The latest AP college football poll is out and LSU is all alone in first place with all 60 first-place votes.
Alabama is No. 2, and Arkansas is No. 3. Maybe the SEC is pretty good.
Every team ranked No. 9 to No. 20 is 9-2.
That includes No. 19 TCU.
The highest ranked three-loss team is No. 21 Baylor.
Now I could swear Baylor beat TCU on Sept. 2, 50-48.
TCU is 19th with 456 votes. Baylor is 21st with 383 votes.
Baylor should be ranked higher than TCU. The Bears lost by 1-point to No. 16 Kansas State in Manhattan. The only really bad loss the Bears have is a 55-28 dog at A&M. Their win at Kansas was a victory dressed as a loss.
This latest ranking is more proof that the regular season is not an 11-week "playoff" the BCS mouthpieces claim it is. It's just more proof the polls are nothing more than a total joke, and the argument that what a team does in November is just as important as what you do in September is folly.
UPDATE: The BCS standings, which are usually trash, got this right:
Baylor is ranked 18th and TCU is 20th.
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tcu has two losses, baylor has three. while bu did beat tcu the first game of the year, albeit with a last second field goal, at home, tcu would probably handle bu by 10 or so now. tcu is the better team at this point and time
Posted by: wammy | 11/20/2011 at 09:15 PM
In this college football format, September is as relevant as November. Baylor plays in a tougher league, has only one more loss, beat them head to head, and should be ranked higher than TCU.
Posted by: The Big Mac Blog | 11/20/2011 at 10:46 PM
As for as baylor and smwho count your blessings! I would not want to play the HORNED FROGS now!!! Rookie quarterback and graduated most of the offence as well as defence and we are still putting up numbers! I tell you what! I'm glad HOUSTON embarassed the blank out of you! Go Coogs I'm proud of you even if I'm from HORNED FROG LAND11111
Posted by: Randy Abshire | 11/20/2011 at 11:53 PM
Hey Mac, if you we're voting would you put TCU ahead of Boise St?
Posted by: NativeFrog | 11/21/2011 at 07:26 AM
Why isn't Texas Tech ranked ahead of Oklahoma?
Posted by: Siggy | 11/21/2011 at 08:09 AM
You are an idiot Mac.
Posted by: Jen | 11/21/2011 at 09:03 AM
Why isn't SMU ranked ahead of TCU? Stupid logic, Mac.
Posted by: Colin | 11/21/2011 at 10:18 AM
This article is further proof that Engel is a dolt. By his logic, his next article will be, "How is Boise St. ranked ahead of TCU?" Geez, did this moron go to college? If so his parents need a refund.
Posted by: spivey | 11/21/2011 at 03:20 PM