BCS Rankings 2011: Nebraska and More That Won't Be in Top 25 at End of Season

Nebraska and other pretenders will be weeded out of the top 25 by season's end. The following teams have fooled voters by skirting by on a weak schedule, but they can't keep this charade up for a full season.

No. 11 Kansas State

Kansas State is a solid team, but its schedule is brutal. The next four games are Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M and Texas.

I do not think this is a complete enough team to win more than one of those games.

No. 13 Nebraska

Nebraska's defense is not going to let it get through this season in the top 25. It has games against Michigan State, Penn State and Michigan remaining, and only the game against the Spartans is in Lincoln.

It will lose at least two of those and then get throttled in its bowl game to find itself on the outside of the top 25.

No. 18 Michigan

Michigan was fully exposed for the one-dimensional team it is against Michigan State. While its schedule is not particularly tough—it only has two remaining game against ranked teams—I expect it to struggle and then get destroyed in its bowl game to find itself on the outside looking in.

Check out the full BCS rankings:

Rank	Team	BCS Points
1	LSU	.9522
2	Alabama	.9519
3	Oklahoma	.930
4	Oklahoma State	.857
5	Boise State	.803
6	Wisconsin	.771
7	Clemson	.758
8	Stanford	.748
9	Arkansas	.626
10	Oregon	.619
11	Kansas State	.569
12	Virginia Tech	.505
13	Nebraska	.497
14	South Carolina	.491
15	West Virginia	.373
16	Michigan State	.329
17	Texas A&M	.308
18	Michigan	.300
19	Houston	.286
20	Auburn	.265
21	Penn State	.231
22	Georgia Tech	.197
23	Illinois	.152
24	Texas	.135
25	Washington	.087