Some very interesting takes on a couple of Big East schools:

West Virginia Money line to win the national title: +1800
What are the real chances to play for the national title? It depends. If there are several unbeaten teams, West Virginia might be the odd team out because of the schedule with Maryland the best non-conference foe. 12-0 is possible, but the road trip to Louisville could provide a knockout punch to the Arizona dreams.

Louisville Money line to win the national title: +2700
What are the real chances to play for the national title? Solid. The Cardinals are loaded on offense again and shouldn't be too bad on D, but what really helps is the schedule. A win over Miami would give them national title credibility, and a win at Kansas State the following week would solidify the respect. The West Virginia game is at home.

CFN's top 25 teams based on their chances of getting to the BCS national title game

Talent and returning players have a lot to do with it, but it's mostly about the schedules, the road trips, the timing of the big games, and how much a team might have to climb in the rankings. This isn't a ranking of the best teams going into the year, it's a ranking of who has the best shot to play for the title.
1. USC
2. Texas
3. Louisville
4. Auburn
5. Notre Dame
6. Ohio State
7. Miami
8. Oklahoma
9. LSU
10. Virginia Tech
11. Florida State
12. West Virginia
13.Florida
14. Georgia
15. Nebraska
16. Tennessee
17. Iowa
18. California
19. Wisconsin
20. Michigan
21. Penn State
22. Oregon
23. Arizona State
24. Alabama
25. Texas Tech

http://collegefootballnews.com/2006/Feat...S_Odds.htm

Damn, CFN has a Big East schools over schools such as Auburn, LSU, Florida, Ohio State, Tennessee, Miami, Oklahoma and Georgia.

Way to go out on a limb and pick USC & Texas up there! Sure they will start right up there and thus just need to win for the most part, but you also have to look at schedule and USC is not going undefeated in the regular season again.

CollegeCard Wrote:Way to go out on a limb and pick USC & Texas up there! Sure they will start right up there and thus just need to win for the most part, but you also have to look at schedule and USC is not going undefeated in the regular season again.

USC lost too much talent. They won't win it. This is just another example of name programs getting the nod based on past history and recruiting magazine ratings. If WVU had to depend on recruiting rankings to get a ranking, they would never crack the top 100.

bitcruncher Wrote:

CollegeCard Wrote:Way to go out on a limb and pick USC & Texas up there! Sure they will start right up there and thus just need to win for the most part, but you also have to look at schedule and USC is not going undefeated in the regular season again.

USC lost too much talent. They won't win it. This is just another example of name programs getting the nod based on past history and recruiting magazine ratings. If WVU had to depend on recruiting rankings to get a ranking, they would never crack the top 100.

I don't know, USC still has a lot of talent but they are extremely young.

But if everything falls into place the winner of the Louisville-West Virginia game could be headed to play in the BCS Championship Game.

Maize Wrote:

bitcruncher Wrote:

CollegeCard Wrote:Way to go out on a limb and pick USC & Texas up there! Sure they will start right up there and thus just need to win for the most part, but you also have to look at schedule and USC is not going undefeated in the regular season again.

USC lost too much talent. They won't win it. This is just another example of name programs getting the nod based on past history and recruiting magazine ratings. If WVU had to depend on recruiting rankings to get a ranking, they would never crack the top 100.

I don't know, USC still has a lot of talent but they are extremely young.

But if everything falls into place the winner of the Louisville-West Virginia game could be headed to play in the BCS Championship Game.

Thats a big if!!!!! UofL nor WVU can afford any bad losses in conference especially at home. It won't be easy for either team, but teams have trap game type scenario's. Plus you just don't know what other big east team will get hot like South Florida did last year. Could it be Pitt? It wouldn't suprise me if Syracuse was that team, stranger things have happened. WVU will be wearing the target every game, so they can't afford to bring anything less than there A- game on the road.