The McTop 25: October 19, 2008

Thoughts:

1. The BCS is lame. That is all.

On to the rankings:

1. Texas (7-0): Their SOS is just significantly better than every other undefeated team. It helps when you beat Oklahoma and Missouri in back-to-back weeks. Who would have thunk it?
2. Alabama (7-0): Let’s be realistic. If the SEC really is about beating each other up, there is no way a team with John Parker Wilson at QB is going to win the SEC without a blemish on the record. But it sure makes it more fun to listen to “Deacon Blues”.
3. Penn State (8-0): I suspect the Nittany Faithful were QUITE nervous at halftime on Saturday. Luckily, Michigan played like Michigan State in the second half of the game.
4. Utah (8-0): Circle that date on the calendar, because BYU will want nothing more than to mess up the Utes’ season.
5. Oklahoma State (7-0): It’s been a nice run, but if they can beat Texas? What a story …
6. Texas Tech (7-0): How long will the gimmick hold?
7. Ball State (7-0): The pressure is going to get to them eventually.
8. Boise State (6-0): Been there, done that.
9. Tulsa (7-0): Is anyone watching or caring about Tulsa? They could sneak in if things break right.
10. USC (5-1): The SOS won’t hold, and with the SEC love affair, any one-loss SEC champ will finish ahead of one-loss Pac-10 champ USC. Assuming the Trojans can focus long enough to win out …
11. Florida (5-1): I am putting them head of Georgia, simply because I think the Gators will beat Georgia.
12. Georgia (6-1): See above.
13. Ohio State (7-1): Michigan State wanted to play like Michigan against Ohio State, but …
14. Pittsburgh (5-1): If this keeps up, Wannstedt will be COTY. And that’s just laughable.
15. Oklahoma (6-1): They need a lot of help to have any say in the BCS world. Did I stutter?
16. LSU (5-1): Way down the SEC totem pole this year.
17. Northwestern (6-1): If they could just get that first quarter against Sparty back …
18. Minnesota (6-1): The Big Ten is POWERFUL!~
19. TCU (7-1): That’s what you call a smackdown.
20. South Florida (6-1): This is that point in the rankings where I often get bored. Is Pitt really the best team in the Big Least?
21. Georgia Tech (6-1): I don’t know about you, but I loved watching Jamelle Holloway play football in 1985. This takes me back … * sigh *
22. Cincinnati (5-1): I am sure this will not keep.
23. BYU (6-1): Id0ts. They just wasted the win over UCLA, didn’t they?
24. Boston College (5-1): The ACC sucks, too. But does it suck more than the Big Least? Yes!
25. Florida State (5-1): Bowden Rule is now that F$U is the lowest-ranked one-loss team each week?

Teams considered but rejected because they suck: Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Vanderbilt, Michigan State, Missouri, North Carolina, California, Notre Dame, Kansas, Oregon, Connecticut, Troy, Air Force, Kentucky, Arizona