcourse]

1. Florida
2. Boise State
3. LSU
4. Alabama
5. Cincinnati
6. TCU
7. Auburn
8. South Florida
9. Kansas
10. Iowa

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I like rankings cause I could have paid no attention to college football all year and would see #1 Florida at #4 LSU and know it is a huge game. What I don't like is that the pollsters pay too much attention to where they had teams ranked the previous week. They should re-evaluate every team every week instead of just leaving everyone in order except the teams that lost the last week.

You can't know it's a huge game by the rankings. Look at Cal. Two Saturday's ago, they were ranked top five in the country. If the Oregon and USC games had been switched around on the calender, it would have looked like a big game. Now, Cal has been blown out 72-6 in back to back games and can't even get a vote for top 25. The rankings would make you think Florida vs. Boise St. is a huge game but realistically, Florida would be favored by 25 in such a matchup.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

You can't know it's a huge game by the rankings. Look at Cal. Two Saturday's ago, they were ranked top five in the country. If the Oregon and USC games had been switched around on the calender, it would have looked like a big game. Now, Cal has been blown out 72-6 in back to back games and can't even get a vote for top 25. The rankings would make you think Florida vs. Boise St. is a huge game but realistically, Florida would be favored by 25 in such a matchup.

They aren't always going to be right, but at least I know it is a big game going in. Opening game in the NFL was Tennessee-Pittsburgh which was a big game at the time. The fact that Pittsburgh is now 2-2 and Tennessee is 0-4 doesn't suddenly take away from my enjoyment of watching the game at the time. It just means I wouldn't be as excited if they played again now.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

They aren't always going to be right, but at least I know it is a big game going in. Opening game in the NFL was Tennessee-Pittsburgh which was a big game at the time. The fact that Pittsburgh is now 2-2 and Tennessee is 0-4 doesn't suddenly take away from my enjoyment of watching the game at the time. It just means I wouldn't be as excited if they played again now.

I don't pay attention to the rankings when looking at a game to determine if it's a big game. Florida vs. LSU would be a big game if they were ranked #25 and #30. It would be a bigger game to me than watching #1 BYU vs. #5 TCU. Oklahoma is #19 now. When they get Bradford back and play Texas on 10/17, that's going to be a big game no matter the ranking.

My current Top 10 would be:
Texas
Florida
Alabama
Va. Tech
Miami
USC
Oregon
LSU
Ohio St.
Oklahoma

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I don't pay attention to the rankings when looking at a game to determine if it's a big game. Florida vs. LSU would be a big game if they were ranked #25 and #30. It would be a bigger game to me than watching #1 BYU vs. #5 TCU. Oklahoma is #19 now. When they get Bradford back and play Texas on 10/17, that's going to be a big game no matter the ranking.

My current Top 10 would be:
Texas
Florida
Alabama
Va. Tech
Miami
USC
Oregon
LSU
Ohio St.
Oklahoma

Of course we know which games are big without having to look at the rankings, rankings aren't necessary for people who actually follow the sport. My point was that I could know a game was a big deal when I see #1 and #4 play even if I hadn't followed college football at all. That is why rankings exist, to draw in fans that might not know what is going on but that know #1 against #4 is a big deal.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Of course we know which games are big without having to look at the rankings, rankings aren't necessary for people who actually follow the sport. My point was that I could know a game was a big deal when I see #1 and #4 play even if I hadn't followed college football at all. That is why rankings exist, to draw in fans that might not know what is going on but that know #1 against #4 is a big deal.

But how would #1 Florida vs. #5 Boise St. be a big deal to anyone when Florida would be favored by 25?

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

But how would #1 Florida vs. #5 Boise St. be a big deal to anyone when Florida would be favored by 25?

That game would be a bigger deal to me than any matchup you could put together this season. And there is no way Florida would be favored by 25 points. In Boise the spread would be close.

[Crown@club]

I Remember in the 80's, some columnist from Chicago used to ahve his weekly rankings. He would flip-flop Kansas-Kansas St each week at the top and the rest of the rankings went to whatever conference he picked on that week. So keeping up with tradition, I'm going to go.

1) Washington St
2) Illinois
3) Purdue
4) Indiana
5) Northwestern
6) Minnesota
7) Tie Michigan St, Michigan, Notre Dame
10) Tie Iowa, Wisconsin, Penn St, Ohio St.