My opinion: no.
But not for the reasons every ESPN analyst is complaining about.
First off, take head to head wins out of the equation. No matter how much someone argues for one team over another, the argument based on who won head to head doesn’t work. That is the basis of a three-way tie! In rock-paper-sissors, if one person throws rock, another paper, and the other sissors, who wins? There are 5-year-olds that could figure this out, so why is it so hard for college football analysts to comprehend?
The basis of my argument is plain and simple: the system is flawed. That’s it. But what part of the system you might ask?
THE HUMAN POLLS!
It is obvious. Every voter in the Harris and Coaches poll has a hidden agenda, despite what they say. They all have bias, and they are all swayed by public opinion.
The computers do not. The computers only look at the straight statistics and facts. The computers use mathmatical equations to derive the top teams in college football. They don’t look at margin of victory, or who is the hot team right now, just the facts. The overall record, strength of schedule, etc.
Listen, I’m not arguing against a playoff. It’s obvious college football NEEDS A PLAYOFF! But don’t critisize the computer ranking system when it is obvious the true problem lies with the human polls. Just because a writer watches college football doesn’t make them an unbiased “expert.”
So everyone please, calm down. Stop critisizing the only impartial element to the BCS system, and fix what is truly wrong: the human polls.
