... 9) The following teams are ranked materially higher by the model than the BCS: Oregon, Stanford, Boise St, Virginia Tech, Alabama, Florida St, Arizona, USC, NC St. ... Arizona is the same type of story as most other teams that compu-picks thinks is underrated: very tough schedule, tendency towards blowout wins and close losses (except at Stanford and Oregon, compu-picks' #'s 1 and 2). Despite what the BCS thinks, there simply aren't 22 teams out there better than the Arizona Wildcats. ...