25. Louisville 24. Duke 23. ECU 22. UCLA 21. Clemson 20. West Virginia 19. LSU 18. Oklahoma 17. Utah 16. Ohio state 15. Nebraska 14. Arizona State 13. Baylor 12. Arizona 11. Georgia 10. Notre Dame 9. Kansas State 8. Michigan State 7. TCU ----------------------- 6. Alabama 5. Oregon ----------------------- 4. Ole Miss 3. Auburn 2. Florida State 1. Mississippi State
Spoiler <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long: “Conference championships will be an add’l factor. … won’t come into play until weekend of Dec. 6-7."</p>— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/527248207248494592">October 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jeff Long says gap between Ole Miss, Oregon and Alabama is “paper thin."</p>— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/527248287946911744">October 28, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long says Oregon had 2 significant wins (Mich St and UCLA), Arizona’s win over UO was important but rest of body of work wasn’t as strong.</p>— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/527248993198145536">October 29, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long: "Baylor has not had a strong schedule outside its win over TCU .. head to head important, but there are other factors. Not h2h alone."</p>— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/527249254918537216">October 29, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long says Marshall’s body of work didn’t stack up with other teams for Top 25 “at this time."</p>— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/527249413865881600">October 29, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long: Baylor hasn't played a strong schedule out of the conference.</p>— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonSolomonCBS/status/527249459047321600">October 29, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long on TCU-Baylor: "It goes back to who the teams have played at this point. Baylor has not had a strong schedule outside of win over TCU."</p>— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckCarltonDMN/status/527249168004173824">October 29, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long on TCU being No. 7: Close loss to Baylor and wins vs. Oklahoma and Oklahoma St helped.</p>— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonSolomonCBS/status/527250163522617345">October 29, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Long: LSU's 2 losses have brought them down.</p>— Jon Solomon (@JonSolomonCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/JonSolomonCBS/status/527249866427465728">October 29, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Lol, you expected something different? If you aren't in the sec and don't run the table you are setting yourself up for failure.
So glad to see Mississippi ahead of Alabama unlike the ap. The order in which you lose should not change your ranking.
The good SEC teams went out and played real teams in nonconference and beat all of them. LSU beat Wisconsin. Alabama beat WVU. Auburn beat K-State. Georgia beat Clemson. No other conference has that kind of OOC resume. And then the Mississippi schools went and beat those SEC teams. Until other teams prove otherwise, why shouldn't they be ranked higher than other teams that have accomplished anything of the sort? Oregon is really the only other team that has that strong a case, and they are rightfully ranked right there with the SEC teams and will have plenty of opportunities to pass them by season's end. TCU, Baylor and K-State will have the same when they play each other later this season, but there's no reason they should be ranked higher than those teams right now.
SEC will ultimately only get 2 teams in, so this doesn't bother me. Still have some big games that will shake some teams out. God I'm so happy to have a playoff, even if only 4 teams.
Yup, lots to shake out in the SEC. And if the east team winds up beating the west team - yikes. With that said the SEC has clearly gone further than any other conference putting together a strong resume as a whole. The west only loses to the west and they take care of business out of conference. It's pretty amazing right now.
I don't think the SEC West will get 2 teams in. Miss State @ Alabama, Ole Miss @ Auburn, the Iron Bowl and Egg Bowl will leave it in tatters.
What real nonconference team did Ole Miss play? Boise State (unranked at time of play, unranked now, 2 losses)? LA-Lafayette (unranked at time of play, unranked now, 3 losses)? Memphis (unranked at time of play, unranked now, 3 losses)? Hasn't ND played Stanford and Fl State? Hasn't Oregon played Michigan State? Ole Miss just proved that they could lose to a nearly unranked LSU team. No way should they be ahead of a ND team that just lost to the #2 team and defending champs. Oregon should be ranked ahead of Ole Miss now. They have one loss, to the #12 team in the country. I think TCU should be ranked higher than Ole Miss as well.
I'd agree that Ole Miss just doesn't look all that great. But you're super sensitive about it. Like that one time you swore up and down TAMU wouldn't be able to recruit anyone ever. So sensitive.
Naw, not sensitive. Just calling it like I see it. Sure, I was wrong about A&M getting recruits, like you were wrong about how good they would be this season. We are all wrong every now and then.
I want to whine about the fact Baylor has one loss and is 6 spots behind another one loss team that they beat head to head. I really do think that's ridiculous. There's a subjective figure skating scoring applied to college football rankings that I'm not particularly fond of. Having said that, had Baylor taken care of business vs. West Virginia, it would be in the top 4. No one to blame but ourselves.
I appreciate that best wins seem to be the driving factor. Miss. State beat LSU on the road and Auburn, FSU beat Notre Dame, Auburn beat K-State on the road, and Ole Miss beat Alabama. Those are probably the 4 biggest wins of the season, to date. A lot will change, though.
All we can do is win out. Beat a damn good K State team, OU and a decent team in OK State while winning the Big 12 will help. W Va will lose a game so the conference title is still well within reach.
The SEC did a great job of scheduling for this - 100% of their conference schedule is made up of SEC teams - simply amazing.
