Sunday May 20

The 2010 College Football 50

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When you think of Bowl season, the words anti-climactic, disordered, and even pointless are just a few that come to mind.  Heck, outside of the national championship, was is it really but a collection of seemingly arbitrary match-ups that produce more questions than answers?  Well, in the hopes of trying to derive some semblance of meaning and order from the madness, the Dose uniquely kept the rankings going through postseason play. Before the only takeaway from a win by say Iowa over Missouri in the Insight Bowl, was that, well, Iowa is probably a better team than Missouri. With extended rankings, we can induce that Iowa finished 2010 as a top 25 team, certainly no small feat, whereas Missouri was probably undeserving of the #12 team ranking with which they headed into the postseason. Here is the final 2010 rankings; our best attempt to reconcile bowl season with the 2010 college football season at large and make sense of the senseless.
  1. Auburn (SEC) SEC Champions, Beat Oregon in BCS National Title Game
  2. TCU (Mountain West) Mountain West Champions, Beat Wisconsin in Rose Bowl
  3. Oregon (Pac-10) Pac-!0 Champions, Lost to Auburn in BCS National Title Game
  4. Stanford (Pac-10) Beat Virginia Tech in Orange Bowl
  5. Ohio State (Big Ten) Share of Big Ten Title, Beat Arkansas in Sugar Bowl
  6. Oklahoma (Big 12) Big 12 Champions, Beat UConn in Fiesta Bowl
  7. Wisconsin (Big Ten) Share of Big Ten Title, Lost to TCU in Rose Bowl
  8. Boise St (WAC) Share of WAC Title, Beat Utah in Maaco Las Vegas Bowl
  9. LSU (SEC) Beat Texas A&M in Cotton Bowl
  10. Arkansas (SEC) Lost to Ohio St in Sugar Bowl
  11. Oklahoma St (Big 12) Beat Arizona in Alamo Bowll
  12. Alabama (SEC) Beat Michigan St in Capital One Bowl
  13. Virginia Tech (ACC) ACC Champions, Lost to Stanford in Orange Bowl
  14. Michigan St (Big Ten) Share of Big Ten Title, Lost to Alabama in Capital One Bowl
  15. Nevada (WAC) Share of WAC Title, Beat BC in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
  16. Texas A&M (Big 12) Lost to LSU in Cotton Bowl
  17. Florida St. (ACC) Beat South Carolina in Chick-fil-A Bowl
  18. Mississippi St (SEC) Beat Michigan in Gator Bowl
  19. South Carolina (SEC) Lost to Florida St. in Chick-fil-A Bowl
  20. Missouri (Big 12) Lost to Iowa in Insight Bowl
  21. Utah (Mountain West) Lost to Boise St in Maaco Las Vegas Bowl
  22. Iowa (Big Ten) Beat Missouri in Insight Bowl
  23. Nebraska (Big 12) Lost to Washington in Holiday Bowl
  24. UCF (Conference USA) Conference USA Champions, Beat Georgia in Liberty Bowl
  25. UConn (Big East) Share of Big East Title, Lost to Oklahoma in Fiesta Bowl
  26. NC State (ACC) Beat West Virginia in Champs Sports Bowl
  27. Notre Dame Beat Miami in Sun Bowl
  28. West Virginia (Big East) Share of Big East Title, Lost to NC State in Champs Sports Bowl
  29. Maryland (ACC) Beat East Carolina in Military Bowl
  30. Tulsa (Conference USA) Beat Hawaii in Hawaii Bowl
  31. Florida (SEC) Beat Penn St in Outback Bowl
  32. Arizona (Pac-10) Lost to Oklahoma St in Alamo Bowl
  33. Michigan (Big Ten) Lost to Mississippi St in Gator Bowl
  34. Penn State (Big Ten) Lost to Florida in Outback Bowl
  35. San Diego St (Mountain West) Beat Navy in Poinsettia Bowl
  36. Miami (FL) (ACC) Lost to Notre Dame in Sun Bowl
  37. Hawaii (WAC) Share of WAC Title, Lost to Tulsa in Hawaii Bowl
  38. Navy Lost to San Diego St in Poinsettia Bowl
  39. UNC (ACC) Beat Tennessee in Music City Bowl
  40. USC (Pac-10) Banned from postseason play
  41. Pitt (Big East) Share of Big East Title, Beat Kentucky in the BBVA Compass Bowl
  42. Northwestern (Big Ten) Lost to Texas Tech in TicketCity Bowl
  43. Miami (OH) (MAC) MAC Champions, Beat Middle Tennessee in GoDaddy.com Bowl
  44. Air Force (Mountain West) Beat Georgia Tech in Independence Bowl
  45. BC (ACC) Lost to Nevada in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
  46. Syracuse (Big East) Beat Kansas St in Pinstripe Bowl
  47. Northern Illinois (MAC) Beat Fresno St in Humanitarian Bowl
  48. Southern Miss (Conference USA) Lost to Louisville in Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
  49. Baylor (Big 12) Lost to Illinois in Texas Bowl
  50. Kansas St. (Big 12) Lost to Syracuse in Pinstripe Bowl

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