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http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/1

1 LSU (60) 12-0
2 Alabama 11-1
3 Oklahoma State 10-1
4 Stanford 11-1
5 Virginia Tech 11-1
6 Arkansas 10-2
7 Houston 12-0
8 Oregon 10-2
9 Boise State 10-1
9 USC 10-2
11 Michigan State 10-2
12 Georgia 10-2
13 Oklahoma 9-2
14 South Carolina 10-2
15 Wisconsin 10-2
16 Kansas State 9-2
17 Michigan 10-2
18 TCU 9-2
19 Baylor 8-3
20 Nebraska 9-3
21 Clemson 9-3
22 West Virginia 8-3
23 Penn State 9-3
24 Southern Miss 10-2
25 Florida State 8-4
Dropped from rankings: Notre Dame 22, Virginia 24, Georgia Tech 25

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 53, Texas 45, Cincinnati 23, Arkansas State 18, Georgia Tech 16, Brigham Young 13, Missouri 13, Virginia 9, Tulsa 7, Louisville 3, NORIL 1

People here in Ann Arbor seem to think they are going to get a BCS bowl bid. I certainly hope not - they aren't good.

Roger Murdock wrote:People here in Ann Arbor seem to think they are going to get a BCS bowl bid. I certainly hope not - they aren't good.

I hope not

Someone's gunna have to explain to me as to how Oklahoma St. is ranked higher than Stanford.

cuz they're better

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bcs/_/week/14

bcs rankings

pretty much the same story

Roger Murdock wrote:People here in Ann Arbor seem to think they are going to get a BCS bowl bid. I certainly hope not - they aren't good.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls

this projection has them playing houston in the sugar bowl

The BCS at large berths are total cash grabs by the bowls. Michigan travels better than Arkansas or K-State or Oregon and they make a nice story with Robinson and recovering from RichRod.

Michigan/Houston could actually be a very entertaining game. I'd put the over/under at 82.5 points.

Maybe they should give the Big East spot to Houston even though the Cougars aren't yet in the conference. I think they can do that if Louisville wins the Big East because they're not rated high enough. That opens up a spot fot K-State or Arkansas or even Boise or TCU.

Six Big 12 teams in the top 25, and Nebraska is in there as well in their first season outside the league. Pretty impressive and that should tell you why OK State is ranked above Stanford. The Pac-12 has as many teams in the BCS top 25 as C-USA and the MWC, two apiece.

The SEC only has 5, and none of the other SEC teams would beat any BCS-ranked teams on a neutral field more than 3 times out of 10. Could be a real good year for the non-AQ conferences in bowls.

I think Michigan would be the worst at large team to ever make a BCS bowl.

Icness wrote:Six Big 12 teams in the top 25, and Nebraska is in there as well in their first season outside the league. Pretty impressive and that should tell you why OK State is ranked above Stanford. The Pac-12 has as many teams in the BCS top 25 as C-USA and the MWC, two apiece.

The SEC only has 5, and none of the other SEC teams would beat any BCS-ranked teams on a neutral field more than 3 times out of 10. Could be a real good year for the non-AQ conferences in bowls.

I still don't think OK St. is better than Stanford. I guess I'm looking at chalk, but Oregon > Iowa St.

And, pending Wisconsin actually winning the B10 championship, I would still be upset if I were in Sparty's shoes if Michigan ends up in a BCS bowl.

But Iowa State is the 7th or 8th best team in the Big 12, Oregon is #2 in the Pac 12. I understand that makes the loss more egregious, but it demonstrates the strength of schedule outside that game.

Roger Murdock wrote:I think Michigan would be the worst at large team to ever make a BCS bowl.

UCONN was a lot worse

craig01 wrote:

Roger Murdock wrote:I think Michigan would be the worst at large team to ever make a BCS bowl.

UCONN was a lot worse

Weren't they an auto qualifier though? I'm taking out of all non undefeated teams like Hawaii from a few years ago and teams that won their division.

Yeah UCONN was an AQ.

Maybe a couple of the ND teams were worse....lol