At the start of the college football season, Boston College was unranked. After this weekend, they will most likely rank either 2 or 3 in the polls. In between, they have won 7 games. 6 of those have come against FBS teams with a combined record of 16-23, and the other win was against FCS UMass. They played one ranked team, Georgia Tech, who was ranked 15th at the time. Georgia Tech is now 4-3. Besides that, they have beat Wake Forest, NC State, Army, UMass, Bowling Green, and Notre Dame. They've played 2 games away from home.
So yes, it's good to be Boston College right now. They've beat 1 ranked team (who is no longer ranked), have won 2 road games, and have beat exactly 2 FBS teams that currently have a winning record. And yet they will jump from being unranked to being in the top 2, thanks to all of the upsets.
In my last poll, I ranked them 10th. If I make my poll again this week, they probably won't be that higher. They have a great QB, but they haven't proven much. Obviously it's become an increasingly difficult thing in college football to consistently win every week, but still, is Boston College one of the 2 best teams in college football? I find that hard to believe.
I'm not sure what the point of this is, except to say that I still don't agree that just because a team is undefeated does not mean they should be higher in the polls than 1-loss teams. I'd rather rank teams based on how good I think they are, not based on the fact that they haven't lost so far against a relatively easy schedule. But that's just me.
If they beat Virginia Tech next week on the road, I'll be impressed. Until then, I firmly believe they could be one of the worst top 3 teams I can remember. Which isn't their fault. But it is another developing storyline in what has been a fascinating college football season so far.
3 comments:
i agree jon.
this season will be one i will never forget, nobody has any idea who will win it all this year.
You are absolutely correct! They haven't beaten anybody yet. I wil, touch on this matter later in the week at West Coast Bias.
Don't worry, they will be plucked from the ranks of the unbeaten when they travel to Virignia Tech next Thursday.
In fact, I think its doubtful that any team will go undefeated. Ohio State has the best chance to pull it off, but that Michigan game in Ann Arbor looks like the ultimate chance for redemption for the Wolverines, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least to see them spring the upset.
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