From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixlpc!tomoc Newsgroups: net.sport.foot Title: College #1 team Article-I.D.: ixlpc.180 Posted: Mon Jan 3 12:51:19 1983 Received: Tue Jan 4 02:39:24 1983 Reply-To: tomoc@ixlpc.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) After all the bowls were done, and the final poll was taken, Penn State was given the number 1 ranking in both the UPI and AP polls. SMU, though the only major college team that went undefeated, was number 2. I think Georgia fell to 4. It`s a shame the NCAA can`t come up with some kind of tourney for the big schools so we don`t have to rely on arbitrary ratings. SMU did get some first place votes, but because Penn beat the old #1, that seemed to make everyone else believe that they deserve the #1 ranking. I`m not trying to take anything away from Paterno`s team, just making a casual observation on the method of choosing #1. I guess the problem with a tournament would be - which bowl gets the championship game. Congrats to Penn State anyway. They handled Herschel pretty well, and definately deserve to be considered for the #1 spot. Can anyone tell me how Penn`s 82 schedule matched up with SMU`s as far as strength of competition goes? Tom O`Connor ixlpc!tomoc