Michigan back to 7th in Coaches Poll, stays 8th in AP
Penn State, Ohio State, and Wisconsin stay at 4th, 9th, and 10th, respectively.
AP: http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll
Penn State remains 4th, but Wisconsin slips to 10th and Ohio State drops to 11th.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:03 PM ^
And we've got a win over a (somehow, in spite of all their efforts otherwise) ranked Florida!
September 24th, 2017 at 1:04 PM ^
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September 24th, 2017 at 1:22 PM ^
This kind of reply is why you're stuck on the sideline. Gotta step it up to make it onto the playing field.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:30 PM ^
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September 24th, 2017 at 2:49 PM ^
It needs to be called, perhaps more accurately, the "Grad Assistant Poll" or the "Sports Information Director Poll" or after whoever bears responsibility for attempting to lay out a quick Top 25 in the half hour or so that they get to submit their ballots. Most years, it is the poll I wince at the most.
September 24th, 2017 at 3:09 PM ^
You mean the "I Didn't Actually Watch any of the Games this Weekend Except My Own, but I Get a Vote Anyway" Poll???? Seriously, there are about 20 million guys in this country who are probably better prepared to vote on the top 25 than the coaches...
September 24th, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^
September 24th, 2017 at 2:42 PM ^
So that doesn't make much sense.
September 24th, 2017 at 6:28 PM ^
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September 24th, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^
Did we have a cupcake game in 1988 before Miami and ND? Remember we lost the Reggie Ho FG game and then the 4th quarter 30-14 implosion against Miami so wouldve been 0-2 and for sure should have been ranked and probably were.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:54 PM ^
http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=641#.Wcf…
Michigan was not ranked in 1998, FWIW, after that 0-2 start. 27th, 2 down in the "others receiving votes" group.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:36 PM ^
dropped out of AP and Coaches polls immediately after App State and did not return to AP Top 25 until they were 5-2. Coaches didn't bring them back in the top 25 til a week later, at 6-2.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:42 PM ^
Also 1998 too? There was the ND game and then Donovan McNabb and Syracuse destroyed us at home. That was our first glimpse at Jim Hermann's kryptonite - mobile QBs and spreads. But anyway, dunno if we were ranked in week 3 but that might be another example.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:57 PM ^
September 24th, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
after we beat Notre Dame 30-0 the next week.
September 24th, 2017 at 6:20 PM ^
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September 24th, 2017 at 2:51 PM ^
They just haven't won.
September 24th, 2017 at 3:41 PM ^
of polls (ok, ok, all that is on TV is Browns vs Colts here). Could not find any 0-2 teams ranked. But did learn you can't search for parentheses and hyphens with search engines, which makes looking for "(0-2)" on ranking websites a challenge.
AP/Coaches Poll Ranked teams with no wins (ignoring 0-0), last 10 years:
Year | AP/Coaches | Team | Record | Prev AP / Coaches | Loss |
'07: | 24/24 | Tennesee | 0-1 | 15/15 | 12/12 California |
'08: | 24/25 | Illinois | 0-1 | 20/19 | 6/7 Missouri |
'08: | NR/22 | Clemson | 0-1 | 9/9 | 24/NR Alabama |
'09: | 13/14 | Oklahoma | 0-1 | 3/3 | 20/24 BYU |
'09: | 14/15 | Va Tech | 0-1 | 7/7 | 5/5 Alabama |
'09: | 21/21 | Georgia | 0-1 | 13/13 | 9/11 Okla St |
'10: | 13/13 | Va Tech | 0-1 | 10/6 | 3/5 Boise St |
'10: | 25/NR | Oregon St | 0-1 | NR/NR* | 6/7 TCU |
'11: | 13/14 | Oregon | 0-1 | 3/3 | 4/4 LSU |
'11: | 25/25 | TCU | 0-1 | 14/15 | NR/NR Baylor |
'12: | 19/19 | Michigan | 0-1 | 8/8 | 2/2 Alabama |
'13: | 11/12 | Georgia | 0-1 | 5/5 | 8/8 Clemson |
'13: | 24/25 | TCU | 0-1 | 20/20 | 12/13 LSU |
'14: | 18/19 | Wisconsin | 0-1 | 14/14 | 13/13 LSU |
'14: | 22/21 | South Carolina | 0-1 | 9/9 | 21/20 Texas A&M |
'14: | 23/24 | Clemson | 0-1 | 16/16 | 12/12 Georgia |
'15: | NR/24 | Wisconsin | 0-1 | 20/18 | 3/3 Alabama |
'16: | 14/13 | Oklahoma | 0-1 | 3/3 | 15/13 Houston |
'16: | 18/21 | Notre Dame | 0-1 | 10/9 | NR/NR Texas |
'16: | 19/18 | Ole Miss | 0-1 | 11/12 | 4/4 FSU |
'16 | 21/22 | LSU | 0-1 | 5/6 | NR/NR Wisconsin |
* in 2010, Oregon State was ranked 22/24 when they played TCU in Week 1, but didn't enter poll until Week 2
Repeat offenders: Clemson, Oklahoma, Va Tech, TCU, Wisconsin
Best teams to lose to in first week and still stay ranked: Alabama (4 times), LSU (3 times)
This year is crazy to have Florida stay in the poll at 0-1 for 2 weeks and FSU do it for 3 weeks, with an added week at 0-2 in the coaches poll.
