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OK, I will try to make this simple. How would West Virginia finish if it's schedule was this: Louisiana-Lafayette Arizona @ Auburn Tulane Mississippi State @ Florida Kentucky Fresno State @ Tennessee Alabama Mississippi @ Arkansas My prediction: 9-3 Now what about if West Virginia faced this schedule: Marshall Eastern Washington Maryland at East Carolina at Mississippi State Syracuse at Connecticut at Louisville Cincinnati at Pittsburgh South Florida Rutgers My prediction: 12-0 ----------------- So, if West Virginia goes 12-0, they will inevitably end up in the BCS top-5, probably quite easily. BUT, if the exact same team played a different schedule and went 9-3, it wouldn't be in a BCS bowl. So basically what I am saying is that the rankings are not always accurate. If even an average team, say for example TCU went 12-0 in the Mountain West, they would most likely get a BCS bid. BUT, if that same TCU team went 9-3 in the SEC, it would not get a BCS bid because it was not undefeated. West Virginia is a great team, but not No. 5 in the nation, I am sorry Stima, but it's true. The one ranked team on the schedule lost it's Heisman candidate running back, the rest is cupcakes.
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