[OutsiderFan]

Don't forget, Wilner had Texas ranked #2 on his ballot last week.  Let's face facts.  If he paid attention to his craft - and what the AP is expecting him to understand - he would have known that Texas is a flawed team.  It has a very poor secondary and this should have been baked into his rankings.  The fact it got exploited like it did against Cal should have been baked into his assessment of that team.  Instead he had them #2.

So they lose to Cal and where does Wilner rank Texas after that?  NOWHERE!  If Texas went from #2 to unranked (has this ever happened on any ballot?), doesn't that Texas win over Notre Dame take some of the luster off Michigan State beating them, just like Alabama's victory to USC doesn't look as impressive in retrospect?  And hello, can't it work the opposite direction?  I mean Stanford beat a KSU team nobody thought was great, that went out the next game and thrashed FAU 63-7.  Doesn't Stanford's KSU win have a lot more luster now?

And for crying out loud, what is the hard-on he has for LSU?  He's got a very mediocre Wisconsin team ranked #6 because Wisconsin beat LSU.  If any voter doesn't have Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Louisville, Clemson, Stanford, and Washington in the Top 9 they shouldn't be voting.  Wilner doesn't have Michigan, Stanford, or Washington in his Top 9.

[OutsiderFan]

Don't forget, Wilner had Texas ranked #2 on his ballot last week.  Let's face facts.  If he paid attention to his craft - and what the AP is expecting him to understand - he would have known that Texas is a flawed team.  It has a very poor secondary and this should have been baked into his rankings.  The fact it got exploited like it did against Cal should have been baked into his assessment of that team.  Instead he had them #2.

So they lose to Cal and where does Wilner rank Texas after that?  NOWHERE!  If Texas went from #2 to unranked (has this ever happened on any ballot?), doesn't that Texas win over Notre Dame take some of the luster off Michigan State beating them, just like Alabama's victory to USC doesn't look as impressive in retrospect?  And hello, can't it work the opposite direction?  I mean Stanford beat a KSU team nobody thought was great, that went out the next game and thrashed FAU 63-7.  Doesn't Stanford's KSU win have a lot more luster now?

And for crying out loud, what is the hard-on he has for LSU?  He's got a very mediocre Wisconsin team ranked #6 because Wisconsin beat LSU.  If any voter doesn't have Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Louisville, Clemson, Stanford, and Washington in the Top 9 they shouldn't be voting.  Wilner doesn't have Michigan, Stanford, or Washington in his Top 9.