When was the last time USC had three losses (2001)? How did Stanford all of a sudden beat two top-10 teams in a row? Are we looking at a 4-way tie in the PAC-10? The Big East had zero teams listed in the pre-season Top 25 but now they have two in the top eight. And, six undefeated teams remain this late in the season.
Funny Rankings
Utah's two losses are to teams in the top 11 but they now sit below eight 2-loss teams and evensix 3-loss teams. USC, with three losses, is still at #9 in the BCS - three spots above 1-loss Pitt of another Big-6 conference. Who comes up with these things?
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From an SI article about SEC officiating we read:
"...Fans of other conferences are convinced the SEC will do anything to keep teams undefeated so one SEC team will play in the BCS title game. That isn't true. The officials work hard and do their level-best to make the correct calls. Unfortunately for the SEC, every major disputed call this season has gone in favor of an undefeated team....LSU got the first one on Oct. 3, when Georgia receiverA.J. Greenwas called for a mystifying excessive celebration penalty...Two weeks later...with Florida down 20-13, referee Marc Curles flagged Arkansas defensive tackle Malcolm Sheppard for a personal foul when all Sheppard did was hit a Florida player who tried to block him during a play....The following week, Tennessee visited undefeated Alabama. Crimson Tide defensive tackleTerrence Cody blocked a Tennessee field-goal attempt to save a 12-10 win, but he ripped his helmet off in celebration with the ball still alive. The play should have drawn a 15-yard penalty....A few hours later, in the Florida-Mississippi State game, a replay official ruled Gators linebacker Dustin Doehad scored on a fourth-quarter interception return when ESPN's replays showed a Bulldog had knocked the ball loose before Doe crossed the goal line."