I claim no expertness - but I saw weeks ago that Texas and Florida were really not that good. They had only played second-rate teams yet they were getting the votes over teams with lesser records but notably tougher opponents. A decades long argument in college football, I know. Nonetheless, have the voters not learned anything from that argument? Have they not been listening? Maybe they just go by the mantra of "innocent until proven guilty" (or, "rank 'em high until they lose really bad").
Who is not over-rated IMHO? 'Bama, LSU, Oklahoma, Boise State, Wisconsin, Stanford, GaTech and maybe Clemson. These teams are not only winning but they are winning with dominance against worthy opponents. They look good on both sides of the ball, they don't let up when the score is "comfortable" and the play calling and coaching is an obvious notch above the rest. Who started out the season over-rated? Florida State as well as TCU and TA&M. I fell for all three of those, too. FSU is in a downward spiral, TCU is a real surprise as they have been so dominant the last few years and TA&M was looking good and still might pull out an above average season. So who was under-rated at season start? Clemson and GaTech as well as Baylor and maybe Illinois (no real contest yet except for the win against ASU).EndZone: What is going on in the replay booth?
OK...my post a couple of weeks ago about the missed PAT called good was by far the worst replay call I have ever seen. But I have seen a couple others since that are dang close. Again...I'm no expert and I don't know what goes on up there, but when the one or two camera angles I get spells it out in black-and-white, and the announcers are already making the call, and then it goes the other way there has got to be something going on that the rest of us are not privy to (ie: the 1st quarter fumble by Tennessee and the obvious UGA recovery). Maybe they are focusing on the replays of the cheerleaders.