Don't you think USC should be ranked higher than LSU because USC beat Michigan & Notre Dame. LSU beat only ND

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Don't you think USC should be ranked higher than LSU because USC beat Michigan & Notre Dame. LSU beat only Notre Dame. Notre Dame is a mediocre team anyways:

Here are the rankings anyways:
Record Pts Previous
1. Florida (63) 13-1 1,575 2
2. Ohio State 12-1 1,435 1
3. LSU 11-2 1,418 4
4. Southern California 11-2 1,345 7
5. Wisconsin 12-1 1,328 5
6. Boise State 13-0 1,275 9
7. Louisville 12-1 1,270 6
8. Auburn 11-2 1,119 10
9. Michigan 11-2 1,092 3
10. West Virginia 11-2 1,012 12
11. Oklahoma 11-3 849 8
12. Rutgers 11-2 841 17
13. Texas 10-3 791 16
14. California 10-3 716 19
15. Brigham Young 11-2 615 20
16. Arkansas 10-4 592 13
17. Wake Forest 11-3 535 15
18. Virginia Tech 10-3 494 14
19. Notre Dame 10-3 485 11
20. Boston College 10-3 388 23
21. TCU 11-2 339 24
22. Oregon State 10-4 206 25
23. Tennessee 9-4 202 18
24. Hawaii 11-3 152 NR
25. Penn State 9-4 142 NR

Answer 1

Yeah I agree. There's always a East coast non-Pac10 bias.
SC thoroughly dismantled Michigan, which should be one spot
lower than West Virginia, which won their bowl game.

Cal should be #13, ahead of Texas. Texas barely beat a 6-7 Iowa
team, but Cal torched Texas A&M, 45-10. Texas A&M was just
one game behind Texas in the standings and had beaten Texas!

Texas kissed someone's *** in 2004 to get in the Rose Bowl,
when Cal was more deserving. Again in 2006, Texas kissed
some more asses to finish #13. Brownnosers!

So to summarize, I would change:
#3 USC
#4 BSU
#5 LSU
#6 Wisconsin

#9 WV
#10 Michigan

#13 Cal
#14 Texas

Who do we lynch this year for these egregious errors!

Answer 2

You have to remember that USC was without their starting QB for that Washington game, and their backup had one of the worst performances by a QB in the history of the pete carroll era. Voters are more likely to forgive a loss like that than they would be if Barkley had that kind of miserable game. you also have to note that LSU doesn't really have a win that they really looked good - where they really looked on top of their game. They have elite talent but they've played down to the level of their competition in every game. USC can hang their hat on a 30-3 win over a team that was ranked at the time, as well as a close road win over one of the elite teams in the country. LSU doesn't have any games like that. Listen, I understand that LSU fans have had it out for USC ever since the AP voted USC #1 after the 2003 season, and the reverse is true as well. But in the end, there are good reasons why USC is currently more impressive to voters than LSU. That said, LSU has far more control over their championship chances than USC does. If LSU beats Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Nov. 7, they will leapfrog USC (and probably a few other teams). Then, if they win the rematch with Florida in the SEC championship game, there's not a voter alive who would keep the Tigers out of the BCS title game. That's not true of USC, who could win out and still not earn a title game berth. And if LSU doesn't beat Alabama, then they'll have two losses, and one of two things will be true. Either USC will not have lost again, in which case there will be no argument that LSU should be higher than USC... or USC WILL have lost again, in which case nobody in the world outside of LSU and USC fans will care about the relative positioning of two 2-loss teams.

Answer 3

USC should be ranked higher. Great football team all the way around. I look for them to come back stronger next year maybe even a shot at the national title. They were a much younger football team this year than past years. John David Booty has more expirence now, and CJ Gable should be good, he will be a sophomore next year.

Answer 4

USC sucks. Michigan, as it turns out, sucks. Notre Dame was slaughtered by LSU. USC, after playing a cupcake schedule all year long, should consider themselves fortunate to be in the top ten.

Answer 5

Yes they should be ranked higher than LSU. They beat what was the #3 team in the country at the time in the Rose Bowl decisively.

Answer 6

If anybody think USC is stink, they are either with a losing team (big 10 team) or can't face the fact USC is a better team than any college football and some NFL teams

Answer 7

Exactly; they beat the #3 team, Michigan.

Answer 8

I would have put USC higher. I don't even LIKE USC but I think what they did was better then what LSU did. I am even basing this on Bowl games.

Answer 9

You are correct. Another question is why is Tennessee ahead of Penn State, they have the same record and PennState just beat Tennessee. Must be just because they are SEC.

Answer 10

What difference does it make? The college season is over.