I've been listening to WFAN for the past few days and they have all said that Rutgers has no shot for a national championship and an outside shot for a BSC bowl. Although I don't believe they will make the national championship, with all the losses today they could go to a major bowl game. Before the polls come out where do you think Rutgers will stand. I'm going to say 8. Auburn, Louisville and Cal will all drop with losses and Florida should drop slightly for their slim win today.
I have a wild and crazy scenario in which Rutgers would play for the national title. Get out your markers and poster boards Ohio State beats Michigan Cal beats USC USC beats Notre Dame LSU beats Arkansas Arkansas beats Florida (in SEC title game) Rutgers beats Cinci Rutgers beats Syracuse Rutgers beats WVU If that were to happen we would have an undefeated Ohio State and Rutgers team. A 1 loss Michigan team and Louisville team. A 2 loss Florida, Arkansas, LSU, USC, Notre Dame, Auburn, Texas, WVU and Cal team. Could you imagine the chaos. If they passed on Rutgers the east coast media would go nuts. The crazy thing is this isn't entirely out of the possibility. To answer your original question I'm gonna say they are ranked 10th behind Louisville and West Virginia whom they both lead in the standings. BTW I'm gonna go out on a limb and say they end up in the Gator Bowl against Maryland.
W/ all that happeend yesterday they definitely have a shot now if they win out. I think WVU has a shot again now too but it will likely be ND or USC.
This is how I think it will go: 1. Ohio State 11-0 2. Michigan 11-0 3. Florida 9-1 4. USC 8-1 1,173 5. Notre Dame 9-1 6. Arkansas 9-1 7. Rutgers 9-0 8. Texas 9-2 9. Louisville 8-1 10. West Virginia 8-1
USA Today Ranking Rank Team Record Pts Last Week 1. Ohio State (62) (11-0) 1574 1 2. Michigan (1) (11-0) 1513 2 3. Florida (9-1) 1381 6 4. USC (8-1) 1373 7 5. Notre Dame (9-1) 1273 8 6. Arkansas (9-1) 1248 11 7. West Virginia (8-1) 1113 10 8. Rutgers (9-0) 1082 14 9. LSU (8-2) 1054 12 10. Wisconsin (10-1) 928 16 11. Texas (9-2) 927 3 12. Louisville (8-1) 884 4 13. Boise State (10-0) 830 13 14. Wake Forest (9-1) 724 19 15. Auburn (9-2) 721 5 16. Oklahoma (8-2) 711 16 17. California (8-2) 580 9 18. Georgia Tech (8-2) 566 18 19. Virginia Tech (8-2) 420 21 20. Boston College (8-2) 384 22 21. Maryland (8-2) 325 24 22. Nebraska (8-3) 228 25 23. Tennessee (7-3) 213 15 24. Brigham Young (8-2) 116 27 25. Clemson (8-3) 94 26 Others Receiving Votes: Oregon 72, Hawaii 65, Texas A&M 29, Georgia 19, TCU 7, Houston 7, Missouri 4, Tulsa 3, Kansas State 3, Texas Tech 2, Central Michigan 1, Middle Tennessee 1 BCS will show this also IMO
Harris Interactive 1. Ohio State (112) 2. Michigan 3. USC 4. Florida 5. Notre Dame 6. Arkansas 7. Rutgers 8. West Virginia 9. LSU 10. Louisville 11. Wisconsin 12. Texas 13. Boise State 14. Wake Forest 15. Auburn 16. Oklahoma 17. California 18. Georgia Tech 19. Virginia Tech 20. Boston College 21. Maryland 22. Tennessee 23. Nebraska 24. Brigham Young 25. Oregon
