The final rankings: Florida-OU in the Title Game

Maybe the BCS got it right this time. Well, at least they have the same two teams in the National Championship that the Mo Knows rankings came up with. The only difference in the BCS, based on my rankings, would have been that Boise State would have received the automatic berth, not Utah. The strength of schedule really killed Utah. Surprisingly, it REALLY helped Boise State, as their schedule pushed them ahead of Texas Tech, Ohio State, Penn State, and USC. But again, the schedules on those 4 wasn't exactly overwhelming. Tech played in the Big 12 South, but played TWO I-AA teams out of conference. Ohio State played USC and Penn State, and bunch of teams from Ohio with losing records. Penn State played Ohio State and Oregon State combined with a Big 10 slate. USC played Ohio State and Oregon State and the rest of the Pac 10. I guess it wasn't Boise State's strength of schedule, but rather the teams ahead of them and their weak schedules. Utah got passed up by several ACC squads. There's the moral of the story: parity in a conference makes for a tougher schedule than a very top heavy conference.

Rank	Team
1	Florida
2	Oklahoma
3	Texas
4	Alabama
5	Boise State
6	USC
7	Ohio State
8	Cincinnati
9	Florida State
10	Georgia Tech
11	Nebraska
12	Texas Tech
13	Penn State
14	Michigan State
15	OK State
16	Pittsburgh
17	Georgia
18	Oregon
19	Virginia Tech
20	Utah
21	Rice
22	TCU
23	Ball State
24	California
25	BYU
26	Missouri
27	East Carolina
28	Northwestern
29	Ole Miss
30	Oregon State
31	Iowa
32	Boston College
33	Kansas
34	Western Michigan
35	Troy
36	Navy
37	North Carolina
38	Tulsa
39	Rutgers
40	Air Force
41	Clemson
42	Buffalo
43	Wake Forest
44	West Virginia
45	Wisconsin
46	Central Michigan
47	Maryland
48	Nevada
49	Minnesota
50	Fresno State
51	South Carolina
52	South Florida
53	Arizona
54	Hawaii
55	Miami
56	Houston
57	Connecticut
58	LSU
59	Louisiana Tech

Obviously, it isn't perfect, but I'll make tweaks to it next year and see how it works out (first step will be to reduce the number of times strength of schedule is applied from 5 to 2). Anyway, more to come later about bowls and such. Tata for now.