As we sit here heading into week 10 of our 2014 college football season, the first ever College Football Playoff Committee rankings came out last night. Since the playoff committee has decided this is a good time to put out rankings, we here at Cole’s Gameday Blog have decided this is also a good time to put out the mid-season standings. We have put together a crack team of experts for the first ever COLE’S GAMEDAY BLOG RANKING COMMITTEE!!! Our committee members consist of myself, my wife Jennifer, a cat, two jugs of sangria wine, one copy of “The Waterboy” on DVD, a taco ten pack from Taco Bell, and a shrine dedicated to Tim Tebow. Keep in mind that our conclusions are unofficial (as opposed to whatever else we do here) and will certainly change as the season nears completion.
What you may notice is that, just like the playoff committee, our rankings also include SEC BIAS!!! Three of our top four competitors are from the SEC Network, which made me wonder if it is easier to pick SEC games, but Greg McElroy also picks games on the Dari & Mel show, where he not only picks other conferences, but is absolutely killing both Dari Nowkhah and Mel Kiper Jr. this season. With so many tough games coming up in the SEC (plus bowl season), I can only imagine that the winning percentages may fall for these newcomers, but only time will tell.
So without further adieu, I present to you the rankings from our major competitors though 9 weeks of competition.
| 2014-15 Season | Right-Wrong | % Correct |
| Greg McElroy | 43-10 | 81.13% |
| Tim Tebow | 31-8 | 79.49% |
| Marcus Spears | 31-8 | 79.49% |
| Pat Forde | 174-81 | 79.09% |
| Booger McFarland | 25-7 | 78.13% |
| Phil Steele | 97-29 | 76.98% |
| Brett McMurphy | 28-9 | 75.68% |
| Colin Cowherd | 65-21 | 75.58% |
| Paul Finebaum | 32-11 | 74.42% |
| David Pollack | 37-14 | 72.55% |
| Robert Smith | 32-14 | 69.57% |
| Kevin Carter | 44-20 | 68.75% |
| Lee Corso | 69-32 | 68.32% |
| Jason Sehorn | 30-14 | 68.18% |
| Desmond Howard | 71-34 | 67.62% |
| Dari Nowhkah | 25-12 | 67.57% |
| Lou Holtz | 22-11 | 66.67% |
| Mel Kiper Jr. | 23-13 | 63.89% |
| Jennifer | 61-38 | 61.62% |
| Chris Fallica | 33-21 | 61.11% |
| Jon Berger | 23-15 | 60.53% |
| Celebrity Guests | 55-38 | 59.14% |
| Danny Kanell | 18-13 | 58.06% |
| Kirk Herbstreit | 55-41 | 57.29% |
| Todd McShay | 12-9 | 57.14% |
| Trevor Matich | 17-16 | 51.52% |
| Mark May | 15-15 | 50.00% |
I came here looking for Charley the Cat’s mid-season statistics and meow I’m disappointed.
Charley the cat is sitting a 5-4 on the season. Charley is struggling in her rookie season, but we expect big things in the years to come.