September 25th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^
polls are meaningless at this time
tell me in november
September 24th, 2017 at 1:06 PM ^
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September 24th, 2017 at 1:13 PM ^
1. Alabama hosts Ole Miss (2-1)
2. Clemson @ Virginia Tech (4-0)
3. Oklahoma IDLE
4. Penn State hosts Indiana (2-1)
5. USC @ Washington State (4-0)
6. Washington @ Oregon State (1-3)
September 24th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
Ole Miss @ Alabama
VT hosts Clemson
Indiana @ Penn State
Washington State hosts USC
Oregon State hosts Washington.
Also, VT/Clemson and WSU/USC are going to be the only interesting games out of that group.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:25 PM ^
He listed the top 10 team on the left consistently. Not that it's the only way to make such a list, but he chose a standard and stuck to it. Clear enough, right?
September 24th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
Ole Miss @ Alabama
VT hosts Clemson
Indiana @ Penn State
Washington State hosts USC
Oregon State hosts Washington.
Also, VT/Clemson and WSU/USC are going to be the only interesting games out of that group.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:24 PM ^
I can see Wazzu winning that. SC has just been scraping by.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:32 PM ^
September 24th, 2017 at 1:25 PM ^
That Oklahoma game looks like the opposite of interesting
September 24th, 2017 at 1:28 PM ^
Those games are interesting.
Bama will win by 50.
VA Tech and Clemson will be good.
PSU will destroy Indiana.
Wash State will give USC a game.
Washington will wreck Oregon St.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:37 PM ^
I think VA Tech beats Clemson this coming Saturday.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:42 PM ^
Doesn't matter whay any team ranked higher than us does from here until November if we cannot win the last game on our schedule. Meaningless conjecture.
September 24th, 2017 at 2:47 PM ^
We have more invested in getting a win over OSU as a rivalry etc, but last night's Iowa game (plus the OSU loss earlier) effectively made the PSU game the most important one of the season because of how the tierbreakers play out. If PSU loses to us, where do they pick up a 2nd potential loss besides OSU? So if we lose to PSU, we probably go into the last game of the season knowing that we cannot win the division or go to the CFP or anything.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:00 PM ^
I'm not a psychic but I was actually upset when Watley scored that TD for Iowa with nearly 2 minutes left because I pretty much knew that PSU would find a way to score a TD in the waning moments to pull out the win.
Iowa would have been much better off if they had followed their usual pattern of slowly grinding their way down the field and kicking the walk-off FG like they always do when they pull off one of their patented "Iowa City Night Game" upsets. Watley should have stuck to the script and just knelt down at the 10 yard line so Iowa could do things the "Iowa Way".
To be fair, PSU totally dominated Iowa in that game and deserved to win.
Back to the topic at hand: FSU being ranked at 0-2 is an absolute farce. I fully expected the elite Georgia team to jump UM after their dominant win over an elite Miss St. squad who had previously crushed an also elite LSU team.
(READER NOTE: In the above paragraph, the terms "elite" and "SEC" are synonomous.)
September 24th, 2017 at 4:14 PM ^
That's a fair line of reasoning but with the season being as long as it is and as we observed yesterday with sp8's injury, anything can happen. If Barkley or McSorely get hurt, PSU's season changes drastically. Staying healthy and progressing during the season are the two biggest challenges.
September 24th, 2017 at 4:15 PM ^
If Virginia Tech beats Clemson, they'd jump us, based on the precedent for how they treated Georgia. Clemson honestly would likely stay above us too, barring a blowout loss.
September 24th, 2017 at 1:18 PM ^
Man, that fake crack-sweep that Evans scored on was a thing of beauty. I was freaking out watching it live because it was so totally unexpected. Great call on that one!
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