11/05 BCS Rankings are out

[Wreckem]

1 Ohio State .987
2 Michigan .971
3 Louisville .891
4 Florida .802
5 Texas .800
6 Auburn .781
7 USC .745
8 California .733
9 Notre Dame .732
10 West Virginia .574
11 Arkansas .572
12 LSU .545
13 Rutgers .535
14 Boise State .510
15 Wisconsin .495

Wow, .002 seperates Florida and Texas. Its a very real possibility Texas can move pass florida without Florida losing. No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

That said if Louisville loses its looking more and more like a OSU - Michigan Title game.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I think Rutgers'll lose to both)

 

[tfinch2]

If Rutgers beats Louisville and West Virginia, they can get deep into the top 10, but I doubt they will beat both if any. Texas vs. OSU for the national championship would be good. This is definitely not the same Texas team OSU played at the beginning of the season.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I Rutgers'll lose to both)

Theres just no way to go from unranked to the title game in the course of a season. Even with wins vs both they have WAY to much ground to make up. Rutgers isnt going to jump over the 10 teams in front of it in the human polls unless those teams lose. They might jump over a few but not all ten. Certainly not Florida, Texas or Auburn.

 

[herkulease]

waiting for Charlie Weis to complain about how ND should be higher.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I Rutgers'll lose to both)

Theres just no way to go from unranked to the title game in the course of a season. Even with wins vs both they have WAY to much ground to make up. Rutgers isnt going to jump over the 10 teams in front of it in the human polls unless those teams lose.

If Rutgers beats WVU and Louisville they will be ranked high in the human polls, no doubt about it.

 

[Babbles]

Florida has a pretty easy schedule for rest of the season right? So it could be possible that Rutgers beats Louisville knocking them down from the top five. Then would the national title game be between the winner of OSU/Michigan (OSU. . . ) vs. Florida? Then it could be Texas vs Michigan (?) for battling it out for third place?

Assuming that Michigan loses to OSU they would be knocked down to what? Third? Fourth?

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I Rutgers'll lose to both)

Theres just no way to go from unranked to the title game in the course of a season. Even with wins vs both they have WAY to much ground to make up. Rutgers isnt going to jump over the 10 teams in front of it in the human polls unless those teams lose.

If Rutgers beats WVU and Louisville they will be ranked high in the human polls, no doubt about it.

They wont jump 10 spots. The human polls dont work that way.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Babbles
Florida has a pretty easy schedule for rest of the season right? So it could be possible that Rutgers beats Louisville knocking them down from the top five. Then would the national title game be between the winner of OSU/Michigan (OSU. . . ) vs. Florida? Then it could be Texas vs Michigan (?) for battling it out for third place?

Assuming that Michigan loses to OSU they would be knocked down to what? Third? Fourth?

Theres no telling. I still think there is a 50/50 shot of a OSU-Michigan title game if Louisville loses.

These are the four most likely scenarios.

OSU/Michigan vs Louisville
OSU vs Michigan
OSU/Michigan vs Florida
OSU/Michigan vs Texas

Its really tough to say what happens if Louisville loses. It all depends on how far OSU/Michigan drop in the human polls(wont be far more so if its a close game), and how the computers rank Florida and Texas. Honestly though, Texas needs some help from the SEC, not in the way of Florida losing, which would certainly help, but there would be SEC title game opponents.

Its going to be a mess if Louisville loses. So i hope Louisville loses so we can finally get an 8 team playoff.

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: Babbles
Florida has a pretty easy schedule for rest of the season right? So it could be possible that Rutgers beats Louisville knocking them down from the top five. Then would the national title game be between the winner of OSU/Michigan (OSU. . . ) vs. Florida? Then it could be Texas vs Michigan (?) for battling it out for third place?

Assuming that Michigan loses to OSU they would be knocked down to what? Third? Fourth?

Theres no telling. I still think there is a 50/50 shot of a OSU-Michigan title game if Louisville loses.

While I think that Michigan and OSU are probably the best two teams, I have my doubts that they really would have an OSU-Michigan bowl game immediately following an OSU-Michigan regular season game.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I Rutgers'll lose to both)

Theres just no way to go from unranked to the title game in the course of a season. Even with wins vs both they have WAY to much ground to make up. Rutgers isnt going to jump over the 10 teams in front of it in the human polls unless those teams lose.

If Rutgers beats WVU and Louisville they will be ranked high in the human polls, no doubt about it.

They wont jump 10 spots. The human polls dont work that way.

If Louisville can jump 3 spots in the BCS during a bye week, then Rutgers can jump deep into the top 10 with two quality wins over top 10 teams.

 

[KLin]

I bet Auburn fans are pissed that Texas jumped over them in the BCS.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I Rutgers'll lose to both)

Theres just no way to go from unranked to the title game in the course of a season. Even with wins vs both they have WAY to much ground to make up. Rutgers isnt going to jump over the 10 teams in front of it in the human polls unless those teams lose.

If Rutgers beats WVU and Louisville they will be ranked high in the human polls, no doubt about it.

They wont jump 10 spots. The human polls dont work that way.

If Louisville can jump 3 spots in the BCS during a bye week, then Rutgers can jump deep into the top 10 with two quality wins over top 10 teams.

They will jump some, but not enough WTF do you not get? Not like it matters rutgers will lose atleast 1 of the 2.

Its impossible for a team to jump over 10 other teams without some of those other teams losing.

Do you honestly think the coaches in the SEC, Big 12, Big 10, and PAC 10 are going to move Rutgers 10 spots in the human polls? It aint going to happen.

 

[Jack Ryan]

P-L-A-Y-O-F-F

 

[EvilYoda]

Holy crap, Louisville JUMPED in score...it was nearly a .2 difference to 3rd place last week.

