Rankings Rant

Hey, the machine heads have come out with their first rankings, so let's take a gander at the BCS rankings...

How Florida garnered the #1 ranking is something that bugs me. Alabama has played much better than the Gators have thus far. I'm no prouder to say that than anyone else, but it's the truth.

So, in the BCS computers' connected Skynet-style evermind, Oregon should be ranked below LSU and Southern Cal. They're all 1-loss teams, so why do I choose to harp on this? Well, simply put: Oregon's lone loss (to the #4 team in the nation) is better than Southern Cal's (Unranked Washington). Oregon's wins against ranked schools (then-#6 Cal and #18 Utah) are better than USC's (then-#8 Ohio State, then-#24 Cal and then-#25 Notre Dame) and LSU's (then-#18 Georgia).

LSU hasn't beaten a currently ranked team, and their non-conference schedule is an atrocity (in fairness, they did beat Washington, which is more than Southern Cal can say). I'm all for the Ducks of Eugene being ranked higher.

Oh, and Pittsburgh is ranked #21. Someone please explain that one to me. They've played no one with a current ranking, and their loss came to the dang NC State Wolfpack! NC State lost to Duke! Didn't just lose: Got thrashed by Duke! Yet a team that the Wolpack defeated is declared one of the Top 25, and is undefeated in conference play! What does that say about the Big East?

So that's it...see you later!