Well, we're moving from ranking pretenders to contenders now ...

[surly]

The issue in doing this is defining the basis. A simple power ranking or how we think it ends up at year's end? So, I'm staying with the former which may end up being the latter. Based on what I saw yesterday (the eye test) taking into consideration what the teams have accomplished (standings) to this point in time.

oSu - survived Manhattan
OU - look the part
ISU - showed character
Texas - best of the rest
WVU - not quite yet
K-State - but a spoiler now
TCU - season turning
TxT - not very good
Baylor - underperforming
Ku - underwater

 

[jctisu]

I would put OU above OSU in your rankings if you are truly going by in the moment off the weekend of games. K State should have won that game against OSU if not for one of the flukiest turnovers late in that game.

OU is the best team in the conference if you are taking right now at this exact moment.

 

[surly]

I would put OU above OSU in your rankings if you are truly going by in the moment off the weekend of games. K State should have won that game against OSU if not for one of the flukiest turnovers late in that game.

OU is the best team in the conference if you are taking right now at this exact moment.

That was not my basis though. I agree, however, that OU from an eye test looks to be the B12's best. But they've lost two, oSu one. And oSu won in a tough place yesterday to a team OU lost to earlier in Norman. That's why I put the Pokes first.

 

[Acylum]

That was not my basis though. I agree, however, that OU from an eye test looks to be the B12's best. But they've lost two, oSu one. And oSu won in a tough place yesterday to a team OU lost to earlier in Norman. That's why I put the Pokes first.

I know you’re not very bright but you’ve contradicted yourself about four times in two posts then.

 

[BCClone]

That was not my basis though. I agree, however, that OU from an eye test looks to be the B12's best. But they've lost two, oSu one. And oSu won in a tough place yesterday to a team OU lost to earlier in Norman. That's why I put the Pokes first.

Using this logic, how is OU in front of ISU?

 

[jsb]

To be honest I feel like you've changed how you do this over the last couple of weeks.

A power ranking (like you claim this is) is who are the best teams over-all at this point in time. If you are claiming to do a power ranking, Iowa State should be ahead of OU.

If you are simply trying to say who looked better this week, that's a stupid thing to do, but maybe you are right.

Either way, I always fail to understand why you spend so much time on here. Do you do these stupid rankings every week on every Big 12 board?

 

[NATEizKING]

1. ISU
2-9. Everybody Else but Kansas

 

[surly]

To be honest I feel like you've changed how you do this over the last couple of weeks.

That is absolutely correct. I've tried here to use a combination of the eye test and the standings in developing this morning's power ranking.

 

[CyCrazy]

Using this logic, how is OU in front of ISU?

Surly logic. ISU is number one then the Okalahoma schools then Texas. The rest who cares.

 

[dualthreat]

Power Ranking: Based on who is the best team right now

1 Oklahoma
2 Oklahoma St
3 Iowa St
4 Texas
5 West Virginia
6 Kansas St
7 TCU
8 Baylor
9 Texas Tech
10 Kansas

 

[surly]

Surly logic. ISU is number one then the Okalahoma schools then Texas. The rest who cares.

It's rather straight-forward, the eye test says OU is better than ISU even though ISU won a close game in Ames. I can't see them doing that today on a neutral field. Eye test + standings = power ranking. Slight edge to the Sooners.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

ISU #1, in standings and in reality. 4 turnovers and still win.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Power ratings are subjective and therefore stupid, and at the end of the day mean nothing compared to standings.

 

[LincolnSwinger]

That is absolutely correct. I've tried here to use a combination of the eye test and the standings in developing this morning's power ranking.

Hell's bells, this just as well be randomly generated.

 

[surly]

Hell's bells, this just as well be randomly generated.

False. I gave you my method/basis.

 

[JM4CY]

1. ISU
2-9. Everybody Else but Kansas

This

 

[DurangoCy]

1a-1d OSU, OU, ISU, Texas
5 West Virginia
6 Kansas St
7 TCU
8 Baylor
9 Texas Tech
10 Kansas

 

[jctisu]

Par for the course. If you don’t agree exactly with what surly has to say, and I mean exactly, the contradictions start coming out. I do it on purpose sometimes to just sit and watch.

Although this was legit. I literally swapped his first and second and it was like, “No no no!”

 

[jctisu]

Power Ranking: Based on who is the best team right now

1 Oklahoma
2 Oklahoma St
3 Iowa St
4 Texas
5 West Virginia
6 Kansas St
7 TCU
8 Baylor
9 Texas Tech
10 Kansas

This would be how I have it.

 

[trevn]

Based on what I've seen so far...

1. OU
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma State
4. Iowa State
5. West Virginia
6. Kansas State
7. TCU
8. Texas Tech
9. Baylor
10. Kansas

1-4 is pretty tight no matter how you look at it. Each team has beaten one of the 3 around them. It's great to be in control of our destiny with only 3 games left, hopefully we can finish strong!