... that dominate the water cooler conversations: the weather cooling, plans for the holidays, and the demise of Big Ten football. The final one has become a running joke for college football fans and pundits everywhere (except for a few states in the upper Midwest).

The joke is on us however.

While the majority of college football fans clamor for a playoff system, (I like one featuring the six BCS conference champions plus two at-large teams) the Big Ten is again taking advantage of the current BCS system and has no plans to stop.

A look at the current BCS standings gives us our first clue. What's the best conference? The SEC? The Pac-10? Surprisingly not.

Based on the combined ratings of clueless voters, who act as if...

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