Are the Utah Utes the #1 Team in College Football?
The Associated Press and BCS powers made another Gator national championship official today. At the same time they made a statement for any team that doesn’t belong to the SEC, ACC, PAC 10, Big 10, Big East, or Big 12: Your chances of becoming national champion are nearly impossible. After a dominating win over Alabama, who less than a month ago led Florida going into the fourth quarter of the SEC Championship, Utah’s Coach Kyle Wittingham was quick to proclaim his team as #1 in the country. Apparently none of the other coaches felt the same way. At least they didn’t feel strongly enough about it to jeapordize their BCS vote (those with BCS votes are expected to unanimously elect the winner of the BCS Championship Game to be the national champion). The Utes only hope for a share of the national title was through the AP poll, where they picked up 16 first place votes. However, 16 votes left Utah far short of being competitive with the Gators…off the field. Since the system is obviousl
