The wheat is beginning to separate from the chaff in college football. It’s pretty clear who the top 3 teams are. Is anyone else going to step up? It’s certainly not these guys:
- #4 Virgina Tech – another loss, at least this one was to a ranked team
- #7 Ohio State – another loss, this time to an unranked team
- #15 Nebraska – another loss, this time getting blown out by an unranked (but under-rated) Texas Tech
What about the rest of the ranked teams?
- #5 Boise State – barely beat a weak Tulsa team. I don’t see them as a top-tier team. But they’re still better than anyone from the ACC or Big East. Probably better than anyone in the Big 10. If they run the table, then maybe they belong in the top 5. Right now, they’re over-rated.
- #6 USC – after a squeaker with Notre Dame, the Trojans are probably a solid #4.
- #8 Cincinnati keeps winning, but they’re in the ACC (or JV if you prefer), so that doesn’t mean much. I’ll take the winner of the Mountain West or the WAC over any team in the ACC. Over-rated.
- #9 Miami keeps winning, but they’re in the weak ACC too so they’re out. Over-rated
- #10 LSU – maybe
- #11 Iowa – if they play someone good, then we’ll talk. There’s no way they win out. Over-rated.
- #12 TCU – if they run the table beating BYU and Utah along the way, they’re top 5 in my book. Right now, they’re under-rated. This is a top 10 team.
- Everyone else – no chance.
