Final 2007 Season Rankings

Alright, let's wrap this season up, shall we?

The team that achieved the most this season was LSU, the only team to earn over 600 points. They had a healthy lead over Georgia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and USC. However, their season was also the least-successful all all the BCS Champions in the last 10 years, which isn't surprising.

Many people would agree that this season was defined by upsets, and while there were a lot of them to be sure, most of them were precipatated by injuries.
Stanford over USC: Booty's broken finger
Texas Tech over Oklahoma: Bradford's concussion
Oregon's last 3 regular-season games: Dixon's knee
Pitt over West Virginia: White's dislocated thumb

Who knows how things might have gone if all these injuries hadn't occurred. The season might have been vastly different, or we could have ended up with the same jumble of teams at the top. One thing is for certain - it's yet another scenario that shows the versatility of the BCS. How many ways can one system upset people? Let's see...

*Team leapfrogs into title game over team that beat them in the season? Check. (2001, Florida State & Miami)
*Team that didn't even go to their conf. championship leapfrogs into title game over two conference champions, one of whom beat them in November? Check. (2002, Nebraska, Colorado, & Oregon)
*#1 in both polls doesn't get to the title game, ending in a split title? Check. (2003, USC, LSU, & Oklahoma)
*5 undefeated teams in the regular season and only spots for 2 in the title game? Check. (2004, USC, Oklahoma, Auburn, etc.)
*Two one-loss teams, one of whom narrowly lost on the road to the undisputed #1? Check. (2006 Michigan, Ohio State, and Florida)
*All the teams at the top have significant flaws and no one can agree upon anything (with an undefeated non-BCS conference team to boot)? Check (2007)

So what's left for the 2008 season? What other crazy scenarios could possibly occur that could trump 2007? Since there's serious talks about changing the BCS yet again, adding a "Plus 1" game into the mix, I'd say that the result that might produce the biggest conundrum would be for the system to work again, pitting two undefeated, clearly superior teams in the title game - what would happen to all the demands for change then? At any rate, nothing is going to happen for the next two years, so we'll just have to see.

Speaking of the 2008 season, let's take a quick look at some of the bigger non-conference games at the beginning of the year...

August 30: Some solid matchups here, including a re-match.
Alabama v Clemson (in Atlanta)
Michigan State @ California
Hawaii @ Florida
Missouri v Illinois (in St. Louis)
Utah @ Michigan
USC @ Virginia

September 6: Lots of cross-country matchups in week 2.
West Virginia @ Auburn
Cincinnati @ Oklahoma
Miami (FL) @ Florida
Oregon State @ Penn State
Tennessee @ UCLA

September 13: the Buckeyes at USC is going to be huge.
Arkansas @ Texas
California @ Maryland
Kansas @ South Florida
Ohio State @ USC
Oklahoma @ Washington
Wisconsin @ Fresno State

September 20: Should produce some great games.
Georgia @ Arizona State
Boise State @ Oregon
Colorado @ Florida State
Mississippi State @ Georgia Tech
Kansas State @ Louisville
Miami (FL) @ Texas A&M

Overall, it looks like it'll be a great start to the season - can't wait. Check back throughout the next few months for more breakdowns and analysis of a variety of college football topics... Thanks for reading.

