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No, I'm sayin just that, that the Pac 10 is overrated. The rankings within conferences can often be inflated by one team being ranked too high preseason. For example, say Minnesota is ranked 10th preseason, and Michigan is 7th or something. Michigan could beat Minnesota in the second game of the year, move up to about 4th, and already be in the running for the BCS going on nothing but preseason rankings. I think ranking non-traditional teams highly is dangerous, like in the Minnesota example. The AP will think Oregon is loaded on paper and put them at 6th, and when USC destroys them, it gives wrongful legitimacy to USC. Hell these things can go back several years...If Cal goes 11-1 against shitty competition one year, it may be top 5 the next year. This is when it hurts other teams, as it may take that Cal team 2 losses before they even drop out of the top 10, meanwhile a team like AU, or WVU, or _______ started the season at 24th, and is having to beat top 10 teams simply to move up into the top 15. This is precisely what happened with Auburn.
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