Dispute at the Top

Three Cases for #1

Brigham Young. BYU is the hottest team in the country delivering the best season to date thanks to the Cougars’ week one upset of Oklahoma in the new Jerry Jones stadium.

So just how far can BYU go?

Brigham Young has a schedule that is tougher than California, Notre Dame, and many of the Big East contenders.

If they can run the gauntlet of the pre-season’s #3 Oklahoma, #18 Florida State, #17 TCU, and #19 Utah and emerge as one of only two unbeatens, they deserve a shot at not just a BCS bowl bid but at the granddaddy BCS national championship game.

BYU is #1 in Quality Wins and has the chance to extend their resume when they tackle another BCS conference favorite as the Seminoles come to town on Sept. 19th.

Missouri. Missouri was the only team in week one to totally dominate a team that many people realistically thought could win a BCS conference. The Tigers racked up style points galore with their 37-9 thumping of Illinois on Saturday.

Can the Tigers keep it up? Should margin of victory even matter? Questions for another day.

For now, the Tigers are #1 in True Style Points and Tiger fans can start gearing up for an October to remember against Nebraska, Oklahoma State and Texas.

South Carolina. This week marks the debut of Fan Formula’s Road Warrior Rankings and the Gamecocks are our inaugural number one thanks to their ability to get it done on the road in Raleigh last Thursday night.

How hard is it to get wins on the road in big time college football?

In week one, only three teams walked into an above average opponent’s home stadium and emerged with a victory: South Carolina, Baylor, and Colorado State.

To be number one you have to win every week everywhere.

Week 2 will begin to separate contenders from pretenders as Clemson, Notre Dame, UCLA, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Purdue, and Southern California all face major road tests.

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