Oct 09
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Best 1 Loss College Football Teams
An interesting Saturday in college football with some top 10 teams getting tested and some going down in defeat. So what does this mean for college football? It’s hard to say right now with the BCS rankings from the computers coming out later today, but it should be easy to rank the 1 loss teams in the country. It really depends to what part of the country you travel to, on what the differences each college football division has and why their teams should be ranked ahead of other teams in the country. It really comes down to competition and the tougher your football schedule is, then the better results you should get in the two major polls for college football.
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are clearly the best 1 loss team in college football. Their number 19th ranking before Saturday’s match up against number 4 Virginia Tech was far too low for this team. After a convincing win at home against the number 4 team in the country, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets should move ahead of all the other 1 loss college football teams in the country. Let’s look at their wins and what team beat them this year to get a better understanding of the competition level they’re playing against. This gives us a better idea of how tough it was to be a 1 loss team in college football at this point in the season.
Win Over Jacksonville State
Win Over Clemson
Loss To Miami
Win Over North Carolina
Win Over Mississippi State
Win Over Florida State
Win Over Virginia Tech
Georgia Tech has wins over 2 ranked teams in the country and their only loss was to the Miami Hurricanes which was the 9th ranked team in the country going into Saturday’s play. Quality wins over Clemson, North Carolina, Mississippi State, Florida State, and now Virgina Tech can not be over looked. This is a pretty tough schedule and the Yellow Jackets only have 1 loss on the season.
Now speaking of Miami, the Miami Hurricanes defeated Georgia Tech, so shouldn’t they be ranked ahead of the Yellow Jackets?
Perhaps they do have a strong case against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and I can buy this argument. The Hurricanes did defeat Georgia Tech at home and their only loss was to the Virginia Tech Hokies. We can also look at the opponents Miami has faced and see the quality of wins they have on their college football schedule.
Win Over Florida State
Win Over Georgia Tech
Loss To Virginia Tech
Win Over Oklahoma
Win Over Florida A&M
Win Over Central Florida
So maybe Georgia Tech isn’t the clear number 1 choice for the best 1 loss team in the country. The strength of schedule to this point is about even and the Hurricanes actually defeated the team that is question with them, so the Miami Hurricanes are the best 1 loss team in the country right now. Georgia Tech has a chance to move up as they will face tougher opponents down the stretch, so if neither team loses for the rest of the year, both should be side by side in the BCS standings.
Other notable 1 loss teams in the country would be the USC Trojanswho play in a weak Pac10 and will never be able to keep up withan ACC school based on strength of schedule. Only 2 quality wins for the Trojans this year and just how quality Notre Dame and a Ohio State team that loss to Purdue and barely defeated Navy would question the definition of quality. It only gets worse for the Trojans of USC when you look at the team they loss to. BothMiami and Georgia Tech have losses against a ranked team; while the USC Trojans loss to a team that didn’t even win a football game last year in the Washington Huskies. Money sometimes speaks louder than talent in college football and it’s the only thing keeping the Trojans in the top 10 rankings right now. No way should they even be in the top 10 with that loss against the Huskies earlier this year. USC was holding on by a thread and needed Ohio State to keep that thread in tact, but now USC should clearly be out of the National Title picture and any BCS bowl games. It would be a travesty in college football to keep this southern California team in the top 10 rankings any longer.
A good example of just how bias and money propelled the college football rankings are toward USC, just look at the next 1 loss team on the list. The LSU Tigers who play in a tough SEC football conference only made 1 mistake and that was losing to the Florida Gators who is the number 1 ranked team in the country. No way should USC be ranked ahead of LSU and the Tigers do have quality wins over Mississippi State, Georgia, Vanderbilt, and they also beat the Washington Huskies on the road; which USC failed to do. The LSU Tigers are only behind Miami and Georgia Tech as the best 1 loss teams in the country, because their quality wins and strength of schedule doesn’t match up to these teams yet. LSU does match up or exceed the USC schedule and there are no doubts that the LSU Tigers are the 3rd best one loss team in the country.
Next team down is Oregon and they do play in the Pac10 with the USC Trojans. The Oregon Duckshave the same problems as USC does and the fact they don’t have any strong teams in the Pac 10. They must find better teams outside the Pac 10 to play in order for them to get a bid for a BCS bowl game. Their only loss was the first week of the season and was to a ranked Boise State team. Their 1 loss is much more impressive than the one USC sports and the Oregon Ducks belong higher in the top 25 standings than the USC Trojans, but they are just the 4thbest team in the country with 1 loss.
Penn Statehas only 1 loss this year, but with victories over Akron, Syracuse, Temple, Illinois, Eastern Illinois, and Minnesota they just haven’t played against anybody this year. Perhaps you could call Iowa a somebody, but the Nitty Lions couldn’t even beat them. Penn State is ranked too high in college football and adjustments need to be made here. Really from this point on it just gets too sloppy to talk about and there are a lot of 1 loss teams ranked too high in the top 25 college football polls.
You do have to give the nod to the ACC and the two teams they have with only 1 loss on the season. The Miami Hurricanes is the best 1 loss team in college football after Saturday’s games. The second team on the list is the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets based on their quality wins and then you would have to put the LSU Tigers 3rd on the list from the SEC. Here is the list of the top 3 teams in college football with 1 loss:
1. Miami Hurricanes
2. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
3. LSU Tigers
Based on the current top 10 teams in the country and some of those schools are still unbeaten like a Boise State team, you have to make room for these 3 one loss schools. All 3 of the best 1 loss teams should be in the top 10 rankings in college football and the USC Trojans is not one of them. Let’s get things in the proper order and hopefully the right information will get put into the BCS computers later today and we can see Miami, Georgia Tech, and LSU sporting top 10 positions in the country.
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