College Football '08: Week 1 Results

  • Thread starter Thread starter Gokul43201
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    College
Click For Summary
SUMMARY

The College Football '08 Week 1 discussion highlights significant upsets and performances, particularly the #5 ranked Michigan Wolverines' shocking loss to Appalachian State at home. Other notable results include #7 Wisconsin defeating WSU Cougs 42-21 and #12 Cal Bears overpowering #15 Tennessee 45-31. The conversation also emphasizes the unpredictability of the season, with fans expressing excitement over upcoming matchups and the potential for chaos in rankings.

PREREQUISITES
  • Understanding of NCAA College Football rankings and playoff implications
  • Familiarity with key teams and their historical performances, such as Michigan and Ohio State
  • Knowledge of college football terminology, including terms like "I-AA" and "Big Ten Network"
  • Awareness of the impact of preseason rankings on team performance and fan expectations
NEXT STEPS
  • Research the historical performance of Appalachian State in college football
  • Analyze the implications of preseason rankings on team morale and performance
  • Explore the significance of home-field advantage in college football games
  • Investigate the criteria for college football playoff selections and rankings
USEFUL FOR

College football fans, sports analysts, and anyone interested in the dynamics of NCAA rankings and team performances during the 2008 season.

  • #31
How does LSU jump past Georgia and Kansas that were both ranked ahead of LSU to start the weekend? Granted, LSU never should have fallen that far based on 2 OT losses.

As to Hawaii-Ohio St, it's true Ohio St only had the 60th toughest schedule in the nation, but Hawaii had the 137th toughest schedule in the nation (and Kansas, the other 1 loss team had the 88th toughest).

Ohio St, LSU, Oklahoma, USC, and maybe even Virginia Tech are the top conference champions that deserve to be considered for the national championship game, but I'd be at a loss for a good method to pick which two.

I think LSU would be my top pick (toughest schedule of the 5 and 2 OT losses), and would then probably go with Ohio St just because they only have one loss (their schedule wasn't any easier than Oklahoma's and not that much easier than USC or VaTech).
 
Last edited:
Physics news on Phys.org
  • #32
Rade said:
At best, Ohio State should be one rank behind Hawaii.
This is a joke! Hawai'i hasn't played a single ranked team. The Buckeyes have played 2 (Zz: Michigan is not presently ranked). And this is counting only teams that are ranked today.

Ohio State should decline invitation to play for national title, they should go play USC in Rose Bowl and for first time this year try to beat a ranked team.
Ummm...been out of the country, have you? Ohio State has beaten a ranked team.

Also, there is a reason the computers count only games played against ranked teams, rather than wins against ranked teams: while it is bad if you can't beat a ranked team, it is just as bad to lose to an unranked team. And Ohio State did beat Wisconsin quite handily, but lost narrowly against Illinois.

The following is the number of games against presently ranked (top 25 BCS) teams played by each of the top teams:

Ohio State - 2
Mizzou - 4
WVU - 2
UGa - 3
Kansas - 1
VaTech - 4
LSU - 4
USC - 2
Oklahoma - 3
Florida - 4
BC - 2
Hawaii - 0

If I recompile this list tomorrow (after this weekend's games have been included) and count only the top 20 ranked teams, then it'll look like this:

Ohio State - 2
Mizzou - 4
WVU - 1
UGa - 2
Kansas - 1
VaTech - 3
LSU - 3
USC - 1
Oklahoma - 3
Florida - 3
BC - 2
Hawaii - 0Sort of squashes your argument that Ohio State has played a lower quality of opponent than Hawaii, doesn't it?

LSU should play Sooners for national title.
And while Ohio State hasn't lost a single game to an unranked team, both LSU and Oklahoma lost twice to unranked teams!

However, in Oklahoma's case, the highlight of their ineptitude was actually one of their wins. If the most pathetic performance this season was Michigan against Appalachia State, then number 2 arguably belongs to the Sooners, in their shameful performance against then 1-7 (now 3-9) Iowa State. It took till the last minutes of the 4th quarter, and it was a fortunate deflection off a tipped pass that finally sealed the victory for OU. And this is the same Iowa State that was trounced 45-7 by Kansas, and 56-3 by Texas.

And to close out, take a look at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/stats/2007/divia/team/index.html before you say that Ohio State does not have a legitimate claim at the Championship game.

PS: Here's the most recently updated SoS (by win/loss ratio): http://www.warrennolan.com/football/2007/sos. Oklahoma is ranked 39, Ohio State is 42, USC is 73 and Hawaii is 118. USC has played only 2 teams with winning records.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
  • #33
(deleted earlier predictions)

It's now official: Ohio State will play LSU in the Big Easy for the National title.
 
Last edited:
  • #34
Integral said:
GO BEAVERS!

OSU wins the 111th Civil War in 2OT 38-31
That was an amazing game!