Do you know what we learned yesterday? The very best teams are a lot better than everyone else. Apart from Clemson, who is moving up higher and higher each week, the best work yesterday was done by teams already highly ranked like Alabama, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Stanford. They further cemented their spots atop the polls. The big losers yesterday were the second tier teams, like South Carolina, Nebraska, Florida, Virginia Tech and Baylor, who fell from the undefeated ranks. And except for the odd upset, the juggling of the rankings this time of year usually does effect the second tier a lot more than the first. And so squads like Michigan, Kansas State, and Georgia Tech will replace some of those losers until the week comes along that claims them too. Unfortunately the weight of the big programs can overwhelm some great stories among the lower-ranked and unranked teams. Take SMU, who won the Iron Skillet in Fort Worth for the first time since 1993. Although that program has made great strides, the school is still better known for cheating 25 years ago than winning today. Or Bill Snyder, who has Kansas State 4-0 as his 72nd birthday approaches. Great stuff.
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