BCS Thoughts

Another week, another set of gut-wrenching, heard-pounding, show stopping, college football games. What game messed up the standings the most though? Was it the BCS stunners Michigan State and their play, "Rocket" with :04 to go in the tie ball game to knock off Wisconsin? What about Syracuse shellacking West Virginia to the tune of 49-23? Or perhaps the Texas Tech Red Raiders silencing the crowd in Norman, Oklahoma, by knocking off the unbeaten Sooners 41-38?

Well yes, to all. Depends who you root for (or against). All these results were exciting for somebody, and shook up the BCS Standings. That leads us to two questions.

Who's in? And who's out?

With LSU and Alabama staying in the top two spots, there's no need to evaluate them. The thing that shocked me in the top 5, was Stanford NOT moving to the number 3 spot. Oklahoma State took that slot and Boise State moved up a spot, putting Stanford in sixth.

Stanford destroyed number 25 Washington (5-2) by a score of 65-21, while OK State took down unranked Missouri (3-4). And Boise? They were in a down-to-the-wire battle with 3-4 Air Force. With Stanford doing what they did to a ranked opponent with a winning record, I don't see how the Cardinal isn't third.

Moving to the Big Ten section of the standings, Michigan State (6-1) moved up to 11 and Wisconsin (6-1) dropped to the 15 spot. Nebraska (also 6-1), whose loss came to Wisconsin is actually in at 14. But they lost to them... So shouldn't Wisconsin be AHEAD of Nebraska? Ugh... Computers. I'm pretty sure that Skynet became self-aware in the BCS Headquarters.

Then there's the Big East, the local conference. I'll save my predictions for what's to become of the fledgling conference for a future article, but their only representative in the BCS Top 25 is none other than number 25 themselves, West Virginia. The Mountaineers were ranked 15th in the nation heading into their Friday night showdown with the Syracuse Orange, and they were embarrassed to say the least. The Orange have had some controversy this season, so why not stir up a little more.

Why aren't they ranked? Two losses, yes that's a good reason but Texas A&M has two losses and is ranked 16th! Auburn has three (granted all three of them are to top 10 opponents, but still, it's three)!

Okay okay, don't put Syracuse in the rankings. How about the conference leading, 6-1, University of Cincinnati Bearcats! They have no losses in the conference yet, with their only loss coming at Tennessee. I won't lie and say that UC has beaten anybody big, but their win down in South Florida, made me a believer. They're at Pittsburgh, then get West Virginia in Paul brown Stadium. Bearcat fans, be rooting for WVU the next two weekends. The higher (although unjustified) they are, the better for UC.

It's wild. It's unpredictable. We all have opinions. It's college football. I love it.

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