McMisanthrope's Top 25: September 7, 2010

Alright, the regular season has begun. Here we go!

Thoughts:

1. Most worthless rankings of the regular season, but always interesting and fun to do nonetheless;

2. Credit is given to schools who actually played a decent opponent, OR absolutely hammered a bad opponent like they should have;

3. Football really should do three things: a) Give the MWC BCS status; b) Establish a playoff system; and, C) Set up OOC matchup series like basketball does, and do it randomly by computer draw so ALL BCS teams play an entire OOC schedule of BCS teams.

Rankings:

1) Oregon (1-0): Yes, I know they played a patsy, but they did what ALL teams playing a patsy should do -- whitewash them into oblivion. That 72-0 score reminded me of the 1983 Cornhuskers, and that's a good thing regardless of that Orange Bowl outcome;

2) Ohio State (1-0): They only won 45-7, but Marshall used to be a good D-1AA program, right?;

3) Alabama (1-0): They missed their Heisman winner, huh?;

4) Georgia (1-0): For some reason, I think the Bulldogs might throw a wrench into the expected Florida-Alabama SEC domination rotation this year;

5) Boise State (1-0): Very impressive to win that game. Sure, it wasn't perfect, but does it make up for the 2005 debacle at Georgia? Almost;

6) TCU (1-0): Kudos to Virginia Tech and Oregon State for taking on the little guys, albeit in "home" games. Not impressed with Andy Dalton, by the way, at all;

7) Arizona (1-0): They sort of threw a shutout, right?;

8) Oklahoma State (1-0): Maybe they'll suck this year, but they beat a BCS team pretty badly;

9) California (1-0): They held poor UC-Davis to 81 yards or something. Again, that's what you do against patsies;

10) Virginia Tech (0-1): Game might have gone either way, so no fault to the Hokies;

11) South Carolina (1-0): I don't remember Southern Miss being so bad, but Spurrier always wins the openers;

12) Texas (1-0): Probably should have beat Rice by more, but whatever. It was a road game?;

13) USC (1-0): Anyone else notice USC did nothing out of the ordinary in this game? Vanilla defense, base offensive sets. No way Kiffin was letting anyone see his cards in this game;

14) Michigan (1-0): Also beat a BCS team pretty soundly, and the defense looks improved;

15) Florida (1-0): Urban Meyer has a lot of work to do with this QB, and I wonder why they don't just start a younger kid instead of a senior;

16) LSU (1-0): Considering all the UNC drama, they should have won this game by the 20-point margin they had at halftime. But Les Miles can't coach, and he let his kids cruise to a near-loss;

17) Florida State (1-0): Jumbo should have been nicer to his alma mater;

18) Mississippi State (1-0): Early call here says they beat Auburn ... and NOT by a 3-2 score;

19) Fresno State (1-0): Sure, it won't last, but Fresno State made sure someone noticed they beat a BCS AQ from last year to start off this year. That's going to help Boise's SOS;

20) Nebraska (1-0): Their last year in the Big XII will be special. As a Colorado alum, I'll miss that end of the year game they played regularly. But not that much;

21) Utah (1-0): They might give TCU some trouble later in the year;

22) Pittsburgh (0-1): They lost in OT, but at least they scheduled Utah on the road;

23) Penn State (1-0): Defense didn't look very good, and 'Bama is salivating. But JoePa can out-gamecoach Saban any day of the week;

24) Wisconsin (1-0): The Badgers survive the Las Vegas heat with ease;

25) Miami-FL (1-0): They'll lose to Ohio State this week, but they may not lose another game all year.

ALSO RECEIVING CONSIDERATION: Virginia, Oregon State, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, and Colorado (token homer).