SportsGorilla 2007 College Football National Champion is...

It was an excellent season. A good one for the underdog and a good one for the SEC. We had another BCS buster with Hawaii. Even though Hawaii died against Georgia, dropping the non-BCS leagues to 2-1, it was still a success for non-BCS leagues. My favorite two word phrase to describe the season: Appalachian State!

There is so much parity in college football how can you vote for a champion? The system is ridiculous. So in a system where there is no clear champions and we rely on voting in order to "pick the best team" I have done just that. After a tough debate for who should win the national title I have made an unprecedented decision that I think is fair given the current circumstances.

And the SportsGorilla National Champion is....

LSU, Kansas, Georgia, USC, Missouri and West Virginia! An unprecedented six-way tie!

I'm serious. You could make a case for each of them. Each looked impressive during the season and in their bowl games. All had losses. But is there enough evidence LSU could beat the rest of the teams? No. So this is the fairest decision in my humble opinion.

Congrats LSU, Kansas, Georgia, USC, Missouri and West Virginia! You are all the SportsGorilla 1st annual 2007 National Champion!

Final 2007 College Football Top 25 Rankings

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 - Final Rankings




LSU, Kansas, Georgia, USC, Missouri and West Virginia in an unprecedented six-way tie as the National Champions!

1. Kansas

1. Georgia

1. LSU

1. West Virginia

1. USC

1. Missouri

7. Ohio State

8. Virginia Tech

9. Oklahoma

10. Boston College

11. Texas

12. Tennessee

13. Arizona State

14. BYU

15. Hawaii

16. Florida

17. Illinois

18. Auburn

19. Michigan

20. Cincinnati

21. Clemson

22. Wisconsin

23. Texas Tech

24. South Florida

25. Oregon

Bubble Teams: Connecticut, UCF, Tulsa, Virginia, Oregon State, Penn State, Wake Forrest, Kentucky, Rutgers, Boise State, Air Force, Utah, New Mexico, Arkansas, Mississippi State, TCU

Bowl thoughts

Well, Missouri got ripped off. They are ranked number 1 in the nation. The lose in their conference championship game and drop out of the BCS bowl games? Not fair. The problem is you have to give Oklahoma a bid and I think Kansas deserved it as well going 11-1. The problem is the system. Their is no way for Missouri to prove the deserve it. That is left in the hands of the voters to say if you are good enough or not. Sound fair, not at all. They need a playoff more than ever. With the parity in college football, how can we leave the championship up to computers? Let's settle it on the field.

If Hawaii beats Georgia I think they should legitimately be considered for a national championship. If they beat them soundly I will automatically give them my vote to be #1. If Hawaii loses and Kansas beats Virginia Tech I will also consider them to possibly be national champs. We shall see

NCAA Football Top 25 Ranking - Week 13

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 - Week 13

1. Ohio State
2. LSU
3. Kansas
4. Virginia Tech
5. Georgia
6. Oklahoma
7. Missouri
8. West Virginia
9. USC
10. Hawaii
11. Arizona State
12. Florida
13. Boston College
14. Illinois
15. South Florida
16. BYU
17. Clemson
18. Tennessee
19. Wisconsin
20. Texas
21. Virginia
22. Boise State
23. Cincinnati
24. Connecticut
25. Oregon State
    

Bubble Teams: Auburn, Oregon, Air Force, Penn State, Texas Tech, UCF, Wake Forrest, Arkansas, Kentucky, Rutgers, Tulsa, Michigan, Utah, Texas A&M, New Mexico,

NCAA Football Top 25 Rankings - Week 13

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 - Week 12

1. Missouri
2. West Virginia
3. Ohio State
4. LSU
5. Kansas
6. Virginia Tech
7. Georgia
8. Oklahoma
9. USC
10. Arizona State
11. Hawaii
12. Boston College
13. Florida
14. Oregon
15. Illinois
16. South Florida
17. Tennessee
18. Wisconsin
19. BYU
20. Clemson
21. Texas
22. Virginia
23. Boise State
24. Cincinnati
25. Connecticut

Bubble Teams: Auburn, Air Force, Penn State, Texas Tech, Troy, UCF, Wake Forrest, Arkansas, Kentucky, Rutgers, Tulsa, Michigan, Oregon State, Utah, Texas A&M

NCAA Football ranking Top 25 - Week 12

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 - Week 12

1. LSU
2. Kansas
3. Missouri
4. Ohio State
5. West Virginia
6. Arizona State
7. Georgia
8. Oregon
9. Virginia Tech
10. Oklahoma
11. USC
12. Hawaii
13. Boston College
14. Texas
15. Florida
16. Virginia
17. Boise State
18. Illinois
19. South Florida
20. Wisconsin
21. Connecticut
22. Tennessee
23. BYU
24. Clemson
25. Cincinnati

Bubble Teams: Air Force, Kentucky, Penn State, Texas Tech, Utah, Troy, UCF, Wake Forrest, Arkansas, Auburn, Rutgers, Tulsa, Michigan, Oregon State, Michigan State, Indiana, Florida State

