After Week One, USC Deserves Their No. 1 Ranking

What is everyone's problem with this?

Instead of playing some school from the 1-AA or some low school in 1-A USC went to Charottlesville, VA (that's right they went on the road). 

They played a Virginia team, who is although inexperienced losing some key players such as DE Chris Long and QB Jameel Sewell, is going to be on offense by senior running back Cedric Peerman and Mikell Simpson. 

Though many people think UVA will struggle this year since as a team they are very young and inexperienced still better than some other teams.  They also receveived 12 votes in the coaches preseason poll.  But let's also take a look at four who were ranked in the Top Five going into the season shall we?

First up Georgia: Week One Opponent: Georgia Southern. League: 1-AA.  They went 7-4 last year and missed the playoffs.  Although Georgia Southern is looking to move to the 1-A in 2010. 

But letting up 21 points regardless who is in for them and in fact if I am not mistaken the starters were in for Georgia Southern's first touchdown.  Georgia gets some credit for playing a team that might soon be in 1-A but not enough to warrant they should be No. 1 in the country.

Ohio State: Week One Opponent: Youngstown State. League: 1-AA.  Once again another 1-AA team and another team that went 7-4 and missed the playoffs. They were impressive completely shutting out Youngstown State and limiting them to -11 yards rushing. 

Chris Wells injuries his foot in the game and it is unknown if he will be able to be play this Saturday against another tough team: Ohio and/or USC September 13th.  Without Wells they are certainly not No. 1. 

USC we covered.  Playing a team who went to a bowl game last year and just barely lost to Texas Tech.  Blew them out at UVA 52-7.

Fourth Oklahoma:  Week One Opponent: Chattanooga. League:1-AA.  They a woeful 2-9 last year.  Blew them out 57-2. Enough Said.

Fifth Florida. Week One Opponent: Hawaii. League: 1-A.  Yes this team went 12-1 a year ago.  But Hawaii was good because of Colt Brennan and June Jones.  They also lost their top two WRs in Davone Bess and Ryan Grice-Mullen. 

Georgia who is ranked above Florida beat them 41-0 with all four of those guys on the team.  Florida beat a team whose only real claim coming into this season is "best non-bcs recruiting class".

There's a common thread between these four teams.  They are played at home and not really challenging teams.