USC 2, LSU 4 in Wolfe

http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~prwolfe/cfootball/ratings.htm

 

That's all the polls but Billingsley. Anyone care to do a quick BCS calculation assuming we are #3 in Billingsley?

 

Well, assuming we're 2/3 in Billingsley (we were 3/4 last week), we're 1.17 points behind heading into the SOS. USC has 2.0 poll average and 2.33 computer average; LSU has 3.0 poll average and 3.00 computer average; both have 1 loss, but if UGA is #6 in BCS, then we have -0.5 quality win deduction. So, its:

USC = 2 + 2.33 + 1 - 0 = 5.33
LSU = 3 + 3.00 + 1 - .5 = 6.5

 

Miami of Ohio at #7 ???!!!

This one is almost as whack as the NYT. I'm not even as upset
about Michigan leapfrogging us, as I figured SOME asinine
poll was going to do it, anyway.

 

Look where this poll originates -- UCLA. A little West coast/Pac-10 bias????

 

I can live with 4th there, but what I don't understand is:

1) Why do all the teams ratings drop each week?

2) How the heck can USC's lead grow when we played a far superior opponent on the road in comparison to their home game with UCLA?

I'm lost on that poll. I thought we would have closed the gap there, and instead it grew.

 

Here's Rick Tellshow's prediction, which has been updated with SOS and Wolfe's rankings. It looks like he assumes USC and LSU will be 2, 5, respectively, in Billingsley. This might be off, since were were 3 and 4 last week. His SOS has been pretty accurate, though, from what I've seen:

http://geocities.com/rtell/index.html