Justin Kistner

Rockstarbrother’s Top 25 – Week 5 2009

September 29 2009, 11:05pm

To rank or not to rank pre-season college football, that is the question! Since the birth of the BCS; coaches, fans, and players have been contemplating the importance of preseason rankings. It does not matter! Being an athlete, I can tell you from experience that every season teams change, some for the better, and some for the worse, no matter who the team is. I came from Michigan and I always saw the Big Ten as the best. Now I live in Oregon, and watch the Pac 10 teams like USC, Oregon, and Cal rock college football. And I follow SEC teams like Florida and Georgia. The question that everyone needs to be asking and talking about is, “Why does the NCAA allow this BCS ranking to continue?” I suspect the answer is television ratings, because it brings in a massive amount of money each game year after year. For example, Utah has been undefeated twice in the last four years. Unfortunately, pre-season rankings locked them out of the right to play in the National Championship. Why would the USA Today rank California above Oregon? I hope the BCS rankings aren’t as disappointing. The AP Poll seemed to understand. Oregon just beat California by over thirty points! California did not even score a single touchdown against Oregon! California came in as the better ranked team but they failed to even get inside the Oregon 20 yard line. So, for the world’s sake, here is The Rockstarbrother’s Top 25 as of 9//29/09 is: RK/ Team/ Record/ PTS 1. Alabama 4-0 1490 2. Texas 4-0 1420 3. Florida 4-0 1400 4. LSU 4-0 1225 5. Boise State 4-0 1203 6. Cincinnati 4-0 1190 7. Iowa 4-0 998 8. TCU 3-0 979 9. Oklahoma 2-1 957 10. Ohio State 3-1 946 11. Virginia Tech 3-1 896 12. Houston 3-0 844 13. USC 3-1 788 14. Michigan 4-0 591 15. Oregon 3-1 470 16. Oklahoma State 3-1 462 17. Kansas 4-0 452 18. Georgia 3-1 418 19. Miami(FL) 2-1 400 20. Penn State 3-1 349 21. BYU 3-1 340 22. Nebraska 3-1 271 23. Mississippi 2-1 340 24. Georgia Tech 3-1 206 25. Missouri 4-0 185 And for my game picks of the week: 1. Alabama wins by 21 2. Texas bye week 3. Florida bye week 4. LSU wins by 7 5. Boise State wins by 42 6. Cincinnati wins by 35 7. Iowa wins by 21 8. TCU wins by 28 9. Oklahoma loses to Miami by 3 (Game of the week) 10. Ohio State wins by 21 11. VTU wins by 28 12. Houston wins by 21 13. USC beats CAL by 21 14. Michigan beats MSU by 14 (sad but true sorry Spartans) 15. Oregon wins by 42 16. Oklahoma State bye week 17. Kansas bye week 18. Georgia loses to LSU by 7 19. Miami(FL) wins by 3 20. Penn State wins by 28 21. BYU wins by 21 22. Nebraska bye week 23. Mississippi wins by 14 24. Georgia Tech wins by 21 25. Missouri bye week I’m twitter @rockstarbrother