This year more than any before has led me to wonder what good rankings are? I think most would agree that preseason rankings are pretty much crap because you never know how teams will do with the players they lost, injuries in fall camp, etc. Even the first week or two are a little sketchy because most schools are playing weak teams to try and get off on the right foot.

But really how useful are rankings the rest of the season. A prime example is Kirk Herbstreit’s rankings. He said on national TV that Fresno State was a better team and had the best chance of “busting” into a BCS bowl game than any other non-BCS school. Yet he ranked BYU higher in his AP poll ballot. Call me crazy but if a team is “better” shouldn’t they be ranked higher?

You also have the mess at the end of the season last year with teams losing and moving up in the rankings. Shouldn’t an increase in rank be the result of a good performance on the field. For the most part I think the coaches poll is a little more accurate because they are the ones on the field seeing these teams play, and no one understands their team, and their opponents, better than a good coach. But even their ballots are biased.

I don’t know if there really is a better solution because no human can be completely objective, and no computer can factor in all of the different facets of how good a team really is. But history has shown that the system is flawed. The NCAA has done a good job with the basketball tournament, for the most part. So why is it that they refuse to do something about football? Aren’t they the ones that are supposed to be running college football, not the heads of six of the eleven conferences?

I realize a 64 team tournament is out of the question, but until there is a playoff system of some sort there will never be a legitimate national champion in college football. Unfortunately, people at the NCAA are in bed with too many “college sports lobbyists” to make an objective decision and do what is right for the sport, not just their wallets.

Hey there everyone well the first weekend of college football wrapped up last night with a heck of game between UCLA and Tennessee which ended with the UCLA Bruins upsetting the Volunteers in overtime 27-24.
So what did we learn this weekend? Well we learned that Missouri has picked up right where they left of last season, USC also hasn’t lost a step and looks as dominate as ever, the Pac-10 is going to be a much better confrence than people ever give it credit for, Alabama proved they have talent and that Clemson was overrated, Michigan got off to a rough start in the Rich Rodriguez era but there was some sign of improvment, Ohio State is in trouble if Beanie Wells can’t recover and lastly if the first week is any indication of what the rest of the season will be like you can expect upsets on the regular.
This last weekend there were three upsets in the top 25 by unranked opponents Bowling Green, East Carolina and UCLA were all the big winners over the weekend. While Virginia Tech, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, and Clemson all got reality checked pretty tough. However with this being only the first weekend i cant wait for the rest of the season like i said earlier if this weekend was any indication of what is to come then we are in for one wild season.

I will finish this with my play of the week and it’s the blocked punt that sealed the East Carolina victory over Virgina Tech