AP Poll: Michigan 23, MSU 24. Coaches Poll: Michigan 21, MSU 24
| 1 |
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Alabama(55)
Record: 8-0
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PV Rank
1
Points
1,495 |
| 2 |
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Oregon (3)
Record: 8-0
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2
1,432
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| 3 |
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Florida State (2)
Record: 7-0
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3
1,390
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| 4 |
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Record: 8-0
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4
1,317
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| 5 |
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Record: 7-0
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6
1,223
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| 6 |
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Record: 7-1
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8
1,189
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| 7 |
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Record: 7-0
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7
1,149
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| 8 |
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Record: 7-1
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11
1,022
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| 9 |
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Record: 7-1
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9
1,007
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| 10 |
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Record: 7-1
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5
873
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| 11 |
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Record: 7-2
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13
818
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| 12 |
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Record: 6-2
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14
811
|
| 13 |
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Record: 7-1
|
17
791
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| 14 |
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Record: 6-2
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20
701
|
| 15 |
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Record: 7-1
|
10
579
|
| 16 |
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Record: 7-0
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15
510
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| 17 |
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Record: 5-2
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12
489
|
| 18 |
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Record: 6-1
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19
483
|
| 19 |
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Record: 6-1
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21
464
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| 20 |
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Record: 7-1
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18
417
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| 21 |
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Record: 8-0
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23
290
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| 22 |
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Record: 5-2
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22
262
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| 23 |
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Record: 6-1
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24
199
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| 24 |
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Record: 7-1
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29
166
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| 25 |
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Record: 5-2
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26
133
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October 27th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
Here's how the votes came down -
12th - 1 vote
14th - 1 vote
16th - 1 vote
17th - 1 vote
19th - 4 votes
20th - 5 votes
21st - 6 votes
22nd - 6 votes
23rd - 10 votes
24th - 4 votes
25th - 4 votes
unranked - 17 votes
AMong those who did rank us, the average was 21.37 for this week, which brings the grand average of all votes down to 17.212 with a median vote of 17.
October 27th, 2013 at 1:52 PM ^
Of the 60 voters, 25 consider Michigan to be worthy of a ranking higher than 23rd, and 25 consider Michigan worthy of a ranking lower than 23rd, including the 17 (28.33%) who leave Michigan unranked.
October 27th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
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October 27th, 2013 at 4:01 PM ^
Looks like they need a moderation system like we used to have here where you can vote (-1 - Repetitive). There is about 20 of the same comments about the wrong logo.
October 27th, 2013 at 2:30 PM ^
Okay. How the hell is LSU so high.
They have lost to two three-loss teams already, and did not look great against Furman last night.
It's kinda bullshit.
October 27th, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
October 27th, 2013 at 2:55 PM ^
THREE two-loss SEC teams in the top 15? Get real.
October 27th, 2013 at 5:42 PM ^
The SEC vs. out of conference BCS teams: 6-6. Of the six wins (VaTech, Wash St, UNC, Indiana, TCU, TX), these teams have won a total of one out of conference BCS game. The SEC is Alabama, a bunch of unproven teams, and a few terrible teams, e.g., KY and Ark. The PAC-12 and ACC have better resumes out of conference.
October 27th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
I will also say that Baylor is the most paper tiger I've seen in some time. Let's see how they handle anyone with a winning record before we crown them the #5 team in the country. Their best win is against 6-2 Buffalo, and they haven't beaten another team above .500 all season. Yes they can score a billion points, but if they are embarking on a three-week slate against ranked teams. If they come out of that reasonably unscathed that's great, but until then I'm not buying their dominance.
October 27th, 2013 at 3:24 PM ^
Baylor at least has hammered the teams they were supposed to. Miami on the other hand has almost loss to both UNC and WF.
October 27th, 2013 at 8:17 PM ^
Oh yeah. But at least Miami has a win over Florida, which is something. But yeah, Miami should lose rather handily the next time they play anyone competent.
October 27th, 2013 at 3:27 PM ^
Michigan's 21 in the Harris Poll, MSU's 23.
October 27th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
Alabama -- because they're a legitimate #1 at this point unless someone can beat them.
Oregon -- because (a) ESPN is touting the Pac-12 as being an "almost SEC" conference, and (b) they're the darling spread team, and (c) they're undefeated and look pretty good.
Florida State -- because (a) they're an undefeated state of Florida team, and (b) they look really good ... maybe better than Oregon in my opinion.
Ohio State -- because of Urban Meyer. Otherwise, they'd be 6th or 7th.
Baylor -- the pollsters love the up-tempo stuff. Next week against OU will indicate whether this is legitimate.
Stanford -- see reason "a" above under Oregon. Next week is shake-out week.
Miami -- because (a) they're an undefeated state of Florida team, and (b) they beat Florida earlier in the year. Next week they play FSU.
I didn't realize how many good games are on tap for next weekend! :-)
Auburn, Clemson, Missouri, LSU, Texas A&M ... because at this point in the poll nobody really has a clue what team is better. So they threw in the towel and mopped up the SEC teams, and threw in Clemson to keep FSU company. Their new-found love of the Pac-12 goes only so far.
You know what all this indicates? It indicates the half-life of the 4-team playoff is about 2 years ... then we go to 8.
October 27th, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^
October 27th, 2013 at 11:17 PM ^
I was being tongue-in-cheek.
Right now I think there's one elite team (Alabama) and two that look really good (FSU and Oregon). The rest of the Top 10 are well behind those three.
Ohio State would get crushed by Alabama, and probably crushed by FSU and Oregon.
I don't really care what the polls show, or where Michigan falls in the polls, or how the Big 10 is doing in the polls. I don't care whether the SEC gets too much credit or the Big 10 not enough. All that matters is the next Michigan game. Win or lose the sun comes up the next day and life goes on.
October 28th, 2013 at 6:42 AM ^
October 27th, 2013 at 3:45 PM ^
October 27th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
Granted, these rankings don't mean anything until the end, but I agree with most of it. SEC is ahead of everyone. They have the top undefeated team and most of the top 1-loss and 2-loss teams. Although I believe Oregon and FSU deserve to get the nod ahead of Bama it's hard to argue with the undefeated champ that beat last year's heisman winner. The rest of the SEC (LSU, Georgia, S Car, T A&M, etc.) are probably a notch below OSU and a notch above most of the B1G's top half (Wisc, UM, MSU, Neb, healthy NW).
Between UM & MSU we seem pretty even to me, especially when playing in E. Lansing. It figures to go down to the wire and either team could win. That makes me lean towards the better defensive team at home, but the fan in knows we can win if we don't turn the ball over and the offensive play calling is on par. But, we have yet to do that on the road against a quality team under Hoke that I can recall to date, so I guess MSU is the slight favorite. But, eventually we gotta figure we get over this hump and win with better talent, albeit younger talent.
October 27th, 2013 at 8:09 PM ^
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October 27th, 2013 at 8:24 PM ^
Might not be the weekend you expected against MSU then. This is not a team you blow out by 30+ points. There's a very good chance the combined score won't be north of 30 points. Now Nebraska or NW, those are blowouts in the making.
October 27th, 2013 at 8:05 PM ^
October 27th, 2013 at 9:30 PM ^
At this point of the season I really don't care much about the ranking. Win games and the rest will fall into place.
We have the ability to beat anyone on our schedule - we also have the ability to lose to anyone on our schedule. We control our own destiny so it comes down to how we play week in and week out.
October 28th, 2013 at 12:46 AM ^