NCAA Football Top 25 Rankings - Week 11

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 - Week 11

1. LSU
2. Oregon
3. Kansas
4. Oklahoma
5. Missouri
6. Ohio State
7. West Virginia
8. Arizona State
9. Virginia Tech
10. Georgia
11. USC
12. Hawaii
13. Boston College
14. Texas
15. Florida
16. Virginia
17. Clemson
18. Boise State
19. Illinois
20. Cincinnati
21. Wisconsin
22. Connecticut
23. Michigan
24. South Florida
25. Kentucky

Bubble Teams: Tennessee, Penn State, BYU, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Utah, Troy, UCF, Wake Forrest, Air Force, Arkansas, Auburn, Alabama, Rutgers, New Mexico, California, Tulsa

NCAA Football ranking Top 25 - Week 10

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 - Week 10

1. Ohio State
2. LSU
3. Oregon
4. Kansas
5. Oklahoma
6. Missouri
7. Boston College
8. West Virginia
9. Arizona State
10. Virginia Tech
11. Georgia
12. Connecticut
13. Hawaii
14. Michigan
15. USC
16. Texas
17. Florida
18. Virginia
19. Clemson
20. Alabama
21. Auburn
22. Boise State
23. Purdue
24. Penn State
25. California

Bubble Teams: Wisconsin, South Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, BYU, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Illinois, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, Troy, Wake Forrest, Fresno State, Arkansas

NCAA Football ranking Top 25 - Week 9

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 - Week 9

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. LSU
4. Arizona State
5. Oregon
6. Oklahoma
7. Kansas
8. Missouri
9. Virginia Tech
10. West Virginia
11. Hawaii
12. Georgia
13. Connecticut
14. Michigan
15. USC
16. South Florida
17. Alabama
18. Texas
19. Florida
20. Virginia
21. Wisconsin
22. Auburn
23. Boise State
24. Wake Forrest
25. Clemson

Bubble Teams: Rutgers, Penn State, Kentucky, South Carolina, BYU, Purdue, Tennessee, California, Kansas State, Texas A&M, Illinois, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, Oregon State, Troy, New Mexico, Oklahoma State,

NCAA Football ranking Top 25 - Week 8

Sports Gorilla College Football Ranking Top 25- Week 8

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. LSU
4. Arizona State
5. Oklahoma
6. Kansas
7. South Florida
8. Oregon
9. Missouri
10. Virginia Tech
11. West Virginia
12. USC
13. Kentucky
14. California
15. Florida
16. South Carolina
17. Hawaii
18. Virginia
19. Texas
20. Michigan
21. Georgia
22. Connecticut
23. Alabama
24. Rutgers
25. Penn State

Bubble Teams: Auburn, Cincinnati, Texas Tech, Boise State, Clemson, Wake Forrest, UCLA, Wisconsin, Texas A&M, BYU, Purdue, Tennessee, Kansas State, Illinois, Oregon State, Fresno State, Troy

NCAA Football ranking Top 25 - Week 7

Sports Gorilla College Football Ranking Top 25- Week 7

1. Ohio State
2. Boston College
3. South Florida
4. LSU
5. Oklahoma
6. Arizona State
7. South Carolina
8. Kentucky
9. Kansas
10. West Virginia
11. California
12. Oregon
13. Virginia Tech
14. USC
15. Missouri
16. Hawaii
17. Florida
18. Texas
19. Texas Tech
20. Virginia
21. Cincinnati
22. Michigan
23. Auburn
24. Tennessee
25. Georgia

Bubble Teams: Kansas State, Boise State, Penn State, Rutgers, Michigan State, Illinois, Clemson, Wake Forrest, Connecticut, Alabama, Maryland, Wisconsin, BYU, Florida State, Purdue

Big East has 3 undeated teams, who are they?

If someone told me at the beginning of the college football season that the Big East would have 3 undefeated teams I would have guessed West Virginia, Louisville and Rutgers. However that is not the case. The three undefeated teams in the Big East are Cincinnati 6-0, South Florida 5-0, and Connecticut 5-0. South Florida is ranked in the top ten for the first time ever. Crazy.

NCAA Football ranking Top 25 - Week 6

Sports Gorilla College Football Ranking Top 25- Week 6

1. LSU
2. California
3. Ohio State
4. Boston College
5. South Florida
6. Oklahoma
7. West Virginia
8. USC
9. Missouri
10. Arizona State
11. Oregon
12. South Carolina
13. Virginia Tech
14. Hawaii
15. Cincinnati
16. Kentucky
17. Illinois
18. Wisconsin
19. Florida
20. Kansas
21. Texas
22. Florida State
23. Texas A&M
24. Purdue
25. Texas Tech

Bubble Teams: Auburn, Michigan, Boise State, Virginia, Connecticut, Penn State, Tennessee, Wyoming, Indiana, Colorado, Rutgers, Georgia, Michigan State, Clemson, Nebraska, Alabama, Maryland, BYU, Mississippi State

