College Football 2007 – There Are Poll Pretenders, 9 of 25 Top Teams Get a Reality Check
(Editor’s Note: All rankings used in this article are from the AP Top 25 Poll and all team ratings used are from Sagarin, the gold standard among rating services.)
In the world of college football there are pretenders and contenders. Nine of AP’s Top 25 teams and 3 of the top 5 were given a reality check over the weekend.
Was I surprised at this annual occurrence? Hardly. When you start analyzing how some of the teams started the week at 4-0 and ended it at 4-1, it is as easy to see as your face in a mirror. Reality has a way of revealing all of the wrinkles and weaknesses.
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College Football Week 7 – Kansas, Ohio State, Virginia Tech and Nebraska All Get Exposed As Frauds
Just when you thought some sense of stability might have returned to college football during the halfway point of the season, any semblance belies the truth that at least four more teams have become frauds in the national title chase-Kansas, Ohio State, Virginia Tech and Nebraska.
Kansas had raced to a perfect 5-0 start. Virginia Tech lost its opener, Ohio State lost its second game, and Nebraska lost its third game. All three had lost a game and won the rest to enter the sixth week with only a loss.
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College Football Week 2 – Ohio State and Notre Dame Both Lose Big Time Games, So What Else is New?
(Editor’s Note: All of the team rankings are based on the Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, and the Sagarin Ratings, Jeff Sagarin’s factual, mathematical ratings among competition between all 245 Division 1 teams.)
Only 7 teams remained on top and on track at 2-0 during the second week of the college football season-Florida, USC, Alabama, California, Boise State, Brigham Young and Kansas.
No. 1 Florida crushed Troy 56-6 behind Tim Tebow’s career-high 4 touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown.
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