Wk #6: Chaos is King

It started Thursday when un-beaten and un-ranked Arizona beat Oregon. Friday night a 2 - 2 Utah State took down un-defeated BYU. But the college football carnage had only just begun. When it was all said and done, five of the top eight had lost for the first time since the AP poll began (1936). I was already fast asleep when Utah pulled off the upset at UCLA and had just missed the ASU's hail mary win over USC. Only 10 un-beatens remain. Rankings schmankings...

 

Is the inaugural playoff picture clearer now? Not even close. It's way too early and we've been blatantly reminded that anything can happen. The pre-season predictions could still actually play out ... or not. But you're best guess right now is probably wrong.

Un-touched were Baylor and FSU with their soft schedules...so far. Baylor faces TCU and OU and OSU, while Notre Dame looms for FSU. Plus I think Virginia will give FSU a battle and if 5 - 0 GaTech keeps it up those two will face off in the ACC championship.

 

But what an exhausting weekend. Ole Miss over Bama. MSU torching TAM. TCU rising from the Big 12 ashes. Kentucky over SCAR ... really? I'm sure voters struggled today with where to place teams. How much do you really ding an SEC-West for a close loss? How much credit do you give Arizona for taking down #2? Both Arizona and GaTech were un-ranked but now 5 - 0 while pre-season Top 10 South Carolina now has three losses. Had Arizona or GaTech started high they'd be in the Top 10 today but instead halfway through the season they are only at #13 and #23, respectively. (And that is a huge jump for Arizona).

As a voter you gotta ask yourself how you missed the mark that far. You missed it because it's college football and the exciting, gut-wrenching, unpredictable, week-to-week is why we love it.

I love GameDay, a good laugh and taking risks. But this celebrity picker and college football game virgin  may have been a little too far out on the limb for most of us football fans.