College Football Preview, Part 6 of 11

That is the worst ranking of teams I have ever seen. ASU as a good team? How? Oregon as an “elite” team, but Cal not? As for the Big 10, how can you put Wisconsin as an elite when they were AWFUL last year (and have gotten progessively worse every year under Brett Bielema) yet, Penn State, which WON the Big 10 last year as just a good team?

And that’s not even including how you could call Oregon State a so-so team, when they have finished as high or higher than both good teams, and an elite team the last few years. I know its your opinion, but I’m almost mad that I read this.

Because you have way too much time on your hands. ASU!?! Try switching to decaf!

Now personally I’m more in line with Tortuga’s rankings, but let’s crank it down a little bit about Connor’s picks. I think the reactions are getting a bit overboard on the rankings since no one is really offering reasoned counter arguments (I do agree with the WAC needs to go down) and if you have some big disagreements going (and I think there are some to be made!) let’s make Connor defend his picks with some reasoned counter rankings and/or questions about why Connor went the way he did.

Case in point: Wisconsin, now I totally agree that they are not an “elite” team, especially over PSU, but at the same time they were not “AWFUL” last year since they had a winning record, played some pretty close games against ranked conference teams, and did go to a bowl. But are they going to be “elite” this year? I don’t think so for they also showed they couldn’t win the big games and lost some ugly ones, so let’s see why Connor picked them this way. I personally think they are a “so-so” with maybe a chance to be a “good” team, but why put them as an “elite” team?

And I like Tortuga’s Pac-10 for that line up makes sense with the “good” teams all should be there since they have a lot of question marks going into the season and need to prove they belong in the top part of the conference, but also have shown a lot of promise over the last few years to be well respected. Though I would have to put UA as a so-so team. So Connor, why ASU? Why OSU as “so-so”? Why UO as “elite” and not Cal?

Remember, Tortuga’s are compared to other teams in the nation. Mine are compared to the other teams in the conference.

With that being said, do I think ASU will be a Top 15 team. No. But compared to other teams in the Pac-10, they are going to be pretty good. I think the Ducks are going to definitely be a Top 10 team. Their offense should be explosive as usual and their defense should only get better. Their schedule also helps them out with playing all the good Pac-10 teams at home. Once again, California should be pretty good, but they find a way to mess up their season every year. Don’t be surprised if that happens again. With Oregon State, I can see us either being Elite, Good, or So-So. I put us at So-So because we’ve got a tough road schedule and we are unproven at some positions at defense.

As for the Big 10, I honestly don’t know that much about the teams. I knew Wisconsin had a fairly easy schedule so I put them as Elite. I can’t really say any more for the Big 10.

I was off on the WAC. I don’t know what I was thinking there. Maybe I should of put them at 8. I do think they will be better than the Big East because that conference is going to be incredibly soft this year.

So there’s my justifications.