Curious rankings in college football

Most notably, it is the buoyancy of USC despite suffering an inexcusable loss. Spencer Hall hit the nail right on the head, the fact that Southern Cal didn't fall out of the Top-10 in either the poll, while everyone else had an anchor attached them when they lose.

Let's take a look at USC. Five games into the season, they have as many wins as bye's. So far their wins have consisted of winning at Virginia and home vs. Ohio State. Virginia is far worse than we all thought they'd be - and no one thought they'd be any good to begin with. So that win is worth slightly more than nothing. Ohio State is clearly not as good as they were originally ranked, so that win loses its notoriety as well. So, useless win, okay win, and then a horrific loss against Oregon State make up the season so far for USC. Nothing notable except a bad loss. Oregon State played hard, and no one will make the conclusion that USC sucks, but they did lose, you can't just sweep that under the table. Losing to Stanford the way they did and to Penn State is an indictment on how bad they truly are.

Florida probably fell as much as it should have fallen, anywhere between 10-15. Losing at home to a team that hasn't sniffed a conference win in something like 2 years is just atrocious. The fact that Tennessee is now turning out to be a worse version of overrating than Ohio State isn't helping their resume. By most calculations, their MNC aspirations are likely over, even though they have enough time and quality opponents to make up a lot of that room.

Georgia had the most excusable loss, and yet fell further than USC to Florida territory. They got smacked around at home, but it was against an obviously good team. Although Moreno being hurt may crush the remainder of their season.

As an Ohio State fan, rankings are completely worthless to me now. I can't imagine, and don't want a scenario where Ohio State has a meteoric rise in the polls to be in contention for the championship - they just aren't good enough. I'd rather see worthwhile teams get that chance.

It's just kind of insulting to college football fans to see Southern California create a Teflon barrier to the rankings. This year might be their down fall, because they can no longer rely on big wins to hold them up