Football Power Rankings Shake Up

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It was billed as the NFL game of the year. A pair of 9-2 teams battling live on Monday Night Football. National audience. Two great teams. New York Jets coach Ryan has promised a Super Bowl. Promised a big night where his better Jets team would beat a better Patriots coach and QB. Yeah right. New England gave the Jets a firm Pat down. Bill Belichick, Tom Brady & Co. completely destroyed New York 45-3 and the game wasn't nearly as close as the score indicates. It looked more like a 100-0 shellacking.
So, here's the question. If the Jets aren't the best NFL team then who is? Atlanta (10-2)? New Orleans (9-3)? Patriots (10-2)? Pittsburgh (9-3)? Let's take a look as rankings take on a new look....

NFL TOP 10
1 - New England Patriots
2 - Atlanta Falcons
3 - Pittsburgh Steelers
4 - New Orleans Saints
5 - Chicago Bears
6 - New York Jets
7 - Philadelphia Eagles
8 - New York Giants
9 - Green Bay Packers
10- Baltimore Ravens

Get ready for the BCS National Championship Game for all the marbles. Next month (January 10) Auburn and Oregon meet to determine the 2010 NCAA Football champion. Personally, I can't stand a one month layoff before a title game. It's simply ridiculous & without merit. Championship games used to be scheduled around New Year's Day. Then, thanks largely to Bowl and television revenues, the big game was moved back. My suggestion is either end the season later or move Bowl games to within two weeks of regular season completion.

My final regular season 2010 college rankings:

FINAL TOP 20
1 - Auburn
2 - Oregon
3 - TCU
4 - Wisconsin
5 - Stanford
6 - Ohio State
7 - Michigan State
8 - Boise State
9 - Oklahoma
10- Nevada
11- Arkansas
12- LSU
13- Virginia Tech
14- Missouri
15- Oklahoma State
16- Utak
17- Alabama
18- Texas A&M
19- Nebraska
20- West Virginia


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NCAA Power Rankings ... Who's #1?

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One week to go. Football ranking grumblings are beginning. Auburn moves up to BCS #1. Oregon continues it's hold on AP #1. "Digger's Daily" keeps saying it's Auburn. Final weekend games to determine who gets the regular season top slot. Auburn edged then #11 Alabama this past Saturday 28-27. Next up, #19 South Carolina (9-3) in front of Georgia Dome fans. Back on October 9th, the Gamecocks ended Alabama's dreams of a national championship knocking of the then #1 team 35-21. Oregon closes out their regular season on the road vs rival Oregon State (5-6). It's been a mixed bag of a year for OSU. This will be their sixth game vs top 20 ranked teams. Wouldn't it be something if both Auburn and Oregon lost? Now, that would throw the entire ranking system into a tilt mode!

Why is nobody talking of TCU (12-0)? Where will they land in bowl selections? Is TCU, season completed, an automatic #1 if Auburn and Oregon lose? One step at a time. We'll soon see what happens next weekend.

Power Rankings

Football Top 10
1 - Auburn
2 - Oregon
3 - TCU
4 - Wisonsin
5 - Stamford
6 - Ohio State
7 - Michigan State
8 - Arkansas
9 - Oklahoma
10- LSU

2010-11 College hoops have begun. This season's top 10 battle promises to be quite a show all year long.  Future coverage and guest college blogger's soon to follow. For now, here's an abbreviated top 5 list. Way too early to go much deeper on the heels of just one week of games.

Basketball Top 5
1 - Duke
2 - Michigan State
3 - Ohio State
4 - Kansas State
5 - Pittsburgh

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Power Ranking the Majors

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Doesn't every sports season seem to keep getting better from year to year? Intensity has never been higher all sports venues. College and Pro Football teams fighting for every inch. NBA & NHL teams adjusting to early season successes, failures and costly roster injuries. Baseball news making waves as well.
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NFL
Add Minnesota to the list of coaching changes. Childress is out. Defensive Coordinator Frazier takes over for under performing 3-7 Vikes. Giants (6-4) handed another game away and lost another offensive weapon (WR Nicks, 3 weeks). Eli Manning has been careless with the football in all New York losses. Philadelphia (7-3) climbs the power ranking charts. Michael Vick is a human highlight reel. Watch out for this team when January rolls around. Eagles suddenly looking Super. Jets (8-2) continue Super trash talk after another tough victory (30-27). Last minute heroics have become the norm and confidence has never been higher in the Meadlowlands. Everything is clicking in Atlanta (8-2). Look out Dan Marino. Another record could fall this season. Chargers (5-5) Rivers is having an MVP style season for injury depleted San Diego. He's taking dead aim at Marino's single season passing yards record of 5,084 (Rivers has 3,177). Kansas City and Tampa Bay are for real. They're taking advantage of early soft schedules. KC has it easier on paper. TB's test of true mettle comes soon enough. Either way, these teams have had a successful rebounding year.