NCAA Football ranking Top 25 - Week 5

Sports Gorilla College Football Ranking Top 25- Week 5

1. USC
2. LSU
3. California
4. Ohio State
5. Wisconsin
6. Boston College
7. Florida
8. South Florida
9. Oklahoma
10. Kentucky
11. West Virginia
12. Oregon
13. South Carolina
14. Virginia Tech
15. Georgia
16. Hawaii
17. Missouri
18. Arizona State
19. Texas
20. Nebraska
21. Cincinnati
22. Rutgers
23. Purdue
24. Michigan State
25. Clemson

Bubble Teams: Kansas State, Florida State, Auburn, Michigan, Boise State, Miami (FL), Virginia, Connecticut, Kansas, UCLA, UCF, Texas A&M, Penn State, Illinois, Alabama

NCAA Football Top 25 - Week 4

Sports Gorilla College Football Ranking Top 25- Week 4

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. West Virginia
6. California
7. Texas
8. Ohio State
9. Wisconsin
10. Boston College
11. Oregon
12. Rutgers
13. Kentucky
14. Clemson
15. South Carolina
16. Virginia Tech
17. Georgia
18. Hawaii
19. Missouri
20. South Florida
21. Michigan State
22. Nebraska
23. Alabama
24. Penn State
25. Cincinnati

Bubble Teams: Purdue, Arizona State, Michigan, Boise State, Miami (FL), Virginia, Connecticut, Mississippi State, Kansas, UCLA, UCF, Texas A&M, Florida State

NCAA Football Top 25 Ranking - Week 4

Sports Gorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 Week 3

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. West Virginia
6. Texas
7. California
8. Ohio State
9. Wisconsin
10. Penn State
11. Boston College
12. Rutgers
13. Oregon
14. Clemson
15. Texas A&M
16. South Carolina
17. Virginia Tech
18. Louisville
19. Georgia
20. Hawaii
21. Missouri
22. Kentucky
23. Nebraska
24. Alabama
25. South Florida

Bubble Teams: Arkansas, Georgia Tech, Texas Tech, Arizona State, Tulsa, Air Force, Boise State, Maryland, Purdue, Washington,

Poor Sun Belt Conference, Good Big East, sad Michigan

Poor Sun Belt Conference. They have only won 1 game. They are 1-14 on the season (and the 1 win was a conference game). Many of these games have been the big teams coming to play them. Anyway, not a good start.

The Big East looks very impressive so far and deeper than anticipated. Only two loses for the whole conference (thanks to Syracuse). Every team is undefeated, expect Syracuse is 0-2. Of course many of these wins comes against lesser conferences like the Sun Belt, but even still apparently Appalachian State is tougher than one would think (just ask Michigan).



The Big Ten has also looked good. They only have a total of 4 loses. The sad thing is that front runner Michigan has 2 of them. Ha! That is hilarious. Minnesota and Illinois also have a loss, the rest of the conference is undefeated. The PAC10 is the same only 4 loses.

NCAA Football Ranking Top 25 - Week 3

SportsGorilla College Football Ranking Top 25 Week 3

1. LSU
2. USC
3. Florida
4. West Virginia
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Louisville
8. Texas
9. California
10. Ohio State
11. UCLA
12. Nebraska
13. Penn State
14. Arkansas
15. Boston College
16. Rutgers
17. Georgia Tech
18. Clemson
19. Oregon
20. Virginia Tech
21. Tennessee
22. Georgia
23. Texas A&M
24. Hawaii
25. South Carolina

Bubble Teams: Missouri, Auburn, BYU, Maryland, Texas Tech, South Florida, Arizona State, Wyoming, Washington, TCU, Boise State, Alabama, Iowa

sad, sad Notre Dame

I thought Notre Dame was going to be a surprise team. I was right. But I thought they would be one the good side of surprises. Turns out, they look awful. I give them that they have lost to 2 good teams, Georgia Tech and Penn State, now both ranked. Week 1 Notre Dame gets pounded by Georgia Tech 33-3. Week 2 Penn State rolls over the Irish. Not only has Notre Dame looked bad, but they have not scored an offensive touchdown yet. Sad, sad Notre Dame.

BCS Busters, this is your game!

For all you BCS Buster lovers a significant date is tomorrow. The game: TCU at Texas. Number 19th ranked TCU travels to visit number 7 Texas. TCU is a hopeful to break into the BCS this year. TCU has been close, having three 11 win seasons over the past four years. But, this could be the year.

This game has huge implications for both teams, but more to gain for TCU. A win here will improve their ranking, and as long as they could win the rest of their games (no easy task but not too difficult of a schedule) they are almost assured a BCS birth.

I love seeing non-BCS league teams breaking into the BCS. Utah was the first in 2004. In which they pounded Pittsburgh in the Fiesta Bowl. Boise State did it last year in the classic overtime thriller over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.

Besides TCU, Hawaii and Boise State both have a slight windows to make it in. All other hopeful teams are not currently in position or have yet to make a run.