Looking at the body of work, thus far

[757Hokie83]

IMO, looking at the undefeated teams

#1 K State
#2 Notre Dame (and it pains me to say that)
#3 Alabama
#4 Oregon

K State and Notre Dame each have an argument for the #1 spot i think, Bama and Oregon at 3, and 4 respectively are right where they should be.

 

[bamabear82]

I could see that.

 

[757Hokie83]

psst bamabear, you seem to have dropped your elephant colored glasses...

 

[bamabear82]

psst bamabear, you seem to have dropped your elephant colored glasses...

I still think UO and UA are the best two teams though.

 

[ForkEmBucky]

#5 Wisconsin??

 

[757Hokie83]

#5 Wisconsin??

yes, and VT at #6

 

[rmilia1]

IMO, looking at the undefeated teams

#1 K State
#2 Notre Dame (and it pains me to say that)
#3 Alabama
#4 Oregon

K State and Notre Dame each have an argument for the #1 spot i think, Bama and Oregon at 3, and 4 respectively are right where they should be.

Thats my top 4 exactly in the SportsHoopla voting thread.

 

[757Hokie83]

well, if i had been doing the voting and all, i guess our top 5s would be pretty similar

 

[NDHoosier101]

Looks good to me, there's a gap between the #2 and #3 SOS though.

 

[757Hokie83]

yeah, thats why i was implying saying ND and K State could both argue for that number 1 or 2 spot, but there is a much bigger drop off between 2 & 3 than there is 1 & 2, when speaking for SOS

 

[uncfan103]

Where would you put Ohio State, considering they are the only other (real) major conference team that is undefeated?

 

[NDHoosier101]

Notre Dame STRUGGLED WITH A 5-4 team.

Alabama destroyed a bunch of 5-3 teams.

We crushed Michigan St... 20-3...

Oh, you're talking about BYU, that team we survived right before playing at Oklahoma that we sat our starting QB out for.

 

[rmilia1]

Notre Dame STRUGGLED WITH A 5-4 team.

Alabama destroyed a bunch of 5-3 teams.

Thats Bamas problem IMO, they have played a bunch of 5-3 teams. Bama hasnt been challenged yet so we will have to see if they clobber the better teams coming up on their schedule. I THINK Bama and Oregon are the 2 best teams but they just havent really played anyone of note. Even an unbeaten Miss State was very suspect in most peoples mind coming in to that game. If Bama shitstomps LSU this weekend then ill move them up but with KSU in particular they have also crushed everyone theyve played aside from Oklahoma and even that game was never really as close as the score indicated and KSU has wins over quality teams not a bunch of average ones.

 

[rmilia1]

We crushed Michigan St... 20-3...

We did struggle against Purdouche (4-5) though, I'm assuming that is who you were talking about. We've come a long way from that game though.

Probably meant BYU.

 

[ForkEmBucky]

yes, and VT at #6

Yup. Definitely.

 

[rmilia1]

Whoa? We just beat a powerful Mississississippi State team this past Saturday! 7-1 counts for nothing?

LOL, well that is your best win if that tells you anything about this thread

 

[NDHoosier101]

Whoa? We just beat a powerful Mississississippi State team this past Saturday! 7-1 counts for nothing?

The best team they faced was a 3-5 Tenn team, followed by Middle Tenn St, Kentucky, and Auburn. It doesn't count.

Damn it if you're going to be sarcastic use italics, I wasted 10 seconds looking that shit up!

 

[757Hokie83]

Where would you put Ohio State, considering they are the only other (real) major conference team that is undefeated?

forgot about them, was looking at the BCS rankings...

i would go

1 K State
2 ND
3 Bama
4 Oregon
5 LSU
6 OSU
7 Florida
8 UGA
9 FSU
10 Louisville

a 2 loss USCe does not belong in the top 10

 

[OnlyCrimson]

Just a few stats comparing Alabama to Notre Dame

Bama / Notre Dame
Outscored Opponents: 273-65 / 211-79
Avg Margin of Victory: 32.5 / 15
Current SOS: 21 / 7
Opponents Avg SOS: 43.75 / 30.875
Time Spent Trailing: 00:15 / 26:41
Vs Michigan: (Neutral Site) 41-14 (27 point win) / (Home) 13-6 (7 point win)

 

[757Hokie83]

Just a few stats comparing Alabama to Notre Dame

Bama / Notre Dame
Outscored Opponents: 273-65 / 211-79
Avg Margin of Victory: 32.5 / 15
Current SOS: 21 / 7
Opponents Avg SOS: 43.75 / 30.875
Time Spent Trailing: 00:15 / 26:41
Vs Michigan: (Neutral Site) 41-14 (27 point win) / (Home) 13-6 (7 point win)

thanks for highlighting my point