Ho hum, another week, another Mumme Poll ballot. I grow weary of this season.
As a lot of people have pointed out, there's not a whole lot interesting going on in college football, this season (esp. at the top). Also, this was (at least on the surface) a pretty dismal week of football. That said, I enjoyed watching Texas Tech rip apart Oklahoma with their new quarterback Nick Potts (there's two links in that name, so make sure to click both). Additionally, the bits of Oregon / Arizona I got to watch online (b/c apparently ESPN thinks ppl in Georgia are more interested in Texas & Kansas) were really exciting. I was sad to see Stanford play like, well, Stanford in The Big Game. Also, I really loved watching Notre Dame & Georgia lose on senior night at home. Fun times!
I should point out that Alabama's score of 608 was down from their score of 619 last week. This is b/c they played an FCS squad (UT Chattanooga, a 6-5 terror from SOCON). My computer rating program has a newly implemented feature that counts all points scored against an FCS team as 0.5 of a point and counts all points scored by an FCS team as 2 points. So, essentially Alabama's 45 points against the Mocs only counted as 22.5 points (Texas might have made it to #1 had the Mocs scored any points against Bama, but, thankfully, that didn't happen). It seems to me that there's no legitimate justification for playing an FCS squad (esp. if you lose to them (a la Virigina or Temple)) & that somehow my rankings should reflect that.
Also, I should point out that I'm voting differently than the computer b/c I still hate Ohio State & feel that they shouldn't be ranked in anything, ever.
Top 5
- Alabama
- Texas
- Florida
- TCU
- Cincinnati
Other 7
- Boise State
- Pittsburgh
- Georgia Tech
- Oregon
- Iowa
- Oklahoma State
- Penn State
Computer Rankings
- Alabama 11-0 (608.013636363636)
- Texas 11-0 (584.363636363636)
- Florida 11-0 (567.715909090909)
- Texas Christian 11-0 (520.038636363636)
- Cincinnati 10-0 (513.65)
- Boise State 11-0 (476.229545454545)
- Pittsburgh 9-1 (422.346988636364)
- Georgia Tech 10-1 (394.769972451791)
- Ohio State 10-2 (375.485606060606)
- Oregon 9-2 (370.263533057851)
- Iowa 10-2 (336.88952020202)
- Penn State 10-2 (299.221590909091)
- Oklahoma State 9-2 (293.406880165289)
- Temple 9-2 (280.995247933884)
- Houston 9-2 (275.78719947408)
- Brigham Young 9-2 (263.20472107438)
- Clemson 8-3 (257.449944903581)
- Virginia Tech 8-3 (253.271184573003)
- Central Michigan 9-2 (249.804390495868)
- Southern California 7-3 (236.863666666667)
- Nebraska 8-3 (235.200936639118)
- Wisconsin 8-3 (234.821074380165)
- Miami (Florida) 8-3 (233.814876033058)
- Oregon State 8-3 (220.344820936639)
- Mississippi 8-3 (219.344242424242)