While yes the 8-0 record looks impressive, Thursday night's win over Virginia Tech was their first win against a legitimate opponent. However the 14-10 victory wasn't very convincing, considering Virginia tech controlled the game until the last 2:11. BC deserves credit for the come from behind win, accompanied by a little luck, but they are not the 2nd best team in the country.
The ACC is rated as the weakest of the BCS conferences this season. Compare BC to SEC powers LSU (7-1) (who beat Virginia Tech 48-7), Florida (6-2), Kentucky (6-2), and South Carolina(6-2). I feel that all of these teams could beat BC, the SEC's superior level of competition makes it virtually impossible to go undefeated in the SEC. So at the end of the year if Ohio State beats Michigan and finishes undefeated, is America going to really want to see OSU vs. BC for the National Title? instead of teams that are perhaps more deserving and talented like LSU, Oregon, West Virginia, Oklahoma, USC or Florida? Maybe BC finishing #2 or perhaps even #1 is the chaos the BCS needs to expose the system for the joke it is.
If we are going to recognize all the undefeated teams as the elite regardless of strength schedule; Arizona State (who begins their real schedule this week against Cal) would be #3, Kansas (only challenge is Missouri 11/24) should be #4 and Hawaii would be #5. There is a major misconception that just because a team is undefeated they are better then a team with a loss or two. Take a look at other sports, the teams that win the championships are not always the teams with the best records. A great example is last year's BCS championship where their was controversy that Florida was even in the game and they were given little chance against the undefeated Buckeyes, what was the result, Florida dominated Ohio State to win the BCS championship.
While being undefeated is nice and looks pretty in the rankings, strength of schedule needs to be given more consideration to determine who the real top contenders are. I'm going to take a stab at a top 5.
Tony Top 5
Rank Team (Record) wins over ranked opponents
1. LSU (7-1) Virgina Tech, S. Carolina, Florida, Auburn, Alabama
2. Oklahoma (7-1) Texas, Missouri
3. Ohio State (8-0) Purdue
4. USC (6-1) Nebraska
5. Florida (6-2) Tennessee, Kentucky
