Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Road to The Get Together: Top 32 Week 1

Not only am I ridding the world of the BCS, but I'm ridding the world of the completely random "Top 25". Why was 25 the settled on number? I'm going with 32 because that is how many teams will earn the right to play for the true championship of college football. As always, this is totally scientific, and not at all based on watching the games, or if I think a team would beat another team. It is completely based on the following question: "What has a team done this year?" Meaning: who have they beat, where have they beat them. No preseason rankings. No teams getting a head start to the tournament by having a lot of talent. No passes for beating cupcakes. No teams being ranked in the top 15 despite having a losing record (Really?) No getting ranked despite not playing at all. Obviously, this will fluctuate greatly in the first few weeks, but generally settle down near the end. Last year it accurately predicted the top 2.

Rank Team Record Actual Rank

1)Alabama 1-0 (4)
2)BYU 1 -0 (9)
3)Miami 1-0 (20)
4)Oklahoma St. 1-0 (5)
5)Ole Miss 1-0 (6)
6)LSU 1-0 (11)
7)Boise St 1-0 (12)
8)Cincinnati 1-0 (23)
9)Missouri 1-0 (25)
10)Baylor 1-0 (NR)
11)Colorado St. 1-0 (NR)
12)Tulsa 1-0 (NR)
13)Minnesota 1-0 (NR)
14)South Carolina 1-0 (NR)
15)Kentucky 1-0 (NR)
16)Stanford 1-0 (NR)
17)Uconn 1-0 (NR)
18)Richmond 1-0 (NR)
19)William & Mary 1-0 (NR)
20)Villanova 1-0 (NR)
21)Buffalo 1-0 (NR)
22)Army 1-0 (NR)
23)North Texas 1-0 (NR)
24)Idaho 1-0 (NR)
25)Texas 1-0 (2)
26)USC 1-0 (3)
27)Penn St 1-0 (7)
28)Ohio St 1-0 (8)
29)Cal 1-0 (10)
30)Utah 1-0 (17)
31)Notre Dame 1-0 (18)
32)Nebraska 1-0 (22)

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