re: Updated rankings today

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I think the SEC throws out the lowest ranked team and then goes head to head.

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if that's the rule, I actually like it better than just highest ranked. But I do think using BCS ranking can be bullshite. I mean in a few years we play Oregon on the road. If we lose that game but then make it into a 3-way tie, we'd probably have a lower BCS rank because of the OOC loss.

I felt the same way about Stanford this year. They won the Pac and beat Oregon at Oregon. But they were lower ranked than Oregon heading into the bowls. The reason? They lost on the road to ND. A lot of people would have put Oregon into a 4-team playoff (if we'd had it) ahead of Stanford. If like Oregon, they'd played Ark St or Tn Tech instead of ND, then they would have been #3 in the BCS and a lock to a playoff. I just don't like any situation where teams are encouraged to play shite OOC schedules (and I say that fully aware that our OOC slate sucks arse).