College Football 08!

Since pre-season rankings are a joke, I projected out the records of every team I felt could be bowl-eligible. In the end, I projected records for 80 teams, 8 of which I feel will fall one win shy of becoming bowl eligible. Next I ranked the teams based on my projected final record for each team using the following parameters, in order:

1. Record
2. Quality of Wins
3. Relative amount of improvement/regression over the final half of the season (i.e. 2007 South Carolina Gamecocks scenario)

In the end, I do not expect any undefeated teams. I do expect chaos this season with not one, not two, not three, but 7 one-loss teams! Those teams are: USC, Georgia, Ohio State, Missouri, Clemson, Texas Tech, and Utah. Based largely on quality of wins, I have USC vs. Georgia in the National Championship. In case you're interested, here are the losses for those one-loss teams:

• USC losing at UCLA (12/6)
• Georgia losing at Auburn (11/15)
• Ohio State losing at USC (9/13)
• Clemson losing vs. South Carolina (11/29)
• Missouri losing at Texas (10/18)
• Texas Tech losing at Oklahoma (11/22)
• Utah losing at Michigan (9/30)

My other 3 BCS teams will be Florida, Virginia Tech, and Pitt. So, here is my top 50:

Rank	Previous	Team	Record
1	4	USC	(11-1, 7-1)
2	2	Georgia	(11-1, 7-1)
3	3	Ohio State	(11-1, 8-0)
4	15	Clemson	(11-1, 8-0)
5	5	Missouri	(11-1, 7-1)
6	17	Texas Tech	(11-1, 7-1)
7	20	Florida	(10-2, 7-1)
8	8	Virginia Tech	(10-2, 7-1)
9	9	Oklahoma	(10-2, 6-2)
10	23	Wisconsin	(10-2, 7-1)
11	24	Utah	(11-1, 8-0)
12	6	Kansas	(9-3, 5-3)
13	22	BYU	(10-2, 7-1)
14	NR	Pitt	(10-2, 6-1)
15	21	Illinois	(9-3, 6-2)
16	48	California	(10-2, 7-2)
17	16	Arizona State	(9-3, 7-2)
18	13	Texas	(9-3, 5-3)
19	29	Wake Forest	(9-3, 6-2)
20	7	West Virginia	(8-4, 4-3)
21	14	Auburn	(9-3, 5-3)
22	31	Penn State	(9-3, 5-3)
23	1	LSU	(8-4, 4-4)
24	NR	Central Michigan	(10-2, 8-0)
25	40	Fresno State	(9-3, 7-1)
26	12	Tennessee	(8-4, 5-3)
27	NR	Houston	(10-2, 7-1)
28	49	UCLA	(8-4, 5-4)
29	34	Boise State	(9-3, 7-1)
30	36	Texas A&M	(9-3, 5-3)
31	46	Tulsa	(9-3, 6-2)
32	35	South Florida	(8-4, 4-3)
33	38	TCU	(8-4, 5-3)
34	44	Rutgers	(8-4, 3-4)
35	19	Michigan	(7-5, 4-4)
36	NR	Miami (OH)	(9-3, 8-0)
37	11	Boston College	(7-5, 3-5)
38	27	Oregon State	(7-5, 6-3)
39	28	Arkansas	(7-5, 4-4)
40	NR	Miami (FL)	(7-5, 5-3)
41	39	South Carolina	(7-5, 4-4)
42	NR	Purdue	(7-5, 4-4)
43	NR	Alabama	(7-5, 4-4)
44	33	Connecticut	(7-5, 3-4)
45	10	Hawai'i	(7-6, 5-3)
46	25	Oregon	(6-6, 4-5)
47	41	Oklahoma State	(7-5, 3-5)
48	NR	Nevada	(8-4, 6-2)
49	NR	Florida Atlantic	(8-4, 6-1)
50	42	Central Florida	(7-5, 6-2)