Is it Fair for Teams Like Florida State and Texas Tech to Schedule Two Patsies?

I know week four of the young college football has just come to a close, but already there are a few items to make note of in this year's non-conference scheduling.  I've noticed a couple of current top 25 teams that decided it was in their best interest to schedule two FCS teams this year.  I think this definitely cheapens college football, but I also hope that teams that do this get severely punished on their strength of schedule, so it doesn't allow for this to become a common occurrence.

Let's start with the Florida State Seminoles.  I know Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno are in a race to the finish for most NCAA football wins, but does that mean Bobby needs to go out and schedule two FCS cupcakes?  The Noles are already in what could be the "weakest" conference in the nation.  I mean what's with putting both Western Carolina and UT-Chattanooga on your schedule, Bobby you should be ashamed of yourself.

The other team of note is the Texas Tech Red Raiders.  I know that Mike Leach doesn't believe in a big playbook or a defense, but I guess he doesn't believe in playing any worthwhile non-conference competition either.  With teams like Eastern Washington and UMass, no wonder why their so-called high powered offense is able to put up so many points.  I don't know how or why the pollsters give them any respect, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous!

I thought the NCAA didn't allow teams to pencil in more than one FCS opponent per season without being penalized.  It used to be that the polls only recognized one win versus an FCS opponent per season, thus discouraging teams from adding a second FCS team to their schedule.  If that is the case then why are these teams ranked so high?  Texas Tech was #11 and Florida St. #24, but the Noles played their first real team and lost at home, imagine that.  But really, do people really think that Tech deserves to be #11?  Certainly not.  I think that the pollsters need to disregard the second win against an FCS team and count it only as a scrimmage, since it's usually what it turns out to be.

My thoughts on the entire situation are that teams like Texas Tech and Florida St. should get almost nil on their strength of schedule because of this.  Teams like USC, Texas, and Nebraska should get bonus points on their strength of schedule because they don't schedule any FCS teams.  Especially if Tech ends up ranked high in the BCS these factors need to come into play, because I would rather take a 2-loss SEC team over a 1-loss Texas Tech team.  Although if it were Texas or Nebraska with one loss, I would take them over the SEC team with two losses because they made a point to not schedule any FCS teams.