1 - New York Jets
2 - Atlanta Falcons
3 - New England Patriots
4 - Baltimore Ravens
5 - New Orleans Saints
6 - Green Bay Packers
7 - Pittsburgh Steelers
8 - Philadelphia Eagles
9 - Chicago Bears
10- New York Giants


NCAA
Oregon seems to be everyone's #1. So why have I consistently ranked Auburn higher? Strength of schedule. Auburn's remaining games vs #11 Alabama & #18 South Carolina will not be easy. This marks 5 games vs top 20 teams.
Only 4 undefeated college teams remain (Auburn, Oregon, Boise State, TCU). Bowl match-ups far from determined in this anything can happen season. Two weeks remain in the regular season. Intensity increasing by the play.

1 - Auburn
2 - Oregon
3 - Boise State
4 - TCU
5 - Wisconsin
6 - LSU
7 - Stanford
8 - Ohio State
9 - Oklahoma State
10- Michigan State


NBA
Injuries are beginning to creep up. Miami is without Haslem. Celtics Rondo's gimpy. Houston lost Ming. Has anyone been watching Spurs games? They're streaking. 11 in a row! It's been a complete team effort. In my view, NBA has 3 categories of teams. Great, strong and give it up. We're barely 15 games into the young season and the standings have split quickly. Upper teams will jockey for positioning all year as fading teams attempt their best floating techniques.

1 - Los Angeles Lakers
2 - San Antonio Spurs
3 - New Orleans Hornets
4 - Oklahoma City Thunder
5 - Boston Celtics
6 - Orlando Magic
7 - Dallas Mavericks
8 - Utah Jazz
9 - Miami Heat
10- Chicago Bulls


NHL
New York Islanders fans suffering again. Teased into believing 2010-11 was to be Cinderella-like after beginning 4-1-2. 13 straight defeats cured illusions, or should I say, delusions? New Jersey & Edmonton have looked terrible. Most other teams seem to be playing competitive hockey. Consistency missing? Or, it is league balance from team to team?

1 - Detroit Red Wings
2 - Washington Capitals
3 - Philadelphia Flyers
4 - Montreal Canadiens
5 - Boston Bruins
6 - Los Angeles Kings
7 - Phoenix Coyotes
8 - Colorado Avalanche
9 - Columbus Blue Jackets
10- Tampa Bay Lightning


MLB
Joey Votto NL MVP. Ron Gardenhire (AL), Bud Black (NL) Managers of the Year. Felix Hernandez (AL) & Roy Halladay (NL) Cy Young Award winners. AL MVP announced later today. I'm in agreement with all but one. Bud Black's team collapsed in September after leading the NL West for most of the year. Dusty Baker held together a young team who stunned everyone outside of Cincinnati to win the Central.
Yanks vs Jeter in contract negotiations has been front page sports fodder. Yanks not winning any PR wars. Across town rival Mets announced new GM Alderson. In a buddy system type of move, Mets hired Terry Collins as new manager. This move needs to work out. Priority number one must now be to sign the perfect player for CitiField. Carl Crawford. Mets will be biggest off season free agent losers if Crawford isn't #1 target. Why is it no team aggressively pursues Adam Dunn? Do teams not want a 40 homer, .400 OBA player? Free agent frenzy news to start picking up steam as 2010 barrels towards December 31st. Power ranking baseball teams is a bit meaningless when so many personnel uncertainties remain questions of the day for most teams.

1 - Philadelphia Phillies
2 - San Francisco Giants
3 - Minnesota Twins
4 - New York Yankees
5 - Texas Rangers
6 - Atlanta Braves
7 - Boston Red Sox
8 - Chicago White Sox
9 - Cincinnati Reds
10- St. Louis Cardinals

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Football Shuffle: NCAA & NFL Power Rankings

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The wacky and crazy NFL season continues. Tampa Bay (5-2) and Kansas City (5-2) keep on marching towards playoff dreams. Jerry Jones open apology to Cowboys (1-6) fans won't mean much without serious changes within the entire Dallas organization beginning from top down.

The college ranks shifted early on. Oregon (8-0) retains consensus #1 status. Auburn QB Cameron Newton has been incredible. 15 TD passes, 14 TD runs for the Heismann favorite.

Power Ranking time...

NCAA
1- Auburn
2- Oregon
3- Boise State
4- TCU
5- Utah
6- Alabama
7- Wisconsin
8- Oklahoma
9- Nebraska
10-Stamford

NFL
1- New England Patriots
2- New York Giants
3- Baltimore Ravens
4- New York Jets
5- Pittsburgh Steelers
6- Atlanta Falcons
7- Indianapolis Colts
8- Kansas City Chiefs
9- New Orleans Saints
10-Green Bay Packers

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What a crazy and wacky NFL season. Dallas has wasted its' way to a 1-5 beginning. Seattle, Tampa Bay and Kansas City are 4-2. Number one is not a safe place to reside in college rankings just yet. Top teams have been getting picked off all year long.

