MikeT23 believing that there's "merit in the process" of the S&P+ ratings is interesting... the obvious first thought is that he's saying that as a fancy way of saying: "I believe that Ohio State is 8th, so any order for the rest of the teams is fine... as long as Ohio State is lower than 4th."
But, as moranis has tried to point out... the rest matters. If you can't trust it to rank Wisconsin, Auburn, Utah or a whole host of other teams close to properly, why would anyone trust it to rank Ohio State properly & why should we put stock in it? I've got a set of rankings that I'll present right here... they are not my personal rankings, but I believe they are far more trustworthy than S&P+:
1. Alabama
2. Florida State
3. Ohio State
4. Oregon
5. Baylor
6. Stanford
7. Auburn
8. Clemson
9. Missouri
10. Wisconsin
11. Arizona State
12. Oklahoma State
13. Michigan State
14. Texas A&M
15. South Carolina
16. UCLA
17. LSU
18. USC
19. Georgia
20. Northern Illinois
21. UCF
22. Oklahoma
23. Louisville
24. Mississippi
25. Washington
On the radar: Fresno State, BYU, Duke, Notre Dame, Florida, Virginia Tech & Minnesota
Unlike MikeT23, I won't give any fancy talk about how they aren't really even that close to correct, but since they have a certain team or two in a spot that's not laughable, I'll say there's "merit in the process" of them. I actually believe these rankings are at least close to right, nothing too much out of the realm of reality.
11/21/2013 7:10 PM (edited)