“In a fair world, it would be the unbeatens playing for the championship...”
Your “unbeatens” have to beat some real teams. Try playing in the SEC. Go GATORS!
As much as I sympathize with what you are saying (graduated from Bama in '77), I do think Boise State should be ranked higher.
On the other hand, A team with a schedule like Penn State who goes unbeaten should be rated at least in the top 25. /s
The PAC 10 and the Big 10 are horribly horribly overrated, especially the big 10.
SEC football is like nothing you have ever seen, though. It is like ACC basketball. It is not as though there are not other fine fine teams who can at times beat the best the ACC has to offer. It is just that the overall caliber of play in the conference is extremely tough so that you can say with some degree of smug certitude "you guys don't play REAL ball outside the conference." Possible exception of big 12 when it comes to football.
Gators will maul whoever they play, including OU.
The unbeatens are not my teams
Kinda hard to beat teams that won't play you, because they would rather schedule an FCS team like The Citadel than a non-BCS FBS team.
Well, the Pac 10 has been better than the SEC over the last ten years and Boise State and Utah beat two decent Pac 10 teams. No doubt Boise State would be near the top of the SEC.