College Football and Injuries

I get the distinct impression that in college football people don't seem to pay much attention to injuries to the same extent as the pros. For example, USC has a ton of injuries and there QB got hurt in the first half. All credit to Stanford for pulling the upset but one has to wonder what would happen against a full strength USC. Less scholarships per team has already increased parity and add a few injuries to that and the talent gap can disappear quickly. Of course, I really haven't heard much of that in any of the post-game conversation. The lack of a real playoff format and the quixotic nature of polling where people who don't watch close to all the games already makes ranking less then accurate. Asking folks to also consider injuries would probably confuse the situation even further so people tend to sweep it under the rug. This is particular the case with injuries in spots like the offensive line where these players rarely get attention even when playing well.