Oregon and Stanford are the two best teams in the country. I'd put Clemson, Bama and Ohio State as the top 5 in that order.
I think this is the likely scenario at this stage. This does seem to be the year that the SEC success implodes on itself.
He's in pretty distiguished company. One of only seven quarterbacks in history to win back-to-back titles in some form and the first quarterback to win back-to-back consensus titles since Nebraska's Tommie Frazier in 1994 and 1995...I was thinking how I never hear his name unless it's in reference to his GF. He's proven though, that's for sure.
I agree, I thinkt he SEC will knock each other out of the BCSCG. However I still feel Oregon takes any SEC team this year. Their D is better than its been and their O is scary good. The biggest factor though is that the SEC doesnt have its usual dominant D. UF is the only team with a dominant D but their O sucks. LSU, UGA, and aTm can put up the points but dont have the D to stop Oregon. Their isnt that physicality the SEC is accustomed to. Bama has a solid D, but its not their D of years past either.
1. Oregon 2. Alabama 3. Clemson 4. Ohio St. 5. Georgia Alabama is a little down this year but until someone beats them, they deserve to be in the Top 5. This is the year that offense trumps defense for the national title.
Oregon and Alabama. I do believe Oregon is the best team in the country right now and the new head coach will be the difference. That team is going 14-0. Luckily Stanford is in their division and only has to be played once (vs having to play them again in the CCG like LSU could have to do vs Georgia).
Alabama definitely deserves to be ranked in the top 2. Winning ugly is still still winning especially against top 10 teams on the road. Shutting out Ole Miss is dang impressive too. They are inconsistent but their 'inconsistent' is still better than almost every team out there. Oregon looks exactly the same as they do every other year. Don't be fooled guys. They run up the score on nobodies. It's just their style of play...you either hang in with them and beat them or you get annihilated by them. They struggle against teams that play physical football (Upper-tier SEC & Stanford). I'm more impressed with Stanford than I am Oregon and I think they beat them again. Ohio State looks legit but they always blow one game on the road every year, but the Big 10 is weak so they may not...
This Mariota kid is a much better passer than the kid they had before. That was their problem in the last 3 seasons, when their running game would get shut down by Auburn in the NC, LSU in 2011 and Stanford last year, they could not throw the ball effectively to take what the defense was giving them. Mariota is the difference and I don't think anyone is stopping them.
