Wrong Already
Posted October 18th, 2009, 5:07 PM ET

The first BCS Poll has been released, and already there is controversy.

I have no problem with the SEC combo of Florida and Bama being 1-2, even though I like the Tide as the best team right now. I have no issue with the Texas Longhorns as the #3-ranked team in the BCS, either.

But for Boise State to be ranked 4th is downright comical. I guess it was the heart-pounding performance against Tulsa last week that influenced the voters, pollsters or computer geeks. This has nothing to do with Eastern bias, or in my case, a Southern Fried slant....this has everything to do with using common sense.

Boise State wouldn't be the fourth-best SEC team, much less the fourth best team in the country. I guess beating Oregon at home is all you need to do to be considered a legit national title contender.....it is as ridiculous as the blue turf they play on each week in the WAC...or is it the Mountain West Conference....or....screw it...it doesn't matter.

The Cincinnati Bearcats round out the Top 5 in the first BCS rankings of the season. I've been impressed with Coach Brian Kelly's squad....and for the record, he might just be the best coach flying under the radar in college football.

If only Notre Dame had hired him. I can assure you if Kelly was in South Bend for five seasons, the Irish could name at least one signature win.....ask any Irish fan to answer that one.

For the record, not only is the BCS a joke, so is Charlie Weis. The big man is now an impressive 4-11 against Top 25 teams during his era, and his last win over a ranked team came in week two of the 2006 season.

Leave it to the Irish to backdoor themselves into a BCS bid with a 9-3 record, only to be exposed as the frauds they are when they have to play an athletic team in a January bowl game.

But back to the BCS....in the first 11 years of the system, the top 2 teams in the opening standings have reached the title game only once and that was in 2005 when Texas and USC hooked up. You might as well make it a dozen years since it will be nearly impossible for the Gators and Tide to have a rematch of what appears to be a showdown for the SEC title in Atlanta.

How goofy is the ACC's Atlantic Division?

This week, the Boston College Eagles are in first place with a 3-2 conference mark. How is that possible? They were destroyed by both Clemson and Virginia Tech, but somehow they are in first place by virtue of the fact that everyone else in the division is highly erratic and average.

When you look at the remainder of their ACC slate: @ Virginia, UNC and @ Maryland....well, you might find BC back in the ACC title game.

I'm sure the folks in Tampa have to love that scenario. Maybe the Eagles can bring 1,000 fans with them this time?

It should also be noted that the Atlantic Division is now 0-6 vs. Coastal, thanks to Virginia's drubbing of Maryland. How did the Terps beat Clemson? How does Maryland beat anybody?

Congrats need to go out to the Kentucky Wildcats.

Their victory over Auburn on Saturday night in the Plains snapped an amazing streak. It was Kentucky's first win at Auburn since 1961.

If Frank Beamer decides to bypass a trip to Atlanta, I totally understand.

His Hokies opened the season and the Southern Fried Football™ Tour with a loss to Alabama in the Georgia Dome.

His club suffered a major loss on Saturday night against Paul Johnson's running machine at Grant Field, in downtown Atlanta.

The loss eliminated Virginia Tech from the national title picture, and it also jumbled the Coastal Division, too. Now the Hokies, Jackets and Canes are in a battle for a spot in the "Road to Tampa". For the record, it should be noted that Virginia is also 2-0 in conference play.....but I can't take them seriously enough to add them to the debate.

I get the chance to see Vanderbilt for the first time on the Southern Fried Football™ Tour this upcoming weekend, in Columbia. You can read about the "probation" that is at stake for the Cocks in our game notes listed above.

Vandy's appearance is significant because they are the only SEC team that hasn't graced Southern Fried Football™ since we started this thing, a dozen years ago.

Steve Spurrier should be excited to know that the Commodores he faces this year are having a tough time scoring points. In four SEC games, they have scored a grand total of 29 points......and lost every game.

The Gamecocks should bottle them up again this week....of course, I thought the same thing the last two years....and Vandy won both games.