Just my opinion ;-), curious about yours as well.

Most overrated team: Wisconsin at #7. I (and I'm sure most Big East fans) am tempted to say Notre Dame, but this team has done nothing particularly impressive all season. They fell flat against Michigan and lack any signature wins to speak of. It's easy to end your regular season on a good note when you play a cupcake like Buffalo. I think Arkansas is a little overrated as well, but I expect them to beat the Badgers in the Citrus Bowl.
Honorable Mention: Notre Dame, Arkansas

Most Underrated Team: BYU at #20. A sleeper team that got off to a slow start but rolled through the rest of their regular season schedule with ease. Their only close call was their finale against Utah, which is a better team than their 7-5 record indicates. I don't know if they are a top-10 team but I definitely don't think they are #20. I expect BYU to beat Oregon by at least a TD in the Las Vegas Bowl.
Honorable Mention: West Virginia, Texas

Finally, conference "leaders" that are not conference champs.
ACC: Virginia Tech. Much better than Wake Forest, but blew it against GT and BC.
Big-12: Texas. Choked at the end of the season, although I still think they are better than OK. Of course, that is just my opinion.
The rest of the conferences have their best teams as champs, if you ask me.

Most Overrated: #2 Florida

They played a tough schedule, NOT the toughest in the nation though (Cincinnati played that. They ARE NOT the 2nd best team in the nation, and it's a joke that they jumped over Michigan so fast in 2 weeks.
Honorable Mention(s): Notre Dame, LSU, Oklahoma

Most Underrated: #5 Louisville

Louisville stated their case to be a national title contender. But, after one loss, not only were they not seriously considered for a berth in the national title game, but were considered long shots at a BCS at-large berth. How crazy is that? But they got what they deserved, a BCS berth. Props to the Cards!
Honorable Mention(s): Rutgers, BYU, Houston

Best teams not to win their conferences

Michigan - Should be in the national title game

Texas - Bad loss/injury prevented them from taking out A&M and playing for the Big 12 championship

Virginia Tech - The best and most talented team in the ACC

West Virginia - At full strength is probably the best team in the Big East SLIGHTLY ahead of Louisville.

TCU - After a couple of bad losses found their groove.

Rutgers - A legit Top 15 team.

Hawaii - Program coached by a thug coaching staff, but still very good.

CatsClaw Wrote:Most Overrated: #2 Florida

They played a tough schedule, NOT the toughest in the nation though (Cincinnati played that. They ARE NOT the 2nd best team in the nation, and it's a joke that they jumped over Michigan so fast in 2 weeks.
Honorable Mention(s): Notre Dame, LSU, Oklahoma

Most Underrated: #5 Louisville

Louisville stated their case to be a national title contender. But, after one loss, not only were they not seriously considered for a berth in the national title game, but were considered long shots at a BCS at-large berth. How crazy is that? But they got what they deserved, a BCS berth. Props to the Cards!
Honorable Mention(s): Rutgers, BYU, Houston

Best teams not to win their conferences

Michigan - Should be in the national title game

Texas - Bad loss/injury prevented them from taking out A&M and playing for the Big 12 championship

Virginia Tech - The best and most talented team in the ACC

West Virginia - At full strength is probably the best team in the Big East SLIGHTLY ahead of Louisville.

TCU - After a couple of bad losses found their groove.

Rutgers - A legit Top 15 team.

Hawaii - Program coached by a thug coaching staff, but still very good.

I am going to enjoy seeing Louisville spank WF in the Orange bowl...
The BE is better than the ACC whehhhhhhhhhhhhh.

CatsClaw Wrote:West Virginia - At full strength is probably the best team in the Big East SLIGHTLY ahead of Louisville.

How do you define full strength? Because if we didn't lose Bush during the first game of the season, then we would have been at "full strength" and would be playing Ohio State next month.

I agree that under the current rules Michigan should be favored over Florida for a slot in the national title game. It's obvious that the pollsters are dead set against a rematch. I think the BCS will consider adding a rule that non-conference champs cannot play in the championship game to avoid controversy in the future, as long as they oppose expanding to even a limited playoff.

What a heartbreaker for Louisville. They came 13 seconds, an offsides penalty, and an overtime score from being in the NC mix. If I were voting, they would be my #2 team.

Most Overrated: #4 Louisiana State, #5 USC, and #7 Wisconsin

Most Underrated: #6 Louisville, #13 West Virginia, and #16 Rutgers

Krocker Krapp Wrote:Most Overrated: #4 Louisiana State, #5 USC, and #7 Wisconsin

Most Underrated: #6 Louisville, #13 West Virginia, and #16 Rutgers

I agree. I would add ND to the overrated part. ND should not even be in the top 20 the way they won some of their games. They pretty much got killed against all the decent opponents and they will get killed by LSU too.

BE teams got screwed by all the coaches voting. I really think BE teams deserve to play better opponents than bunch of sucky ACC teams.