Top 25 Rankings - Post Week 3

IT'S

STILL

TOO

EARLY.

How about that Ole Miss win over #2 Alabama? How about that Michigan State win over #7 Oregon? How about Northwestern's win over a Stanford team that just beat #6 USC in Los Angeles?

I

DON'T

KNOW.

And neither do you. These wins are getting a lot of hype because of preseason rankings (which are meaningless, considering that the preseason #1 team has won ZERO national championships in the last 15 years) or how good the losing teams are "supposed" to be (which is also meaningless unless you want to award the national championship to Alabama, Oklahoma, USC, or Ohio State every year).

"But Notre Dame has 3 wins over Power 5 teams!"
Big deal. Indiana, Iowa State, and Colorado are Power 5 teams too. Can your crystal ball tell me where Texas, Virginia, and Georgia Tech are going to finish in their conferences?

"But [X Team] struggled against [Team that's supposed to be really bad]!"

Remember in 2013 when #6 LSU struggled to put away an unranked Auburn team that had gone 3-9 in 2012? Auburn won their next 9 games and lost the national championship on a late miracle TD. LSU lost 3 games and played Iowa in the Outback Bowl. You do. Not. Know. How. Good. These. Teams. Are.

And you won't have the slightest idea until at least another 4-5 weeks.