Listen closely and you can hear the collective heads of the BCS pollsters exploding after both #1 LSU and #2 Cal went down in stunning upsets Saturday. So now what? Boston College and South Florida are the second and third best teams in the country?
Upsets like the ones that occurred the past two weeks just further prove that college football polls are useless until after Week 6 or 7. Let things play out for six or seven weeks before tabbing a team as the best in the country. If the first poll were to come out this weekend, LSU, USC, Oklahoma and Cal would all be in a similar, one-loss situation. The voters could then figure out how a one-loss LSU program stacks up against undefeated teams like Ohio State, South Florida and Boston College.
Two weeks ago the pollsters claimed Wisconsin was the fifth best team in the country. The Badgers then proceeded to lose a tough road game at Illinois and then was smacked in the mouth by Penn State Saturday. Their #5 ranking was a bit much and most fans knew it. By waiting six or seven weeks, maybe the pollsters could save whatever credibility they still have by not making mistakes like they did with Wisconsin.
