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#CFB150: USF Reaches No. 2 In 2007

All-America defensive end George Selvie led a USF defense that carried the Bulls to wins in their first six games of the 2007 season

For a week in the 2007 season, there should have been no doubt.

For once, preconceived notions and built-in biases went out the window. The data was what it was.

And the data showed that in the first Bowl Championship Series ratings of the 2007 season - yes, the system that was used to determine the participants in the National Championship - the USF Bulls were the No. 2 team in the nation.