Thursday, September 16, 2010

The College Football Blog: 2010 Season Résumé Rankings (After Week 2)

Season Résumé Rankings after Week 2

1. Michigan 2-0 (3rd)
2. Alabama 2-0 (6th)
3. Ohio State 2-0 (7th)
4. TCU 2-0 (2nd)
5. Oklahoma 2-0 (NR)
6. Oregon 2-0 (8th)
7. Utah 2-0 (5th)
8. South Carolina 2-0 (NR)
9. Auburn 2-0 (NR)
10. LSU 2-0 (NR)

Out: Boise State (1st); Fresno State (4th); Georgia (9th); Miami (10th).

Explanation: These rankings are still a little weird, as it’s so early, and they probably will be strange for a few more weeks. Because it’s so early and we only have a couple of games to weigh, any team that has lost a game already was not going to make these rankings this week. Also, any team that hadn’t played 2 games wasn’t going to make these rankings.

Boise State and Fresno State—the previous week’s #1 and #4 teams respectively—were idle last week and thus got bumped out. Georgia and Miami fell out for obvious reasons. I have Michigan at the top because they have defeated 2 teams from BCS conferences (at least we're pretending Notre Dame is from a BCS conference because that’s the way we’re supposed to look at it) who I think are decent, one on the road, the other in convincing fashion.

All of the other teams have had at least 1 win over a decent team from a major conference. And of course I’m still having to use some preconceived beliefs in order to separate teams like Alabama and Ohio State, who have each blown out a weak opponent and soundly beaten a quality opponent at home. These rankings should become more relevant as the season goes on.

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