College Football 2012 GDG

[Dustin D]

According to ESPN they are #16
http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings

That's the completely futile and useless AP Poll my friend

[BonMallari]

They jump 5 spots to #16!? I'll have to see that tonight to believe it.

it is when Texas and Nebraska and UCLA who were all ahead of them lost, thats three of the spots right there

[Dustin D]

it is when Texas and Nebraska and UCLA who were all ahead of them lost, thats three of the spots right there

Yea I'm looking at it. I guess the perfect storm did happen but it still looks like it will be close. Kent state could have easily done it with a win.

[mngundog]

That's the completely futile and useless AP Poll my friend

Its the best poll out there, has been for the last 50+ years.

[Dustin D]

Its the best poll out there, has been for the last 50+ years.

The AP Poll is the reason the BCS was created b/c of all the SPLIT National Championships they were responsible for creating.

It's completely Human Based, therefore it is indeed flawed and subject to political bias.

Why would you rank a team that is suspended? That's just for starters. Had they voted OSU #1 at the end of the year the BCS Winner would have to be split yet again.

[mngundog]

The AP Poll is the reason the BCS was created b/c of all the SPLIT National Championships they were responsible for creating.

It's completely Human Based, therefore it is indeed flawed and subject to political bias.

Why would you rank a team that is suspended? That's just for starters. Had they voted OSU #1 at the end of the year the BCS Winner would have to be split yet again.

We have had split National Championships even after the BCS was created, we are going to a playoff system because the BCS system is flawed and subject to political bias also. The AP ranks suspended teams because they aren't limited to the constraints of the BCS system, those teams are still playing thus they are ranked accordingly.

[Dustin D]

We have had split National Championships even after the BCS was created,

No we haven't b/c only ONE TEAM Raised the NCAA Crystal BCS ball.

we are going to a playoff system because the BCS system is flawed and subject to political bias also. The AP ranks suspended teams because they aren't limited to the constraints of the BCS system, those teams are still playing thus they are ranked accordingly.

It's not perfect and was always in need of a play-off system but the BCS is much better than just Sports Writers voting which is purely Human.

So if Bama wins the NC Title game and the AP Voters had moved OSU to #1 being the only Undefeated AQ Team, you'd consider them the National Champion?

[mngundog]

ONLY b/c of the AP Poll Voters refusal.



It's not perfect and was always in need of a play-off system but the BCS is much better than just Sports Writers voting which is purely Human.

So if Bama wins the NC Title game and the AP Voters had moved OSU to #1 being the only Undefeated AQ Team, you'd consider them the National Champion?

If Bama wins the AP Voters will not move OSU to #1, but yes I feel the AP is a better system than the BCS.

[BonMallari]

No we haven't b/c only ONE TEAM Raised the NCAA Crystal BCS ball.




It's not perfect and was always in need of a play-off system but the BCS is much better than just Sports Writers voting which is purely Human.

So if Bama wins the NC Title game and the AP Voters had moved OSU to #1 being the only Undefeated AQ Team, you'd consider them the National Champion?

years before you were probably born they had a UPI/Coaches, AP and a CFBWA (writers) poll....and there were 4 Major Bowls: Cotton-Sugar-Orange-Rose

There has always been a human element to the rankings....only recently did they incorporate Sagarin and USA Today when they became the self anointed authority

[Dustin D]

Well it's official. Sooners just got booted out of a BCS Bowl by NIU ...... LOL!!!!!