Sam's Big Poll (Week 7)

So the Tigers lost to Kentucky and South Florida is #1? It just doesn't feel real. I think the most interesting thing about this week it what's shown in the BCS rankings. All of the computer systems have the Bulls as the #1 team, while Ohio State is the consensus #1 amongst the polls. Do I think South Florida is the best team in the nation? Absolutely not. But I'm just as certain that Ohio State isn't either. This is a very clear case of bias in the polls. Lou Holtz even said it on Gameday Final, people won't vote South Florida #1 because they're South Florida. USF has wins over West Virginia and Auburn, both ranked teams. Ohio State hasn't played anyone better than Washington and despite racking up over 400 yards and almost 33 points per game, they have the 70th ranked offensive modulus. And normally I'd say wait until they play some real competition, but the Big Ten is so miserable this year, it may never happen. I wouldn't be suprised to see OSU ride their defense to a 12-0 record. On a slightly different note, Why the hell is USC still in the top 10? USC scraped past [generic mediocre Pac-10 team] this weekend and have been rewarded with an average 11th place ranking in the 4 major polls. In my rankings they lost 11 spots. A bit severe perhaps, but if other teams are stepping up while you're laying eggs, don't expect to keep your position just because you manage to add one to the W column. It's clearly too much to ask pollsters to use their brains when they rank teams. I can't blame the coaches, they're busy, but this is the sportswriters's jobs. Enough ranting, here's the rankings!

