Shark Championship Standings IV

Fun week in college football. A few good games, a lot of shaking up going on. FSU & UCLA both losing, Miami vs VaTech, Penn State vs Wisconsin. Things were definitely interesting. Last weeks format in the SCS seemed to work, so once again I'll post the standings and then I'll explain how I came up with them.

Quick word before we get to them, though. My buddy Tom will be joining the SCS starting next weekend. As I noted in the first SCS, if anyone wants to help me come up with the weekly standings, you're more than welcome to. He's decided to lend a hand, due to the fact that he hates that I had LSU in the Top 5 last week, and not Miami or UCLA.

Not sure how he's going to contribute, but he will. We'll probably each do a top 15, awarding the first place team with 15 points, 2nd with 14, and so on, and then add the scores up to come up with the official SCS Poll. Or maybe it'll be weighted and my votes will count for more, since I'm more important. Who knows. I'll figure it out. And as always, if anyone else wants to join the SCS, you're more than welcome to.

Now, onto the polls. As always, to view last weeks standings, click on "Shark Championship Standings III" on the right of this post.

1. USC 9-0 (last week: 1)
2. Texas 9-0 (lw: 2)
3. Alabama 9-0 (lw: 4)
4. Miami 6-1 (lw: 8)
5. LSU 7-1 (lw: 5)
6. Notre Dame 6-2 (lw: 7)
7. Virginia Tech 8-1 (lw: 3)
8. Penn State 9-1 (lw: 10)
9. Ohio State 7-2 (lw: 9)
10. Georgia 7-1 (lw: 13)
11. Florida 6-2 (lw: 12)
12. Oregon 8-1 (lw: unr)
13. UCLA 8-1 (lw: 6)
14. West Virginia 7-1 (lw: unr)
15. Michigan 6-3 (lw: 15)

USC & Texas will stay #1 & #2 for the rest of the year as long as they win out. The only threat to leapfrog one of these teams was VaTech, but now that they lost, USC & Texas are planted firmly in those top two spots.

Alabama moves up to #3 for a week, thanks more to Miami than to their own credit. Their offense is seriously dying lately, and after their loss to LSU this Saturday, they will fall out of the Top 10, more likely than not.

Miami leapfrogs LSU & Notre Dame, who both won. LSU "struggled" to only beat Appalachian State 27-0. The BCS may have gotten rid of margin of victory, but it still counts to me. When LSU puts up the same amount on Appalachian State that Miami does on Virginia Tech, that has to count against LSU. Notre Dame played alright against Tennessee, but besides the first 10 minutes & the last 15, they didn't really deserve to win. Game was a lot closer than the score showed. They could have leapfrogged LSU into 5, but I still think LSU is a better team overall, so I only moved them up one spot to 6.

As for VaTech at 7, they lost, so they had to fall, but this is still a top 5 team. And with Notre Dame only playing Navy next week, plus Alabama vs LSU, the Hokies will surely find themselves back in the top 5 by next Monday.

Penn State & Ohio State have been neck & neck all season long. Gotten a lot of complaints about Ohio State being ahead of Penn State even though PSU beat OSU. Well Lions, you finally got your wish. After the dismantling of the Badgers this weekend (who subsequentially fell out of the SCS Top 15), PSU jumps over OSU to #8. OSU had a very convincing win as well, but Wisconsin is just a better opponent than Illinois.

On a more interesting note, the #8 spot is a very important one. A lot of people have asked what the point of the SCS is recently, and it's time now I reveal it. The SCS will result in the first ever NCAA Div-1a Football Playoffs. The top 8 teams will be invited. There is a website associated with NCAA 06 for Playstation2 that updates their rosters every week in accordance with all the teams in the league. Once the season is over, I will download the final update onto my playstation, and then simulate the playoffs on there. This may seem kind of cheesy, but I guarantee its a more accurate way to determine a national champion than the BCS is.

Georgia moves up from 13 to 10 without even playing because every team in the world seemed to lsoe this week, or in Florida's case, not make a convincing case as to why they should be a Top 10 team, despite their victory.

Oregon beats Cal to make their SCS debut, followed by UCLA who got absolutely manhandled by lowly Arizona. UCLA will continue their fall out of the SCS, and once Wisconsin & FSU start winning again, UCLA may found themselves on the outside looking in.

West Virginia & Michigan round out the Top 15, only because somebody has to. Florida State & Wisconsin are the two teams who dropped out of this weeks SCS. Wins against Clemson & Iowa, respectively, next week will go a long way towards getting them back into the Top 15, but they may have lost any chance they had to get one of the 8 playoff spots.

And lastly, speaking of Florida State, has anyone seen the Florida State Girls recently? They're reason enough to become a Seminoles fan, or at the very least, vote the 'Noles into the Top 15.