Finally, we are at that point in the college football season where we have the first Committee Poll come out on Tuesday. The question is, how much different will the Poll be from the AP and Coaches' Polls. The two polls are quite similar. There is only one team in the AP's Top 10 that is different than the Coaches' Top 10, which is Iowa, who is ranked number 10 in the AP and 11th in the Coaches'. There are minor differences like Clemson being ranked third in the Ap and fifth in the Coaches'.
I don't think that there should be many differences, but an interesting team to watch is the Iowa Hawkeyes. For some reason, the talking heads at ESPN and SEC fans and whoever else has no idea what they're talking about when it comes to Iowa. They keep bringing up their schedule as a bad thing, but it's actually the opposite. In fact, they have the third toughest schedule within all the unbeatens in the FBS. I think for now, their schedule thus far will help them in the rankings, but in the long run with their remaining schedule, it could hurt them. SOS is a big point for the Committee, so that will be interesting to see how that folds out.
For me, this is my top four. At number one, the Ohio State Buckeyes. At number two, the Baylor Bears. At number three, the Clemson Tigers. And, at number four, the Louisiana State Tigers. My next two teams would be the Texas Christian Horned Frogs and the Michigan State Spartans.
Now, I have no idea what the Committee will do, but that's what I think it will be in my opinion. So my top ten would be OSU, Baylor, Clemson, LSU, TCU, MSU, the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Stanford Cardinal and then the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at number 10.
But, I think the Committee will put Iowa at number ten, Stanford at nine, and Notre Dame at eight, and keeping Alabama at seven.
The real poll will be released on Tuesday, and after that, every other poll means absolutely nothing. It will come out Tuesday on ESPN at 7:00 EST
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