Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Final College Football Rankings

We've finally come to the end of the college football season. Even though the BCS isn't considering my opinion, and they played a great game on the field in which Florida proved they should be the BCS Champs, my national champ is the lone undefeated team left standing. I encourage Utah and Florida to settle it on the field ASAP, but that will never happen.

1: Utah (13-0)
2: Florida (13-1)
3: Texas (12-1)
4: Southern Cal (12-1)
5: Boise State (12-1)
6: Oklahoma (12-2)
7: Alabama (12-2)
8: Penn State (11-2)
9: Texas Christian (11-2)
10: Texas Tech (11-2)
11: Cincinnati (11-3)
12: Tulsa (11-3)
13: Oregon (10-3)
14: Ohio State (10-3)
15: Georgia (10-3)
16: Brigham Young (10-3)
17: Virginia Tech (10-4)
18: Missouri (10-4)
19: Oregon State (9-4)
20: Pittsburgh (9-4)
21: Florida State (9-4)
22: Mississippi (9-4)
23: Georgia Tech (9-4)
24: Michigan State (9-4)
25: California (9-4)
26: Oklahoma State (9-4)
27: West Virginia (9-4)
28: Iowa (9-4)
29: Nebraska (9-4)
30: Northwestern (9-4)
31: Louisiana State (8-5)
Honorable Mention (long list): Ball State (12-2), Rice (10-3), Western Michigan (9-4), East Carolina (9-5), Boston College (9-5), Maryland (8-5), Wake Forest (8-5), North Carolina (8-5), Kansas (8-5), Rutgers (8-5), Connecticut (8-5), South Florida (8-5), Navy (8-5), Houston (8-5), Central Michigan (8-5), Air Force (8-5), Arizona (8-5), Troy (8-5), Louisiana Tech (8-5), Buffalo (8-6)

For the Bowl picks I finished 19-15 and Katie was 15-19, which is about where I figured she'd be... within 4 games of me. I really believe Bob Stoops blew the National Championship with his decisions in the red zone in the second quarter... 2 possessions = 0 points.
The off-season coaching moves are always head scratchers. I'm glad Dave Christiansen left Mizzou, I hope the Wyoming fans are ready for a ton bad play calls and unnecessary game plan diversions. Gene Chizik getting hired at Auburn is like when a young supporting actor wins some awards and gets to star in a couple "easy" movies. While not entirely his fault, neither is a box office hit even if they are acceptable to the casual public for a "first time star." As the second movie's numbers drop even lower, Paramount signs him to 3-picture, multi-million dollar deal, and starts run ads for his first "action/thriller" with those fake reviews like "a tour de force" or "so-and-so keeps you on the edge of your seat." Kinda like Nick Cage's career.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Do you know what is sad? I bet $100 on OU +5 in the national championship game, +5! I lost, I thought I'd win, I hate OU - when I want them to loose, they win, when I want to to win, they loose.