Unfortunately, I’m not a professional sports writer. Thus, I didn’t watch many football games over the weekend, nor have I disected the box scores of those that I did not see, nor have I really taken the time to construct a table of who I think is better than whom. That said, I do have some opinions, and intend to share them.
Teams I don’t think should be included in the top 25: Michigan, Florida State
Florida State was towards the bottom of the rankings and got spanked by an unranked team. Join Miami in the netherworld of the unranked, ‘Noles.
Michigan deserves to be shunned for bringing shame and disgrace upon the Division Formerly Known as I-A for being the first ranked team to lose to a team from the Division Formerly Known as I-AA. Ultimately, yeah, they’re a Top-25 team, but their national title hopes are completely shot, so where they’re ranked makes no difference, especially this early in the season. Discard them for a week, at least, voters.
Team that should drop from the top 10 but won’t: Virginia Tech. Already said my piece.
Moving up: Louisville, Rutgers, Hawaii, Boise State. While other teams made the week one tuneups look just like tuneups (messy), these schools hung big numbers where big numbers should be hung. All four should be top 15, but won’t be. Look for Louisville at roughly number 9, Rutgers at 13 or 14, Hawaii and Boise State battling for 20.
Also, I wish just one voter in either poll would have the guts to turn in a ballot with Appy State ranked. Just for the sheer joy of seeing them with "also receiving votes."
Update: polls have been released. Warm fuzzy received. Kinda cool being right every now and then. Now, if we just could have gotten a vote for Appy State…