Final 2007 Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Points	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%
1	SEC	Louisiana State	612.23	12	2	85.72%	2309.79	104	75	58.11%
2	SEC	Georgia	565.04	11	2	84.62%	1852.47	91	64	58.71%
3	BigEast	West Virginia	499.82	11	2	84.62%	1406.37	90	75	54.55%
4	SEC	Tennessee	478.26	10	4	71.43%	2390.95	105	74	58.66%
5	Pac10	Southern California	444.93	11	2	84.62%	727.03	77	86	47.24%
6	Big12	Oklahoma	430.28	11	3	78.58%	1325.22	99	81	55%
7	Big12	Missouri	429.04	12	2	85.72%	1286.02	94	73	56.29%
8	MtnWest	Brigham Young	421.92	11	2	84.62%	537.95	76	77	49.68%
9	Big12	Kansas	419.45	12	1	92.31%	-45.51	73	83	46.8%
10	SEC	Florida	410.72	9	4	69.24%	2603.19	103	63	62.05%
11	SEC	Auburn	402.89	9	4	69.24%	1862.75	90	65	58.07%
12	ACC	Virginia Tech	399.41	11	3	78.58%	1585.21	102	67	60.36%
13	Big10	Ohio State	386.66	11	2	84.62%	718.77	81	73	52.6%
14	Pac10	Oregon	378.49	9	4	69.24%	1841.16	96	70	57.84%
15	BigEast	Cincinnati	377.97	10	3	76.93%	625.06	79	73	51.98%
16	Big12	Texas	376.44	10	3	76.93%	843.5	86	79	52.13%
17	WAC	Hawaii	360.75	12	1	92.31%	-730.00	59	81	42.15%
18	ACC	Boston College	348.44	11	3	78.58%	997.78	91	77	54.17%
19	BigEast	South Florida	328.84	9	4	69.24%	1630.88	91	63	59.1%
20	SEC	Arkansas	328.60	8	5	61.54%	1509.61	86	69	55.49%
21	SEC	Mississippi State	321.67	8	5	61.54%	1840.99	90	67	57.33%
22	SEC	Kentucky	321.35	8	5	61.54%	2043.56	93	63	59.62%
23	Big10	Michigan	313.78	9	4	69.24%	1104.23	86	67	56.21%
24	Pac10	Oregon State	310.46	9	4	69.24%	1425.65	86	68	55.85%
25	ACC	Wake Forest	296.93	9	4	69.24%	632.12	82	82	50%
26	Big10	Illinois	294.93	9	4	69.24%	1095.4	90	64	58.45%
27	MtnWest	Utah	290.11	9	4	69.24%	773.35	82	81	50.31%
28	Big10	Penn State	283.81	9	4	69.24%	750.78	86	78	52.44%
29	SEC	Alabama	281.16	7	6	53.85%	1953.77	93	64	59.24%
30	Big12	Texas Tech	269.65	9	4	69.24%	210.26	76	79	49.04%
31	ACC	Clemson	258.15	9	4	69.24%	1093.31	86	70	55.13%
32	Pac10	Arizona State	249.60	10	3	76.93%	1340.22	85	79	51.83%
33	CUSA	Central Florida	243.38	10	4	71.43%	541.06	87	91	48.88%
34	SEC	South Carolina	229.45	6	6	50%	2012.14	87	57	60.42%
35	MtnWest	Texas Christian	227.62	8	5	61.54%	461.37	78	84	48.15%
36	CUSA	Tulsa	225.42	10	4	71.43%	204.64	84	93	47.46%
37	MtnWest	Air Force	224.98	9	4	69.24%	161.3	72	80	47.37%
38	BigEast	Connecticut	222.48	9	4	69.24%	692.3	78	73	51.66%
39	MtnWest	New Mexico	221.26	9	4	69.24%	77.14	70	82	46.06%
40	BigEast	Rutgers	216.12	8	5	61.54%	736.84	81	71	53.29%
41	ACC	Virginia	214.38	9	4	69.24%	754.53	81	82	49.7%
42	Pac10	California	204.92	7	6	53.85%	1582.44	90	75	54.55%
43	Big10	Wisconsin	203.35	9	4	69.24%	647.8	78	75	50.99%
44	WAC	Fresno State	198.31	9	4	69.24%	-60.47	73	80	47.72%
45	Big12	Oklahoma State	193.94	7	6	53.85%	1705.19	96	58	62.34%
46	WAC	Boise State	192.64	10	3	76.93%	-385.89	68	84	44.74%
47	ACC	Florida State	168.46	7	6	53.85%	1409.86	89	78	53.3%
48	Big10	Michigan State	166.75	7	6	53.85%	1196.45	94	71	56.97%
49	Big10	Purdue	165.86	8	5	61.54%	338.27	80	74	51.95%
50	SunBelt	Troy	150.59	8	4	66.67%	476.34	72	77	48.33%
51	Pac10	UCLA	145.42	6	7	46.16%	2144.91	98	67	59.4%
52	CUSA	East Carolina	141.74	8	5	61.54%	727.24	86	79	52.13%
53	BigEast	Louisville	141.24	6	6	50%	1279.47	81	59	57.86%
54	Big12	Texas A&M	133.16	7	6	53.85%	1751.97	98	57	63.23%
55	SEC	Vanderbilt	129.69	5	7	41.67%	1661.87	82	60	57.75%
56	ACC	Georgia Tech	113.19	7	6	53.85%	854.29	82	72	53.25%
57	Pac10	Arizona	112.55	5	7	41.67%	1568.46	85	57	59.86%
58	BigEast	Pittsburgh	110.77	5	7	41.67%	1111.47	83	59	58.46%
59	ACC	Maryland	103.95	6	7	46.16%	1327.93	90	65	58.07%
60	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	98.18	8	5	61.54%	60.52	71	90	44.1%