Top 10 Ranking time.

NCAA
1 - Auburn
2 - Oregon
3 - Boise State
4 - Missouri
5 - TCU
6 - Michigan State
7 - Utah
8 - Alabama
9 - Wisconsin
10- Oklahoma

A few big college games soon to determine teams' fate. Heismann Trophy is up for grabs. It's been a great 2010-11 season.

NFL
1 - New York Jets
2 - Pittsburgh Steelers
3 - New England Patriots
4 - New York Giants
5 - Baltimore Ravens
6 - Tennessee Titans
7 - Atlanta Falcons
8 - Indianapolis Colts
9 - Kansas City Chiefs
10- Washington Redskins

When will the Dallas Cowboys pull the trigger? Come on Mr Jones, Wade Phillips system hasn't worked. Jason Garrett is one of the NFL's worst play calling offensive coordinators. Tony Romo was probably lost for the season during Monday Night Football vs Super looking New York Giants. Minnesota has personnel decisions to make regarding banged up and mistake prone Brett Favre.

Every division is up for grabs. Upsets in the making every week. Should we even call certain losses upsets? Perennial upper echelon teams are becoming desperate to find winning formulas. Underdogs striving for respect... and winning.

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Power Rankings Movers & Shakers

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Who's number one? Yankees or Phillies? How about those Texas Rangers? Ohio State or Oregon? Washington or Detroit? Seasons are changing. Baseball is fading as the Fall Classic is only days away. Football is going full steam. NBA & NHL are on the launch pad.

Top 10

MLB
1- Phillies
2- Yankees
3- Rangers
4- Giants
5-10 season over
(Playoff previews later this week).

NBA
1- Lakers
2- Magic
3- Celtics
4- Heat
5- Mavericks
6- Suns
7- Spurs
8- Thunder
9- Bulls
10-Trail Blazers

NCAA
1- Ohio State
2- Oregon
3- Boise State
4- Oklahoma
5- Auburn
6- TCU
7- Nebraska
8- LSU
9- Michigan State
10-Alabama

A tremendous season in progress.

NFL
1- Jets
2- Ravens
3- Steelers
4- Bears
5- Falcons
6- Patriots
7- Chiefs
8- Giants
9- Redskins
10-Titans
Team will be moving up and down this list all season long.

NHL
1- Capitals
2- Red Wings
3- Sharks
4- Maple Leafs
5- Canucks
6- Flyers
7- Bruins
8- Lightning
9- Blues
10-Kings


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Power Rankings Movers & Shakers

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Who's number one? Always the question of the day debated around water coolers and typed away on favorite team message boards from coast to coast. Has Tampa Bay or Kansas City cracked the NFL top 10? The Yankees own baseball's best record. Are they tops in the game? Plenty of undefeated teams crowding the college polls.

Power ranking time. Here's how they stack up on my lists.

MLB
1 - Minnesota Twins
2 - Philadelphia Phillies
3 - New York Yankees
4 - Tampa Bay Rays
5 - San Francisco Giants
6 - Texas Rangers
7 - Cincinnati Reds
8 - Colorado Rockies
9 - Atlanta Braves
10- Boston Red Sox

NCAA
1 - Alabama
2 - Ohio State
3 - Texas
4 - TCU
5 - Boise State
6 - Nebraska
7 - Oregon
8 - Oklahoma
9 - Arkansas
10- Wisconsin

NFL
1 - New Orleans Saints
2 - Green Bay Packers
3 - Pittsburgh Steelers
4 - Houston Texans
5 - San Diego Chargers
6 - Indianapolis Colts
7 - Miami Dolphins
8 - Baltimore Ravens
9 - Atlanta Falcons
10- Chicago Bears

NBA
1 - Los Angeles Lakers
2 - Orlando Magic
3 - Boston Celtics
4 - Dallas Mavericks
5 - Miami Heat
6 - Atlanta Hawks
7 - Utah Jazz
8 - Phoenix Suns
9 - San Antonio Spurs
10- Cleveland Cavaliers

NHL
1 - Chicago Blackhawks
2 - Washington Capitals
3 - Pittsburgh Penguins
4 - Detroit Red Wings
5 - San Jose Sharks
6 - New Jersey Devils
7 - Vancouver Canucks
8 - Boston Bruins
9 - Buffalo Sabres
10- Phoenix Coyotes

In depth break downs soon to follow. Big names bringing new enthusiasm to already talented NBA & NHL teams. Heismann Trophy watch is ticking. There's plenty to talk about. Stay tuned....
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