Ranking = 1.2*Team Rating + 1.2*W/L Factor + 0.9*Schedule Strength

Div 1-A 2007 Rankings (Week 7)
Rank	Team Name	Score	W	L	Team Rating	W/L Factor	Schedule Strength
1	South Florida	2.78123	6	0	5	1	38
2	LSU	2.71481	6	1	3	8	19
3	Ohio State	2.63564	7	0	1	2	105
4	Kentucky	2.56752	6	1	18	7	16
5	Auburn	2.53548	5	2	19	22	5
6	California	2.52888	5	1	23	9	15
7	Oregon	2.47753	5	1	6	12	25
8	Oklahoma	2.46199	6	1	4	10	48
9	Kansas	2.43729	6	0	2	3	111
10	Florida	2.38154	4	2	9	28	9
11	West Virginia	2.33399	5	1	8	13	57
12	Arizona State	2.26753	7	0	10	4	112
13	Missouri	2.22313	5	1	21	19	45
14	Kansas State	2.20455	4	2	13	45	11
15	Tennessee	2.19605	4	2	30	29	10
16	South Carolina	2.18531	6	1	29	14	49
17	Texas	2.18383	5	2	14	24	34
18	Colorado	2.17312	4	3	38	44	8
19	Cincinnati	2.13803	6	1	11	15	99
20	Penn State	2.13315	5	2	7	25	76
21	Boston College	2.10404	7	0	16	5	119
22	Illinois	2.10001	5	2	35	23	35
23	Michigan	2.09288	5	2	20	27	39
24	Texas Tech	2.08584	6	1	12	16	106
25	Virginia	2.06154	6	1	41	11	77
26	USC	2.06111	5	1	24	17	96
27	Wisconsin	2.01926	5	2	37	30	29
28	Georgia	2.00960	5	2	42	31	30
29	Brigham Young	2.00754	4	2	22	32	58
30	Troy	2.00340	4	2	64	33	18
31	Oregon State	1.98614	4	3	50	58	7
32	Virginia Tech	1.98040	6	1	34	18	100
33	Washington	1.96053	2	4	48	77	1
34	Connecticut	1.92550	5	1	17	20	115
35	Tulsa	1.92498	4	2	49	34	46
36	Hawaii	1.92304	7	0	31	6	120
37	Maryland	1.92003	4	2	45	46	26
38	Boise State	1.90689	5	1	15	21	118
39	Nebraska	1.89467	4	3	58	51	20
40	Air Force	1.85372	5	2	47	35	71
41	Purdue	1.84995	5	2	65	36	50
42	Texas A&M	1.84897	5	2	51	37	72
43	Navy	1.84627	4	2	56	38	59
44	Alabama	1.83979	5	2	39	39	78
45	Michigan State	1.79408	5	2	27	26	110
46	Wake Forest	1.78537	4	2	60	40	73
47	Wyoming	1.77861	4	2	52	41	91
48	Florida Atlantic	1.77119	3	3	84	59	12
49	Rutgers	1.75170	4	2	26	47	97
50	Mississippi State	1.75023	4	3	78	60	17
51	Stanford	1.74878	2	4	73	78	4
52	Oklahoma State	1.74756	4	3	28	61	62
53	Indiana	1.74677	5	2	59	42	87
54	Fresno State	1.74181	4	2	68	48	54
55	Florida State	1.73986	4	2	40	43	102
56	UCLA	1.73359	4	2	44	57	65
57	New Mexico	1.72041	4	2	36	49	94
58	TCU	1.71202	4	3	43	52	79
59	East Carolina	1.70297	4	3	76	53	40
60	Georgia Tech	1.67405	4	3	32	62	80
61	Arkansas	1.63781	3	3	25	70	66
62	Miami (FL)	1.63538	4	3	66	54	81
63	Washington State	1.61989	2	5	87	81	6
64	Clemson	1.59891	4	2	33	50	113
65	Houston	1.59859	3	3	53	63	83
66	Northwestern	1.58931	4	3	69	69	31
67	Utah	1.55600	4	3	54	55	107
68	UCF	1.55186	3	3	74	64	67
69	Bowling Green	1.52401	3	3	71	68	47
70	Arkansas State	1.51676	3	3	55	67	68
71	Miami (OH)	1.47822	4	3	93	56	88
72	Central Michigan	1.47720	4	3	62	66	74
73	Ball State	1.47347	4	3	46	65	109
74	Buffalo	1.47232	3	4	70	76	36
75	Arizona	1.44926	2	5	57	97	13
76	Akron	1.44819	3	4	89	74	22
77	Notre Dame	1.44135	1	6	111	102	2
78	Iowa	1.43337	3	4	61	75	63
79	Louisville	1.36837	4	3	67	73	89
80	Mississippi	1.36129	2	5	80	82	37
81	Vanderbilt	1.31627	3	3	75	71	98
82	Baylor	1.30053	3	4	101	79	41
83	UTEP	1.29628	4	3	77	72	101
84	Pittsburgh	1.28348	2	4	63	90	55
85	North Carolina	1.28299	2	5	86	98	23
86	Southern Miss	1.27022	3	3	79	84	69
87	Western Michigan	1.26764	3	4	88	86	42
88	UNLV	1.23990	2	5	82	83	75
89	San Jose State	1.23080	3	4	113	80	43
90	Nevada	1.22335	2	4	72	91	60
91	Minnesota	1.16159	1	6	85	103	44
92	San Diego State	1.14567	2	4	115	92	21
93	Duke	1.12268	1	6	103	104	32
94	Western Kentucky	1.10699	2	3	119	85	33
95	Toledo	1.09937	2	5	95	99	51
96	Kent State	1.07873	3	4	96	101	52
97	Army	1.06925	3	4	90	87	93
98	Middle Tennessee	1.06568	2	5	81	96	90
99	Temple	1.04407	2	5	99	89	82
100	Southern Methodist	1.01163	1	5	91	100	84
101	Syracuse	1.00898	1	6	118	106	14
102	Louisiana Tech	1.00843	2	4	97	93	92
103	UAB	0.99084	2	4	109	94	85
104	New Mexico State	0.93378	3	4	104	105	64
105	Louisiana-Monroe	0.85533	1	5	92	108	86
106	Ohio	0.83942	3	4	105	88	117
107	Florida International	0.83127	0	6	120	109	3
108	North Carolina State	0.82321	1	5	102	110	70
109	Colorado State	0.81581	0	6	83	113	56
110	North Texas	0.80434	1	5	117	111	27
111	Utah State	0.79738	0	6	107	112	28
112	Memphis	0.78629	2	4	108	95	116
113	Eastern Michigan	0.69322	2	5	114	107	103
114	Rice	0.57153	1	5	106	115	61
115	Iowa State	0.55941	1	6	100	118	53
116	Marshall	0.49536	0	6	94	120	24
117	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.42350	1	6	110	114	104
118	Idaho	0.40443	1	6	98	116	108
119	Tulane	0.34168	1	5	116	117	95
120	Northern Illinois	0.18398	1	6	112	119	114