Yep, Miami was so highly touted and some said they should have been #1, and yet VT had no problems at all.
I was surprised UT beat Nebraska - I really figured Nebraska would beat them, but it looks like Nebraska is as overrated as UT was.
The sad thing, the ESPN commentators saying how Miami should still be ranked higher than VT because of West Virginia, I was like "what the **** did I just hear?". WV almost beat Miami if I remember correctly. If VT beat Miami and beat them badly, they are a better team than Miami, period.
A lot of coaches are going to be upset, since there really are about half a dozen teams that deserve to play OU. OU will steamroll them all, but there are about half a dozen that deserve it.
Hopefully this will make a better case for getting some kind of playoffs. USC has ever right, as do several other teams, to play for a national championship, and it's going to come down to a popularity contest.
Sadly, I think you're right. :(
Speaking strictly as a Nebraska fan, I didn't really expect them to defeat Texas. They have never demonstrated any consistent ability to beat that team. And NU's offense is atrocious - they got less than one yard a carry today. Ugh.
I think Nebraska is probably a year away. That's what I said at the beginning of the year, too.