Analyzing College Football Rankings: Key Players & Surprises

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00:00Bill, let's take a look at your top seven here, and I'll read it off, you'll tell me

00:06why you went with this.

00:08Well, it's really easy at the top here, especially one through four.

00:11Oregon, Georgia, Ohio State, Miami.

00:13Good call by you.

00:14Okay?

00:15I mean, no argument there.

00:16Texas at five, Penn State at six for you.

00:20That's a surprise for me.

00:22Tennessee at seven.

00:23So I don't know, Bill, in my opinion, again, it's fun to disagree.

00:28I don't see how, after the way Penn State looked against Ohio State, that they'd still

00:32be in my top seven, personally.

00:34Fair.

00:35And that will be one of the indicators tonight to look out for.

00:38Do they put Tennessee over Penn State?

00:41I mean, to me, Tennessee did lose at Arkansas.

00:43There's not a ton of shame in Penn State losing to Ohio State by a touchdown because they

00:49can't call red zone plays correctly.

00:51I mean, just give the ball to Tyler Warren on fourth and goal, guys, come on.

00:56But something for Penn State, they do have a West Virginia win.

00:59They did have a couple, you know, USC win.

01:02Those aren't great wins, but I still think they'll be there.

01:04One of the indicators I think to look out for tonight, Craig, is Miami.

01:08Will they put Texas over Miami?

01:11If they do, that tells you that the committee values the SEC race, even with a one loss

01:17team over an unbeaten Miami team.

01:20And I think that's something that could happen tonight.

01:23And then the other one for me was where do they put Alabama?

01:26Highest ranked two loss teams, but how many one loss teams are they going to be ranked

01:30ahead of?

01:31Yeah, I think that's a great call by you.

01:33And on top of it, living in South Florida, I can tell you that there's a lot of optimism

01:37for the Hurricanes, but a lot of recognition, too, that they have not played well in multiple

01:42weeks, especially on defense.

01:43So I don't know how they would fare in the playoff.

01:46But one of the teams you left out of the top seven, Indiana, undefeated.

01:49You have them at number eight, Notre Dame.

01:52We're going to waste our time once again talking about them at number nine.

01:55We know they're not going anywhere.

01:56BYU has been fantastic.

01:58You have Bama at 11.

02:00And definitely, I agree with Boise State being in the top 12 at this point.

02:04And boy, wouldn't it be nice to get Boise a home game on that turf?

02:07I don't think it's going to happen, though.

02:08I mean, for them to get in, they're going to have to go on the road.

02:11Right.

02:12And, you know, for Boise State, their path as a group of five champion is wide open.

02:16I think they continue to do that.

02:18The other indicator for me is Indiana and Notre Dame.

02:21And I know, Craig, we joke back and forth about the Irish all the time.

02:24But what will the committee value more?

02:26To me, it's Notre Dame, seven and one, lost to Northern Illinois.

02:31How much does that weigh them down versus an Indiana team who hasn't lost, but their

02:36best victory is Nebraska?

02:39And Nebraska is five and four.

02:41And suddenly, full eligibility might be a question mark for the Huskers.

02:44So this weekend against Michigan is so important for Indiana not only to win as a 13 and a

02:51half point favorite, but to probably cover to show that they've built some momentum going

02:54into the Michigan game or the Ohio State game.

02:58Both of those teams in my playoff field for now, though.

03:00Yeah.

03:01And style points could be important this time of year.

03:03Speaking of style points, SMU, Bill, crushing Pittsburgh.

03:07I know they're on the outside looking in here, but they're one Alabama loss away or Boise

03:12loss away or maybe even BYU loss away from jumping back into this thing.

03:16You know, their boosters paid for them to get in the conference.

03:19And we all said how crazy that was, but this is getting what you pay for, to come into

03:23a conference, be a competitor in the first year.

03:27They're in a great football market.

03:28I'm wondering how they can capitalize on this long term.

03:31You think about it.

03:32Being in Dallas, being in a power conference, and in the state of Texas where there's so

03:36many good high school football players.

03:38I think it's one of them.

03:39I don't want to call it underrated because we're talking about it.

03:42I think it's one of the best stories of the season, seeing the Mustangs.

03:45And I've always been a fan of those red, white, and blue uniforms.

03:48They're awesome.

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