Interesting.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I Rutgers'll lose to both)

Theres just no way to go from unranked to the title game in the course of a season. Even with wins vs both they have WAY to much ground to make up. Rutgers isnt going to jump over the 10 teams in front of it in the human polls unless those teams lose.

If Rutgers beats WVU and Louisville they will be ranked high in the human polls, no doubt about it.

They wont jump 10 spots. The human polls dont work that way.

If Louisville can jump 3 spots in the BCS during a bye week, then Rutgers can jump deep into the top 10 with two quality wins over top 10 teams.

They will jump some, but not enough WTF do you not get? Not like it matters rutgers will lose atleast 1 of the 2.

WTF do you not get? I've never said in any of my posts in this thread that Rutgers will jump to 2. Look up, read em. :roll:

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: Babbles

While I think that Michigan and OSU are probably the best two teams, I have my doubts that they really would have an OSU-Michigan bowl game immediately following an OSU-Michigan regular season game.

It'd be almost two months later actually, since they don't usually play the title game until January 8th.

It seems like every year for the last few years, there has been some sort of problem like this with the BCS. They added a game this year, but instead of using it for a playoff system, you've got teams like Michigan playing teams like Ball State late in the season.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: Wreckem

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Wreckem

No one needs to worry about Rutgers even if the beat Louisville, there is no way they can get to the #2 spot.

What if they also beat WVU?

(Not that I care...personally, I Rutgers'll lose to both)

Theres just no way to go from unranked to the title game in the course of a season. Even with wins vs both they have WAY to much ground to make up. Rutgers isnt going to jump over the 10 teams in front of it in the human polls unless those teams lose.

If Rutgers beats WVU and Louisville they will be ranked high in the human polls, no doubt about it.

They wont jump 10 spots. The human polls dont work that way.

If Louisville can jump 3 spots in the BCS during a bye week, then Rutgers can jump deep into the top 10 with two quality wins over top 10 teams.

They will jump some, but not enough WTF do you not get? Not like it matters rutgers will lose atleast 1 of the 2.

WTF do you not get? I've never said in any of my posts in this thread that Rutgers will jump to 2. Look up, read em. :roll:

So WTF are you arguing about? I never said Rutgers wouldnt jump some teams. I said theres no shot at them playing for the title because its impossible for them to jump 10 teams without several of those teams losing.

 

[spidey07]

Fillingout the forms to get selected to go to the Bowl Louisville will be in. Hopefully it is the championship.

OSU vs. Louisville. Sweet.

 

[her209]

What do you guys think about the number of games that the top 10 teams have left would affect the final rankings:

1 Ohio State - 2 games (Northwestern, #2 Michigan)
2 Michigan - 2 games (Indiana, #1 Ohio State)
3 Louisville - 4 games (#13 Rutgers, S. Florida, Pittsburgh, UConn)
4 Florida - 3 games (S. Carolina, W. Carolina, Florida St.)
5 Texas - 2 games (Kansas St., #25 Texas A&M)
6 Auburn - 2 games (Georgia, Alabama)
7 USC - 4 games (#20 Oregon, #8 California, #9 Notre Dame, UCLA)
8 California - 3 games (Arizona, #7 USC, Stanford)
9 Notre Dame - 3 games (Air Force, Army, #7 USC)
10 West Virgina - 4 games (Cincy, Pittsburgh, S. Florida, #13 Rutgers)

 

[sciencewhiz]

Originally posted by: Wreckem

So WTF are you arguing about? I never said Rutgers wouldnt jump some teams. I said theres no shot at them playing for the title because its impossible for them to jump 10 teams without several of those teams losing.

Either Ohio State or Michigan is guaranteed to lose.
At least one of Florida, Auburn, and Arkansas will lose.
At least one, and probably 2 of USC, Cal, and Notre Dame will lose.

So, rutgers has to only jump half as many teams.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: KLin
I bet Auburn fans are pissed that Texas jumped over them in the BCS.

Not really. Auburn has been playing poorly for quite awhile now, and we've played weaker opponents the last few weeks. The way the BCS works, those computers can really drop you down. Personally, I think it is fair because we haven't been playing like a great team. If we'd been blowing everyone out and played Arkansas close I'd be upset.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz

Originally posted by: Wreckem

So WTF are you arguing about? I never said Rutgers wouldnt jump some teams. I said theres no shot at them playing for the title because its impossible for them to jump 10 teams without several of those teams losing.

Either Ohio State or Michigan is guaranteed to lose.
At least one, and probably 2 of Florida, Auburn, and Arkansas will lose.
At least one, and probably 2 of USC, Cal, and Notre Dame will lose.

So, rutgers has to only jump half as many teams.

OSU/Michigan losing wont have any effect on Rutgers moving up.

Rutgers wont jump over the SEC or Big 12 Champions. Unless said team has 2 losses.

If USC beats Cal and Notre Dame. Rutgers wont jump over them. Likewise if Cal beats USC, Rutgers wont jump over Cal.

But its moot, Rutgers wont beat both Louisville and WVU.

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: her209
What do you guys think about the number of games that the top 10 teams have left would affect the final rankings:

...
3 Louisville - 3 games (S. Florida, Pittsburgh, UConn)

I thought they also play Rutgers

I don't think the numbers are important. I also think that the probability of losing to the teams remaining on your schedule is already built into your ranking.

Thus, a team like Florida who's only got fluff left on their schedule can't move up without help, while a team like USC who plays three ranked teams and a rival can go up a bit if it wins out.

 

[TraumaRN]

I still think there is at least a 50% chance of a OSU/Michigan Title game.

The way the rest of the rankings are shaking down....it's a real possibility. especially if louisville loses, and if florida or texas loses.