61	Big10	Indiana	95.47	7	6	53.85%	312.04	78	75	50.99%
62	CUSA	Houston	84.34	8	5	61.54%	-449.44	62	90	40.79%
63	Big12	Colorado	83.81	6	7	46.16%	1286.96	93	73	56.03%
64	Indy	Navy	77.04	8	5	61.54%	-506.13	63	87	42%
65	Big12	Kansas State	76.15	5	7	41.67%	999.52	81	60	57.45%
66	Big10	Iowa	65.83	6	6	50%	-61.75	68	82	45.34%
67	Pac10	Washington State	59.72	5	7	41.67%	1056.32	79	73	51.98%
68	Big12	Nebraska	52.33	5	7	41.67%	1832.74	95	60	61.3%
69	MAC	Bowling Green State	37.58	8	5	61.54%	-354.67	73	89	45.07%
70	ACC	Miami (Florida)	36.77	5	7	41.67%	724.94	77	77	50%
71	ACC	North Carolina State	31.93	5	7	41.67%	1258.03	84	59	58.75%
72	CUSA	Southern Mississippi	25.88	7	6	53.85%	27.26	73	80	47.72%
73	Pac10	Washington	25.81	4	9	30.77%	2063.36	101	64	61.22%
74	MAC	Ball State	24.51	7	6	53.85%	-22.25	79	84	48.47%
75	Big10	Northwestern	22.41	6	6	50%	249.04	69	71	49.29%
76	MAC	Central Michigan	20.88	8	6	57.15%	-353.02	78	86	47.57%
77	WAC	Nevada	15.49	6	7	46.16%	-354.7	71	80	47.02%
78	Indy	Western Kentucky	11.04	7	5	58.34%	-1502.95	39	44	46.99%
79	MtnWest	Wyoming	6.19	5	7	41.67%	909.24	82	69	54.31%
80	Pac10	Stanford	3.08	4	8	33.34%	1398.81	82	70	53.95%
81	ACC	North Carolina	1.34	4	8	33.34%	870.54	76	65	53.91%
82	SEC	Mississippi	-0.40	3	9	25%	2216.54	93	52	64.14%
83	SunBelt	Louisiana-Monroe	-11.14	6	6	50%	-117.45	65	75	46.43%
84	CUSA	Memphis	-14.24	7	6	53.85%	-870.64	59	91	39.34%
85	WAC	Louisiana Tech	-49.29	5	7	41.67%	273.27	71	70	50.36%
86	MAC	Ohio	-54.51	6	6	50%	-847.11	58	80	42.03%
87	SunBelt	Arkansas State	-55.90	5	7	41.67%	-7.86	68	82	45.34%
88	WAC	San Jose State	-57.37	5	7	41.67%	-115.63	68	71	48.93%
89	SunBelt	Middle Tennessee State	-63.36	5	7	41.67%	309.27	74	75	49.67%
90	MtnWest	San Diego State	-64.61	4	8	33.34%	1053.27	81	59	57.86%
91	MAC	Western Michigan	-73.13	5	7	41.67%	-15.26	70	70	50%
92	MAC	Miami (Ohio)	-75.36	6	7	46.16%	-453.98	69	93	42.6%
93	MtnWest	Colorado State	-89.83	3	9	25%	848.3	78	63	55.32%
94	MAC	Buffalo	-94.61	5	7	41.67%	-475.8	65	84	43.63%
95	CUSA	Texas-El Paso	-98.87	4	8	33.34%	68.59	73	71	50.7%
96	MAC	Toledo	-110.04	5	7	41.67%	-318.17	68	71	48.93%
97	Big12	Baylor	-120.01	3	9	25%	1152.96	83	59	58.46%
98	Indy	Notre Dame	-132.95	3	9	25%	1523.15	90	65	58.07%
99	BigEast	Syracuse	-135.88	2	10	16.67%	1541.5	88	64	57.9%
100	Big12	Iowa State	-136.55	3	9	25%	1189.99	85	56	60.29%
101	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-140.18	4	8	33.34%	-220.61	66	72	47.83%
102	CUSA	Tulane	-141.03	4	8	33.34%	-108	66	77	46.16%
103	MAC	Akron	-149.43	4	8	33.34%	-27.78	75	76	49.67%
104	CUSA	Marshall	-152.59	3	9	25%	850.07	82	61	57.35%
105	WAC	New Mexico State	-157.05	4	9	30.77%	-112.79	72	70	50.71%
106	MtnWest	Nevada-Las Vegas	-157.52	2	10	16.67%	1265.64	87	65	57.24%
107	MAC	Temple	-161.59	4	8	33.34%	-393.8	68	81	45.64%
108	Indy	Army	-174.48	3	9	25%	650.44	82	62	56.95%
109	Big10	Minnesota	-196.93	1	11	8.34%	1107.48	89	54	62.24%
110	SunBelt	Louisiana-Lafayette	-201.92	3	9	25%	193.76	68	70	49.28%
111	WAC	Utah State	-210.82	2	10	16.67%	580.53	79	73	51.98%
112	ACC	Duke	-212.35	1	11	8.34%	1199.03	87	66	56.87%
113	CUSA	Rice	-220.42	3	9	25%	-181.46	67	74	47.52%
114	CUSA	Alabama-Birmingham	-230.79	2	10	16.67%	651.13	79	65	54.87%
115	MAC	Kent	-233.95	3	9	25%	-462.97	65	74	46.77%
116	MAC	Northern Illinois	-286.34	2	10	16.67%	-782.73	61	77	44.21%
117	CUSA	Southern Methodist	-289.38	1	11	8.34%	291.21	77	76	50.33%
118	SunBelt	North Texas	-302.43	2	10	16.67%	197.45	71	78	47.66%
119	SunBelt	Florida International	-314.92	1	11	8.34%	673.55	77	72	51.68%
120	WAC	Idaho	-336.96	1	11	8.34%	126.43	71	68	51.08%