How did FSU drop without playing a game?

Not sure exactly what you are looking for from the readers, but heres my thoughts.

USC is ranked way too high. I would say this about the legit (not that yours isn’t but it just isn’t worth much to the BCS). Now, I’ll admit forhtright, I don’t like USC. There is just something about them that erks me. With that being said, I will grant them the win over Ohio State (who 1) laid a HUGE egg 2) without their star), but wins over a 3-3 UVA, 5-2 Oregon and 2-4 ASU isn’t very impressive. I can’t fault them too much for playing in the Pac-10, but I can fault them enough for a loss to a 3-3 O.State (that isn’t very good) to knock them out of the TOP 10 and put Georgia and maybe Utah over them.

Also, a 19th ranking for South Carolina who really has NO quality win and 2 losses to SEC opponents is also high. Good work though at tnation. Keep it up.

Also,

That’s pretty awesome that we are #25
Too bad were not in the REAL polls that count =/

I think if we win tomm. night—> we’ll be in for sure!!! :)

You put a home win against Arizona State as a more impressive win than South Carolina? Arizona State lost to UNLV, and has only beaten Northern Arizona (which I could not even name their mascot) and Stanford. That win should be about as impressive as UGA’s win over Ga. Southern which was at Southern.
With that being said, I think you defended your case for USC being AHEAD of UGA, however I am still not sold that they have the 6th best resume on the board. However, the more I think of it, does it seem that schedules (across the board) are getting softer and softer? I don’t have any statistical proof of this, just an observation. However to match this up against the “Resumes” I will take a shot at your format.

USC v Va Tech

Ohio St (very clear that this is the most impressive win of any teams below them, but remember no Wells and Tressels uncanny ability to choke in big games)
                     North Carolina
                     Georgia Tech (according strictly to your rankings)
Oregon
                     Nebraska
Virginia
Arizona State
                     Western Kentucky
                     Furman
                     Lost to ECU
Lost to Oregon State (which by the way, your stats just reassures any skepticism about tomorrow night).

I think there is a good case to be made here that Va. Tech’s resume is equally as good. You put more stock into the score than I do. Certainly there is something to be said for being blown out in the first half (alabama v georgia) however teams do lay eggs sometimes (see ohio state).
Winning tough games takes a lot of depth and grit, which i think there is something to be said for that.

Thanks for some respectful football disagreement though. I enjoy intelligible discussions.
                    

Your rankings – USC has beaten #17

Va Tech has beaten #20 and #12.

I’m working on the preview now, but I will respond in greater detail when I free up some time.

3. Quick Hitters: I’d say the ECU loss is worse than the ORE St. Loss.

VT beat unc only after UNC’s QB went down in the 3rd quarter. A win? Yes. Sort of Flukish? Yes.
GT was absolutely screwed by the officials (bogus facemask call) against VT, giving vt the final scoring drive.

Now, I don’t watch 1500 games per year, so I don’t have exact stuff on this for every time, but Va Tech’s wins have been good from the name standpoint, but underwhelming from a performance standpoint.

Also, the poll is not a power poll, so pointing out who they beat on the poll can be problematic.

Please stop calling me UFNole. It’s a stupid thing, but it is driving me NUTS.

Also, ok, it may not be a power poll, but I can officially say according to your absurd stipulations for creating a poll that Va.Tech has beaten two teams with a better resume than Oregon, and one with a better resume than Ohio St. I am just justifying it off of what you said.

If you want to look at all of the factors of each game, I dont understand how you don’t look at the Ohio St game with those same lenses. Ohio State was missing their star running back (and there was a huge drop off). They were also playing at HOME, in which Ohio State had to travel across the country. Do you think it would have been the same game had it been at OSU and Wells was healthy. Sure its hypothetical but so is talking about refs winning a game and a quarterback going down. You cant say it was flukish when they won both of them. If you are judging their performance you are doing exactly what you continually say this poll is not. Performance rankings ARE the definition of a power poll.

Also, Oregon State has beaten only one team with real credentials and ECU has beaten two. Given it seems like ECU is bi-polar. Just because they play in an overrated major conference, it does not make it a “better” win. Do you REALLY think that USC has the 6th best “resume” as you stubbornly call it, when what you are really doing is re-naming a power poll.

You are still judging their performance. A power poll is essentially the same thing. It is putting less importance on their strength of schedule and record and putting more on how they performed. I have no problem with it if you want to make a power poll, just call it what it is. You dropped LSU and BYU because they didn’t perform well. Not because they only have one loss.

While I don’t think West Virginia is a good team, I do think they are average (4-2). A team with Noel Divine and Pat White is a much more legit team than Hawaii and Washington State (whose only win is against Portland St.) This gives them just as much cred if not more than Oregon state.

The only reason why I brought up the game factors for OSU is because you seem to be justifying losses for everyone but them (now don’t get me wrong, I don’t like OSU as much as I don’t like USC). I told you I credit USC with a big win their, just the rest of the “resume” doesn’t impress me enough to put them at #6.

BTW, I wasn’t taking a shot at you for misreading my name, I just don’t like to be called anything resembling a Gator.