They basically destroyed everyone they played,
Mostly
They beat FSU by 22; North Carolina beat the Noles by 32 and Florida beat them by 24. FSU lost four games that year.
Can't argue with this one.
True, but 5-6 Oregon State also blew out Washington (49-24). UCLA routed Washington. This is the same UCLA team btw that only beat us 20-17 that same year. We were 7-5.
and Nebraska who were ranked in the top 15.
Nebraska was number two and had beaten every foe by double digits.
Colorado 62
Nebraska 36
The Buffs drilled Nebraska worse than Miami did. And Miami, unlike CU, had a month to get prepared.
Plus the talent was crazy, Clinton Portis, Willis McGahee, Frank Gore all RBs. Ed Reed, Sean Taylor just too much to name.
Yes, they had some good players - so does nearly every BCS champion not named Auburn. My goodness, JaMarcus Russell was a top draft pick.
2001 Miami was a product of the times. Their schedule was not even in the same solar system as the 2009 Tide.
1) 2009 Alabama - played the second toughest schedule in the nation and went unbeaten. Knocked off the champs of 2005-06-07-08. Beat numbers two and three by double digits. They beat TEN TEAMS in 14 games with winning records, and eight won at least eight games.
2) 2004 USC - yeah, they got stripped. So what? They routed the opposition through the season and in the Orange Bowl.
3) 2001 Miami - hey, I didn't say they were bad.
4) 2008 Florida - they beat all foes by double digit margins except Ole Miss. And that was not a bad Ole Miss team - the Rebels routed one-loss Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl.
5) 2011 Alabama - the greatest defense ever assembled in college. One close game - but it was a loss. The reason they're so "low" is not their fault - the schedule just wasn't really all that tough. Played five ranked foes, beat four. Would be on top, however, if not for the LSU loss because the SoS would be higher (having beaten UGA in the SECCG) and there would be no blemish.