[pincemob]

The only teams with strong cases to be ranked ahead of us are ND and to a lesser extent Alabama.  I don't think Alabama played enough good teams, and they also lost at home. 

There is no excuse for Georgia to be ahead of Stanford.  Georgia has nowhere near the quality wins, and has 2 losses.  Alabama is their "good" loss, while 7-35 to South Carolina was their "bad" loss.  They also had close calls with Kentucky & Tennessee which should cost them major style points.  I think our "good" loss is comparable (although they got to play it in Atlanta not on the road), while our "bad" loss was "better" due to the margin. 

I think it's also unfair to put Florida ahead of us.  They never played Alabama, and their non-conference wins were Bowling Green, Jacksonville, LA-Lafayette.  They did not win their league.  I would say they also fail the "eye test".  Think if Stanford had not played ND or Oregon, then went 11-1 playing ugly games.  That is what you have in Florida. 

We beat Oregon at their place, and they also did not play anyone in non-conference.  They rely on the "eye test" and admittedly they look pretty good.  If we had to play ND or Oregon again, I think everyone would pick ND in a heartbeat.

As for KSU, it sure would have been nice if they'd played Oregon.  The case for us over KSU is that they never played anyone on Oregon or ND's level (Oklahoma their best win, by 5, and OU got killed by ND).  Also, their loss was a spanking by an unranked team.  We were never blown out. 

So I might go:

ND
Stanford
Alabama
K-State
Oregon

[pincemob]

The only teams with strong cases to be ranked ahead of us are ND and to a lesser extent Alabama.  I don't think Alabama played enough good teams, and they also lost at home. 

There is no excuse for Georgia to be ahead of Stanford.  Georgia has nowhere near the quality wins, and has 2 losses.  Alabama is their "good" loss, while 7-35 to South Carolina was their "bad" loss.  They also had close calls with Kentucky & Tennessee which should cost them major style points.  I think our "good" loss is comparable (although they got to play it in Atlanta not on the road), while our "bad" loss was "better" due to the margin. 

I think it's also unfair to put Florida ahead of us.  They never played Alabama, and their non-conference wins were Bowling Green, Jacksonville, LA-Lafayette.  They did not win their league.  I would say they also fail the "eye test".  Think if Stanford had not played ND or Oregon, then went 11-1 playing ugly games.  That is what you have in Florida. 

We beat Oregon at their place, and they also did not play anyone in non-conference.  They rely on the "eye test" and admittedly they look pretty good.  If we had to play ND or Oregon again, I think everyone would pick ND in a heartbeat.

As for KSU, it sure would have been nice if they'd played Oregon.  The case for us over KSU is that they never played anyone on Oregon or ND's level (Oklahoma their best win, by 5, and OU got killed by ND).  Also, their loss was a spanking by an unranked team.  We were never blown out. 

So I might go:

ND
Stanford
Alabama
K-State
Oregon