Really?

The number two.

If we are talking about how many million you have in the bank...or how many supermodels that you have dated...or how many terms that you have served as President, "two" stands to be a rather large number. In college football, if we are talking about the number of ranked opponents you have beaten, not so much.

The University of Florida currently sits atop the AP poll, after receiving 50 of 65 first-place votes. Vegas opened the betting lines by positioning the Gators as seven-point favorites. Just about everyone involved in college football believes that Florida outclasses the rest of the field. I'm just not sure why.

Is Florida a really good football team? Absolutely.
Is Tim Tebow one of the best quarterbacks in college football? Yep.
Has Florida proven that they are the best team in the nation by consistently beating quality teams? No, at least not in my opinion.

In recent years, suffering only one loss while running through the SEC gauntlet would be very impressive. In 2008, it simply is not. Right now, three SEC teams sport a top-20 ranking. Florida (#1), Alabama (#4) and Georgia (#16). The Gators beat Georgia in early November and Alabama in early December. In other words, Florida had plenty of time to prepare for each big game because the "filler" teams in between did not require much additional attention.

LSU, Arkansas and Tennessee are usually high-end programs. This year, they just haven't been good. It's much easier to play well against tough teams when you have the ability to circle them on the calendar and sleepwalk through the rest of your schedule. But if Florida had just been able to do that, you really could justify their ranking and the national perception that they are undoubtedly the best team in the country. Unfortunately for Gator fans, they did not do that.

Florida lost at home to an unranked (at the time) Mississippi. Despite playing poor competition throughout the year, Florida still found a way to stumble during conference play. Again, I am not suggesting that Florida is not one of the top teams in the nation. I am suggesting that Florida continues to benefit from the perception that the SEC is a really strong conference, when in fact, it's not. Again, Florida is the unanimous #1 team in the nation despite a very weak schedule and a loss to an average Mississippi team.

Oklahoma, on the other hand, presents one of the most impressive resumes in the country. They have beaten four teams currently ranked in the Top 25 and their only loss came at the hands of the #3 ranked Texas Longhorns, on a neutral field. Florida beat two teams currently ranked in the Top 25, and lost at home to #25 Mississippi.

In actuality, the Gators got a significant boost by beating Alabama, another team benefitting from playing in the weak SEC. Alabama didn't beat a Top 10 team all season. They needed overtime to beat a 5-loss LSU team. Still, a Florida victory over the Crimson Tide impressed voters enough to propel the Gators into the BCS Championship. Crazy stuff.

Look, Tim Tebow and company are really good. They are absolutely a top 5 team. But they haven't faced the type of competition that Oklahoma has faced week in, week out. Florida had weeks to focus on Alabama, maybe even months. Oklahoma had to play ranked teams in each of their last three games. During those games, the Sooners avoided emotional letdowns to dominate each ranked team by a combined 105 points.

Consistently playing high-level competition provides Oklahoma with more big-game experience than their counterpart. Florida's puff cake schedule, something that helped them get into the BCS Championship, might be the thing that prevents them from winning it.