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Author: Larry Ness
Now that the first BCS standings have been released and most of the nation's top teams have played six games, what do we know? EXACTLY what we knew before the season started, NOTHING! Actually, that's not quite true, so let me explain.
What we KNOW is that college football has a terribly flawed
The human polls have always been highly subjective and are open to plenty of criticism. For decades, both the AP (no longer part of the process) and the Coaches' polls have opened the year with a preseason poll, despite the fact that year-in and year-out, the foolishness of these preseason polls are well-documented. For just the latest example, note that the coaches' poll had Michigan ranked No. 4 and Oklahoma ranked No. 5 in its preseason poll. How about that for EXPERTISE!
As for the new Harris Poll, does ANYONE other than the BCS guys really think it has any credibility? Don't lament the loss of the AP poll though, as the writers' had Michigan No. 4 and Oklahoma No.7 in its preseason poll and like the Coaches' poll, often makes a person scratch his bald head when trying to understand their weekly rankings. Consider this.
Notre Dame jumped from unranked to No. 10 in the AP poll in the season's first two weeks, after beating Pittsburgh and Michigan. In case you don't know, the Panthers and Wolverines are currently a combined 7-7 in 2005 and were just 1-3 at the time ND 'jumped' to No. 10 (Michigan's
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