re: Week 11 BCS Standings - SEC with 5 of the top 8 spots

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Plus the bottom of the East is HORRIBLE

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Whoa! Nobody said they were fair game! You leave our stat padders alone!

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we close out the year with them in Tallyban

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I live in Tallyban and this would be GREAT. FSU fans are fricking delusional. They lose to NC St and still think they can play with the big boys. We'll see.

P.S. Do not fricking shite the bed in Tallyban. I'll never hear the end of it.

A&M should be 10-12. I know why we are ranked where we are, but still...there are few defenses that can slow us down. Sadly for us they all live in the SEC

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and BYU is only 5-4.


As are Arizona and ASU.

But, don't let facts get in the way of your assumptions. Please, carry on.

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Oregon is beating these teams by 50. ND is getting taken to OT. Can you really not see the difference??

I can't believe it is November and Florida is ranked #6 in the country with an outside shot at a national title appearance.

It's so ridiculous how far the coaching has taken this team.

All that would have to happen:
Bama over UGA
KSU loses to Texas or Baylor
ND loses to USC
Oregon loses to Oregon State or Stanford

Florida beats FSU, and sits quietly at #4-5 while all this happens.

Would be hilarious.

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Wait, so Notre Dame's opponents have better records than Oregon's opponents, BUT Oregon's opponents are better than Notre Dame's?

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Just combining W-L of overall schedules is over simplifying almost to the point of nonsense.

An hypothetical schedule that has 5 games against Top 20 teams and 7 games against 0-12 teams is probably harder to navigate undefeated than one with 12 games against 7-5 teams. However, the one with all 7-5 teams would look twice as strong if you simply combined WL of all opponents.


This isn't about ND and Oregon (who'll have fairly equal schedules once Oregon finishes theirs) but just that I don't understand what point simply combining opponents' records makes.

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Oregon has played Tennessee Tech, Arkansas State, and Fresno State. Notre Dame's schedule does not have a single cupcake on there.

I agree that Oregon could have just as good a schedule by the end of the season. All I am saying is, as of now, Notre Dame deserves the #2 spot.

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Just based on schedule, I agree that Notre Dame's is probably a bit tougher so far and the computers agree.

I would add though that Fresno St is probably a lot better than Pitt, Purdue, Navy etc but see your point about the other 2 teams you mentions .

However, voters, of course, are also considering not just W-L like the BCS computers supposedly do, but how the teams actually perform against those schedules. Right or wrong, that Oregon has been an elite program for years now also has a lot to do with it as well.

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Notre Dame deserves a higher ranking than KSU and Oregon. They have paid their dues thus far this season.

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Not sure if serious? Taking a barely top 25 team and a non ranked team into OT is way behind an Oregon team who has blown out everyone they have played.

BFD