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Friday, January 08, 2010

Final Top 25 Update

Even though I think bowl games are meaningless, I couldn't resist one last update.  Here's how the bowl season played out (teams that lost crossed out):

 
Previous


Projected


My Rankings
1.
Alabama

1.
Alabama

1.
Alabama
2.
Texas

2.
Florida

2.
Florida
3.
TCU

3.
Boise State

3.
Texas
4.
Cincinnati

4.
Texas

4.
Boise State
5.
Florida

5.
Ohio State

5.
TCU
6.
Boise State

6.
TCU

6.
Ohio State
7.
Oregon

7.
Cincinnati

7.
Iowa
8.
Ohio State

8.
Iowa

8.
Cincinnati
9.
Georgia Tech

9.
Penn State

9.
Penn State
10.
Iowa

10.
VA Tech

10.
VA Tech
11.
Penn State

11.
Oregon

11.
Oregon
12.
Virginia Tech

12.
GA Tech

12.
GA Tech
13.
LSU

13.
BYU

13.
Pitt
14.
Miami (Fla.)

14.
Pitt

14.
Nebraska
15.
Brigham Young
15.
Nebraska

15.
Wisconsin
16.
Oregon State

16.
LSU

16.
LSU
17.
Pittsburgh

17.
Miami (Fla.)

17.
Miami (Fla.)
18.
West Virginia

18.
Utah

18.
Tex Tech
19.
Stanford

19.
Wisconsin

19.
BYU
20.
Nebraska

20.
C. Michigan

20.
Oregon St.
21.
Okla St.

21.
Tex Tech

21.
USC
22.
Arizona

22.
Oregon St.

22.
Ole Miss
23.
Utah

23.
USC

23.
Rutgers
24.
Wisconsin

24.
Clemson

24.
Stanford
25.
C. Michigan
25.
Ole Miss

25.
W. Virginia
26.
E. Carolina

26.
W. Virginia

26.
C. Michigan
27.
Houston

27.
Stanford



28.
Texas Tech

28.
OK State



29.
USC

29.
Rutgers



30.
Northwestern

30.
Georgia



31.
Clemson

31.
Navy



32.
Cal

32.
Oklahoma



33.
Ole Miss






34.
UNC






35.
Oklahoma






36.
Tennessee






37.
Missouri






 
Other Random Thoughts

-I don't attach much, if any, meaning to the outcomes of the bowl games.  The teams often have layoffs of a month or more, coaching staffs turnover, seniors start thinking about the NFL, teams play in weird places and try out new schemes, and so on . . . In the end, all but one of them is an exhibition game and the National Championship Game has had more than its share of fluky results as well.

-I'm not sure if I've ever seen two less impressive teams in the title game.  Despite Texas trying very hard to lose the game, it took Alabama 58 minutes to seal the deal.  In the end, 'bama only passed for 58 yards and averaged 4.0 yards per rush.  Despite Texas' offensive ineptitude, they actually outgained 'bama.  It's impossible to say whether the game wouldn't turned out differently had McCoy not gotten hurt, but I'm pretty darn sure that McCoy wouldn't have finished 15/40 with 4 INT's.

-Here are the final conference records for the bowl games.  Again, not that this means much:



Conf.
W
L
%
Big East
4
2
0.667
SEC
6
4
0.600
Big Ten
4
3
0.571
Pac 10
3
4
0.429
ACC
3
4
0.429
Big XII
3
5
0.375


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