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cfr's SRS ratings:
1. Ohio St  10-0
2. Alabama  9-1
3. LSU  10-0
4. Clemson  11-0
5. Utah  9-1
6. Georgia  9-1
7. Penn St  9-1
8. Michigan  8-2
9. Wisconsin  8-2
10. Oklahoma  9-1
11. Auburn  7-3
12. Oregon  9-1
13. Notre Dame  8-2
14. Iowa  7-3
15. Florida  9-2
16. Memphis  9-1
17. Minnesota  9-1
18. Cincinnati  9-1
19. Baylor  9-1
20. Washington  6-4
21. SMU  9-1
22. Navy  7-2
23. Iowa St  6-4
24. Appalachian St  9-1
25. Texas A&M  7-3

This just takes into account MOV and SOS.  Nothing specifically about wins and losses or injuries or eye test.  It's objective.  I'm not sure most people can handle true objectivity, lol.
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For me, this would be a good starting-out point.  I'd move teams up or down from here based on injuries (Tua), quality of defense (G5 teams), and yes - eye test.  But the SOS and MOV are already done for us, so if you want a top 25 to nitpick and adjust, how about this one?

Hohohahahehaha!!!

Good news:  Florida is set for a NY6 bowl
Bad news:  predicted to be in the Cotton vs Memphis



Ugh.

The Badgers were banished to Dallas to play Western Michigan a few years ago. That sucked, but at least they won.

The Badgers were banished to Dallas to play Western Michigan a few years ago. That sucked, but at least they won.

Yeah, that's the biggest letdown ever.  

Sorry if it's arrogant or elitist or whatever, but I don't think any P5 program wants to play a G5 opponent in a big-time bowl.  It's not fun and a no-win situation - no credit for winning, laughing stock for losing.



And yes, a possible lack of motivation. 
Although I do love Mullen's phrasing on such an issue:  they're keeping score?  Well, let's go kick their ass!

Fun is what you make of it, lesson I learned as a kid. Granted, the complaining is some of the fun. 

Maybe you'll get lucky and the fourth place team in the SEC will get left out of the NY6 and can go to the Citrus Bowl. (Mullen is correct, play ball against the quality of team in front of you, which will probably be decent despite what the brand value is)

Is there anything more useless than bowl projections in weeks 0-13?

Fun is what you make of it, indeed it is.  

Yeah, there's a lot of filler when it comes to college football coverage. 

Personally, I'd like it to include more deep-dive stuff from the past, maybe tying it in to a player or team from the current season, something like that.  But the endless bowl predictions and other drivel must get clicks (I assume), otherwise they wouldn't do it.

It's more a lost opportunity than anything. Is there anything more useless than a website's own rankings?  The AP and Coaches polls are already irrelevant, but ESPN and CBS et al think we need their try at it?  Is it a race to the most irrelevant?

I understand us doing it - we're not doing it for mass consumption, but for each other.