"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 15:46:56 GMT, Jack Goff wrote:


The whole rating system is broken. For example, Clemson made it to
#10 before dropping totally out of the ratings for a week. This,
while playing in the relatively weak ACC. They ultimately came back
at #24.

An unranked USC (South Carolina) just beat them 31-28. This year USC
lost to Tennessee, Arkansas, and Auburn by a touchdown or less, and
lost to Florida by 1 point, while playing a tough SEC schedule. The
games were closer than the scores indicate, but never any ranking.

The SEC has traditionally been the undervalued major conference.
During the heyday of Alabama, Mississippi, LSU, et. al., it was
undervalued as a conference. It's that liberal bias. :)

It sure seems that some teams get ranked because of how the voting
members "like" them, not because of how they perform against worthy
opponents.

Oh well... USC beat Clemson, and with Spurrier onboard, things are
getting interesting. A couple years of decent recruiting, and the
polls will *have* to take notice.

Ehhhh - Spurrier is a lu-zar and will quit South Carolina to go back
to the pros - you watch.\


SEC? Does that stand for Skip Every Class?