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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Because other teams are playing better opponents. This represents the tired and simple approach that a team cannot lose spots when they win. Each week we should be able to look back and reevaluate the quality of past wins.
And beating Washington by 56 really isn't nearly as impressive as it looks on the surface. Everyone is killing washington.
Week in and week out Florida is playing much better competition. That should be obvious to any observer.
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It sucks for USC that the PAC 10 is down so much this year and that the SEC is still getting too much credit for being a "meat-grinder." USC scheduled as good, most likely better, OOC than any other of the major colleges. Their big win was more impressive than any other team in the nation.
They lost a close game in a tough environment to a mediocre team and that was bad by them, but there is no way that they are the 7th best team in the nation and no way they should have dropped places in the BCS.
Georgia was ranked 1st but have looked bad this year since that rating. They were easily beat by Alabama at home, had a lot of help from the refs and opponents to beat South Carolina and have maybe one decent win on their record against a down LSU team.
The SEC will continue to get press from preseason rankings and beating up on Div. 2 teams but this year they are not close to the level that they have been in the past.
I hope that USC gets to play a Texas or SEC team so they can kill them in the bowl game. Unfortunately it won't matter much as some team will get to trump around some bogus trophy for being lucky enough to go undefeated. If only there were a better way to decide who is the best team in the nation rather than guess at who played the tougher schedule and whether or not a loss to team A is better than a loss to team B.