Why Isn’t Utah Ranked in the Top 5?
With its dominant performance at #Oregon, #Utah definitely deserves to be in Top 5. Maybe even No. 1: http://t.co/7WdZ6CagTB
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) September 27, 2015
New Coaches Poll: 1.Ohio St 2 MichSt 3 TCU 4 Baylor 5 OleMiss… Do these coaches go to sleep at 8 pm ET on Saturdays?
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) September 27, 2015
Incidentally, Feldman has 231,000 Twitter followers. He is one of many leading the charge to give Utah even more love after their 62-20 thrashing of Oregon on Saturday night.
You really can make an argument that Utah has two of the best wins in the country so far:
- Demolishing Oregon
- Beating Michigan who has since hammered Oregon State, UNLV and BYU
And with those impressive wins, why shouldn’t Utah be in the top five, if not #1 in the country.
- The other problem I’ve always had with the rankings (and the playoff committee) is the inordinate amount of sway ESPN has. Too many people just side with whatever ESPN says on Game Day, or whatever company line they feed us 24-7 on Sports Center. ESPN essentially owns the the playoff and the other four New Years 6 games. ESPN has regular season TV deals with the Big 10 and SEC. Imagine that, look who’s #1, 2 and 3. The Pac-12 plays a lot more on FOX.
- Even look what ESPN has done for BYU this year. The Cougars have a nice contract with ESPN and you’d of thought they were gonna win it all this year after ESPN ran those hail mary plays over and over again. You love it if you’re a BYU fan, but the average viewer is a bit confused why ESPN spent so much time propping up a team that just got drilled 31-0 by Michigan.