Seriously, now, do you think any oddsmaker would list Ohio State or Boston College as a favorite over LSU, Florida, Kentucky, USC or any of the top-tier SEC or PAC-10 schools? I'm so tired of seeing Ohio State considered a top-10 team and then seeing that they have not single ranked team on their schedule (okay PSU and Michigan finally cracked the top 25!!!). Arizona State hasn't played any ranked team yet. Who has Boston College beaten? Oklahoma lost to unranked Colorado and almost lost to unranked Iowa State. Kentucky beat the #1 team and the very next week lost to the #9 team. If there was a 16-team playoff, does anyone doubt that the SEC would have 6 or 7 teams advance in the first round and then have at least 3 of the final 4 teams. No wonder the Big-10 wants to keep the BCS. They'd never win another championship! And who should the top 16 teams in the playoff be? Of course, you'll rely on the records, etc. But if you want it be honest, just ask the oddsmakers.

exactly right!!!

The creme continues to rise to the top, as undefeated Kansas joins Ohio State, Arizona State and Boston College in the top 5 of the latest BGS Power Ratings.

LSU is the only 1-loss team remaining in the top 5, but did drop slightly from it's position tied with Ohio State at the top to maintain a marginal lead on the #2 spot. Other 1-loss teams in the top 10 include Oklahoma, Oregon, USC & South Florida.

Florida's impressive win kept it as the only 2-loss team in the top 10.

Top 10 on the BGS gambler ratings (Ratings used for determining raw pointspreads) ...

1 Ohio State
2 LSU
3 Kansas
4 Arizona State
5 Boston College
6 Oklahoma
7 Oregon
8 Southern Cal
9 Florida
10 South Florida

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-hnYMpcM2e...

The BCS is basically a conspiracy of the power conferences to keep smaller schools out of serious contention. It guarantees big payoffs every year to schools that have no real claim to being the best. The Big 10 has been especially complicit. It looks seriously like we're headed for a repeat humiliation of Ohio State at the hands of a superior but unheralded team.

Nice idea, though far away from being practical.
Do oddsmakers not have interests?
Do you want to turn college football into a money and gambling driven system?
Are you aware of the dangers of this situation?
I think that the BCS is not ideal, nor is it optimal, but, it is good enough.
120 teams playing only 12 games in a season is a sure mechanism to have ranking problems.
No way would I agree that oddsmakers would set the rankings.
Playoffs? they would take out the air from several good rivalry games during the regular season.
Go on with the BCS, improve it a bit from time to time, and that's it.

I'm going with conspiracy too, it's all about making money for every team. Hands down the Pac 10 and the SEC consistently produce the best teams. I'm from OR, so of course a Duck fan. I'd like to see where the odds-makers would rank ducks 1,2, or 3. Can't argue with that much offensive power.

IDK but your right about the tourniment I see 3 of 4 being of SEC schools

the odds makers sure had that usc game right. ha ha