With the new BCS Standings, does this mean that WVU will be in the BCS Title game if they win out? Louisville is their only real challenge left. They are ranked #3 but the 2 teams ahead of them will play each other. Which means one will have to lose. Kind of crazy thinking WVU could be in the title game. Wow!
Who the hell are you to say they don't deserve to play in the BCS championship game if they win out? Matt Schaub is The Second Coming. Not you, junc.
Code: Bowl Champ. Series Ranking Harris USAToday Computer BCS Rk Team Rec Rk Pts % Rk Pts % Rk Avg Avg Pre 1. Ohio St. (9-0) 1 2848 1.008 1 1575 1.016 2 .960 .9864 1 2. Michigan (9-0) 2 2727 .965 2 1500 .968 1 1.000 .9697 2 3. West Virginia (7-0) 3 2583 .914 3 1437 .927 13 .540 .7862 4 4. Florida (7-1) 7 2127 .753 7 1167 .753 4 .850 .7791 6 5. Louisville (7-0) 5 2278 .806 5 1271 .820 9 .680 .7621 8 6. Auburn (8-1) 6 2202 .779 6 1235 .797 7 .720 .7589 5 7. Texas (8-1) 4 2432 .861 4 1347 .869 12 .560 .7562 7 8. USC (6-1) 9 1937 .686 9 1049 .677 6 .800 .7152 3 9. Notre Dame (7-1) 10 1913 .677 10 1030 .665 5 .820 .7151 9 10. California (7-1) 11 1789 .633 11 980 .632 3 .890 .7133 10 11. Tennessee (7-1) 8 2081 .737 8 1118 .721 10 .660 .7000 11 12. Rutgers (7-0) 14 1241 .439 15 662 .427 8 .690 .5153 14 13. Arkansas (7-1) 12 1492 .528 12 816 .526 14 .480 .5072 13 14. Boise St. (8-0) 15 1192 .422 14 694 .448 11 .570 .4763 15 Every single team except Arkansas should be in the title game before WVU
How can you make that statement considering WVU is third in the BCS standings? C'mon. As if I'm not pissed off enough with the Jets game, I have to put up with this shit? Listen, it's probably going to be moot anyway. With the luck of my teams, I'm expecting WVU to lose to Pittsburgh or Rutgers. I'm actually expecting Louisville, Rutgers, and West Virginia to beat each other so that they'll all wind up with one loss. But the point is, if West Virginia wins out, they'll deserve to play in the BCS title game. It's really not difficult to understand.
I have to say this, whichever team comes out of the SEC with only one loss should be in the national title game. You put WVU in the SEC and they are at least a 1 loss more than likely 2-3 loss team. The Big East does not have any team that deserves to be in the national title game.
Oh, so this fact. WVU would lose if in the SEC. Interesting. You learn something new everyday. What if WVU was in the SEC? What if Miami was still in the Big East? What if Steve Spurrier was still coaching Florida? Screw the what-ifs. Why should a 1-loss SEC team make the title game over an undefeated Big East team? Just because of perception? Is it right to penalize an undefeated team due to perception? The Sugar Bowl was not that long ago. If I recall correctly, WVU went into Atlanta and popped Georgia. Now that's reality. *** The SEC teams all lost a game. Hey, if Florida was undefeated- fine. They should play in the game. But, they lost. So tough. If WVU loses a game, they are definitely screwed. But, they haven't lost yet.
I'm with ya Cakes..... here is the real shitter, Lets just say Rutgers goes undefeated and wins the BE. There is no way they move up from 12 into the top 2 meaning there is no way they play in the title game. Why? Because they weren't ranked to begin the season..... What makes things crazy is that Auburn theoretically could play for the national title without winning the SEC title. Arkansas could win the SEC Championship and beat Auburn yet the Tigers could play for the championship. The system sucks but WVU if they are undefeated they deserve to play for the title.....
