after week 10 burner rankings

welcome back to the burner blog. i am just a normal guy who watches a ton of sports. i have a lot of takes and just looking for a place to let those takes get out there. i am not going to use capital letters so if you don’t like that i do not care.

this is finally the week where we get a college football playoff ranking. this is the first time in the season that the rankings actually matter. up until now, the only rankings that have truly mattered have been the #burnerrankings. the ap poll continues to show the ineptitude of the voters and that they are an absolute joke.

i will give you my rankings and then give you my bracket prediction. my rankings still matter the most, don’t forget.

1. ohio state (last week — 1)

julian sayin is really putting up numbers now. it took them a few weeks to open it up and show us what their offensive identity is. they know they have the best receivers in the country and now they seem to trust that their guy can get them the ball. this team is an absolute wagon in every way. penn state sucks and i was pretty surprised they were able to score twice.

2. indiana (last week — 2)

once again they destroyed an inferior opponent. that is what elite teams do. they blow the brakes off teams they should blow the brakes off.

3. alabama (last week — 3)

didn’t lose the bye week.

4. texas a&m (last week — 4)

didn’t lose the bye week.

5. georgia (last week — 5)

kirby’s boys messed around and beat florida by two scores (they actually only won by 4 but i just want to give a shoutout to the people that had georgia -7 and missed out on it because of the stockton kneel down). it wasn’t an impressive win but that game is always weird. they beat a team they were supposed to beat.

6. ole miss (last week — 8)

the rebs beat a bad south carolina team in a game nobody watched, thanks to disney. lane kiffin has had some weird and unexpected losses in his coaching career. this is the type of game that he has randomly lost so many times. he didn’t lose this time. i said this last week, but as long as they don’t have an epic collapse, they’re in the playoff.

7. notre dame (last week — 7)

they looked truly bad against a HORRIBLE boston college team. they did win and they are likely going to make the playoff. the irish losing the first two games of the season meant they needed a lot of things to happen for them to get back into the playoff. it seems like those things are happening, and we will all forget that they were unranked (polls are dumb) after two weeks of football.

8. oregon (last week — 9)

they jump a spot because they didn’t lose the bye week. biggest game of the season coming up for them! at iowa, big noon kickoff in attendance, burner in attendance, weird bulletin material provided by iowa’s defensive coordinator? smells like an upset to me!

9. texas tech (last week — 11)

they’re the best team in the big 12. i’m not afraid to say it. morton came back this week for the red raiders. he didn’t play all that great, but i felt like it was a huge deal that he was able to come back and get a game under his belt before next week.

all eyes on their matchup with byu next week. everyone (and i mean everyone!) should watch this game.

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10. byu (last week — 12)

they didn’t play but sometimes that’s the easiest way to move up.

like i mentioned above, all eyes on them next weekend.

11. oklahoma (last week — not ranked)

i was impressed by the win. road wins in the sec are never easy. i have liked tennessee all season and this win gets oklahoma back in my good graces (they’re probably ecstatic). the sooners end with three tough ones though. they can’t stumble once or they’re out of the playoff (again).

12. utah (last week — not ranked)

my utes are back in the rankings. are they one of the 12 best teams in the country? who knows. i just simply cannot rank an acc team here because that conference is terrible and i don’t respect them at all. i also love utah. we all know this. i ranked them very high very early in the season. i truly do believe in them, but realistically they won’t make the cfp (disrespect of the big 12, smh). they beat a ‘decent’ cincinnati team by 100 this weekend, and that should gain everyone’s respect.

honorable mentions/monitoring:

nobody. nobody else deserves mine or anyone’s respect.

there are a bunch of teams that have a path to the playoff, but i don’t want to mention them.

(iowa)

here is my predicted top 12 — i’m guessing the committee will want to know where i stand (they should).

1. ohio state
2. texas a&m
3. indiana
4. alabama

5. georgia vs. 12. memphis

6. ole miss vs. 11. georgia tech

7. byu vs. 10. notre dame

8. texas tech vs. 9. oregon

i am probably going to be wrong because the committee will have WAY TOO MUCH respect for the acc (mid-major conference).

burner’s picks:

i am 94–116–5 on the season. i have nothing else to say.

thank you for reading this edition of the #burnerrankings.