Sunday, November 15, 2009

McMisanthrope's Top 25: November 15, 2009

Thoughts:

1. Florida wins ugly, and Tebow should NOT be a Hypesman candidate;

2. I would really like to see TCU get a shot at the BCS title game. That's a good team;

3. How tough is the Pac-10? I have six teams from that conference in my Top 30;

4. Five straight Big Ten titles for Ohio State, yet this will be their first Rose Bowl since January 1, 1997. Weird;

5. Bye, Charlie.

Rankings:

1. Alabama (10-0): Read somewhere this is the 17th time (!) the Tide have started a season 10-0. That's pretty amazing.

2. Florida (10-0): Look, the bottom line is that they keep winning, even if it ain't purty.

3. TCU (10-0): Maybe the Big XII should add the Horned Frogs.

4. Texas (10-0): Winning like they should, considering they're not playing anyone good (right now).

5. Cincinnati (10-0): That was a closer one than it should have been.

6. Boise State (10-0): So no SEC team will schedule them, eh?

7. Georgia Tech (10-1): Great piece in Sports Illustrated last week about the offense.

8. Pittsburgh (9-1): That Big East showdown should be fun.

9. Oregon (8-2): Still in the driver's seat for the Rose Bowl. That would be a fun game.

10. Iowa (9-2): I know they just lost an H2H against the Buckeyes, but on the road in overtime with a backup QB (and a freshman, at that) means it's fine with me.

11. Ohio State (9-2): They got it done, but it wasn't very impressive.

12. Penn State (9-2): Hoping for a Wolverine upset?

13. Wisconsin (8-2): The Big Ten does have some good teams.

14. Oklahoma State (8-2): Beating Texas Tech is always nice.

15. Utah (8-2): Ouch.

16. BYU (8-2): Whatever.

17. LSU (8-2): Unimpressive.

18. Houston (8-2): Whoops.

19. Central Michigan (8-2): Better than Temple.

20. Rutgers (7-2): Quietly having a good season.

21. Temple (8-2): Horrible schedule.

22. Virginia Tech (7-3): Always fiesty.

23. USC (7-3): Defense has issues.

24. Miami-FL (7-3): Slowly torching a formerly great season.

25. Stanford (7-3): Again, a H2H anomaly, but what can I do about it? Considering the next few teams below, the Cardinal are fine here for now.

Also considered: Arizona, Oregon State, California, Clemson, Boston College

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