BCS Projections: Why Michigan and Nebraska Must Completely Fall from Top 25

I understand that conference life is rough. When you're in a position like Michigan and Nebraska are in, you're always a target. Even in your down years, everyone brings their best game against you. 

In the case of Nebraska, it's even more that way. This is their first year in the Big Ten. The last thing that anyone from a proud conference wants to do is let a big name from another conference come in and win in the first year. 

But if you are really a top team, you have to overcome that kind of motivation from your opponent. 

On Saturday, both No. 10 Nebraska and No. 15 Michigan failed to do that against teams that they should have beaten.

I could understand a close loss. You can never discount what a motivated team will do against you. But Iowa is not as good as Michigan, even in Iowa. There is absolutely no excuse for Nebraska to lose to Northwestern in Nebraska.

Yet, Nebraska lost at home to the Wildcats. The Wolverines lost in Iowa to the Hawkeyes. That is not something a Top 25 team should ever do. 

Losing? Yes. The nature of being in the middle-bottom of the Top 25 is that you will lose to the top teams in the country. Sure, you're a good team, just not at that level. 

Iowa and Northwestern have combined records of 10-9. Before today, Michigan and Nebraska each had one loss. Those are mismatches that favored teams just can't lose if they want to be a part of the Top 25. 

Having said that, this is my opinion. I am not expecting my opinion to actually come to fruition. These two teams were both highly ranked and have a lot of weight in the college football world. 

They will both drop, but the chances are good that they won't be out of the Top 25.

But just because they will be ranked doesn't mean they should.

More importantly, what we saw today doesn't give a lot of confidence that they will be ranked for a long time. More losses are going to come for each.