Whoever goes Undefeated should get into the title game against theoretically the winner of the Mich/ohio st game .....how are "style points" and bullshit like that considered more important than a win.....are you fuckin kidding me???? WVU, Louisville, Hell, even Rutgers deserves to go to the title game over a team that LOST already if any of those 3 go undefeated.... Listen, i go to school at South Carolina i know how damn tough the SEC is, but that's how it works.....how can you justify a team that goes undefeated in a major conference not making it to the title game......how can they ever win a national title if they can't even make it after going undefeated??? auburn, florida, and all the SEC teams knew that they most likely had to win every game on their scheduale in order to go all the way.....none of them did it, so for this year, let another team play that could get it done and earned it....
WVU deserves a spot in the BCS game if they go undefeated. The real travesty in the BCS rankings is the fact that the computers rank California as the 3rd best team in the country, well ahead of the 1 loss Tennessee team that drubbed them in Week 1. Explain that one to me.
My question is why don't teams that are undefeated in say week 8-9 get bumped up to the top of the rankings? Is WVU and better than Rutgers at this point? Or Boise State? Any team that goes undefeated has accomplished something remarkable yet they aren't recognized unless they are a big time team. Give them their dues. I'm not saying any team that is undefeated should play for the title, but at this point who says Auburn is any better than Rutgers or Boise State? If WVU wins out and they are the only team or one of two teams, they deserve to play in the championship. If they are third team they are out in my book because their schedule is so incredibly weak.
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Noone is arguing that they popped Georgia, but playing one game against georgia after preparing for 3 weeks is a whole lot different then playing lsu, auburn, tennessee, florida, alabama and so on week after week. Yes, the idea that an undefeated team should go to the championship game is nice, and yes the system is messed up. While WVU is a good team I agree, Im not saying they would lose games because they are bad. I am saying they would have lost games because of how difficult the schedule is. Maybe if WVU scheduled more difficult games outside of the Big East Id have more respect for the conference. When you play in a weak conference you need to show you can play with the better conference schools. That is how you make the championship game. Im sorry but look at WVU schedule, its a joke, outside of Pitt, Rutgers and Louisville the entire schedule is a bunch of horrible teams. They schedule 1 SEC school and go figure, its Miss St. the worst team in the SEC. Just to make this clear, I think Florida belongs in the title game over WVU. However, I am not saying I think it has to be Florida. If it were betwee Auburn, Florida and WVU Id be ok with Auburn going to. I just think the top of the SEC, even with 1 loss is more deserving than WVU, based on schedule alone, its not perception, its reality. Just because you dont accept that doesnt mean it not true.
And they scheduled that Maryland game some years back. Maryland did have three straight 10 win seasons. Is it WVU's fault that Maryland is no longer any good? Western Carolina. I'll end the night on that note.
If you think that WVU shouldn't be in the title game if they win out, you're just flat out ignorant. The SEC is not THAT much better than the Big East this year.
I lied. I got at least one more post in me tonight. If Auburn does not lose any other game this season, yeah, you would have to be okay with Auburn getting the nod over Florida based on what happened October 14. You wrote "I just think" in the same sentence where you wrote "its not perception." Look, I fully understand Florida, Tennessee, USC, Auburn, Texas, or Louisville playing in the title game if WVU drops a game. But can you level with me? If WVU goes undefeated they will have wins over Louisville and Rutgers. I don't see how they should be kept out of the title game based on perceptions of the SEC and Big East. What kind of message does it send? College schedules are made years in advance. West Virginia may have thought Mississippi State was going to be decent by now. I wish they had played a major out-of-conference team this year, but it didn't happen. If they go undefeated I don't see how they can be kept out of the title game.
Let's mention Louisville here for a second. If they go undefeated they will do so with wins over Miami, Kansas State, West Virginia, and Rutgers. GatorNation52- I realize Miami and Kansas State aren't great now, but those are two schools from top conferences. Those games were scheduled when Miami and Kansas State were good teams. So how do you feel about Louisville playing in the title game if they should go undefeated?
