AP Poll out - Michigan not ranked
I expected someone to post this, but since no one has I'll make the thread.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings
We aren't ranked. OSU, MSU, Wisco and Nebraska rep the Big Ten.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:42 PM ^
August 17th, 2014 at 11:39 PM ^
Michigan is coming off a 7-6 season and debatably the fifth, sixth or seventh-best team in a conference that is this year's generic media derision object. I didn't expect them to be anywhere near the top 25.
Luckily, football is played on the field and the Wolverines will soon have a chance to show the football community exactly where they belong on the food chain. This year is put up or shut up year. I have a feeling that the former will apply.
I still don't have a lot of faith in Michigan's ability to beat Ohio in Columbus, but I think they are going to surprise a lot of people and go into that game 10-1 or 11-0. ND has just become a lot more beatable and I think Sparty gets a big surprise in EL this year. Every game on this schedule is winnable.
This year, the breaks go Michigan's way.
August 18th, 2014 at 6:14 AM ^
We don't deserve to be ranked, and it's probably better for the team's mental approach. Still, it's sobering to see this for Michigan football.
August 18th, 2014 at 8:25 AM ^
...that we're off the radar. Absolutely perfect. The team should draw additional incentive from that and its credo should be to under-promise and over-deliver.
August 18th, 2014 at 10:53 AM ^
August 18th, 2014 at 2:59 PM ^
"Their" made my day.
August 18th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^
God, I'm getting old but I remember a few years ago when either Nebraska or Oklahoma started unranked in one of the pre-season polls and I think they ended up in the National Championship game. Either team basically worked their way up through the polls.
That being said, I'm not a huge fan of pre-season polls because they tend to weight the field in favor of the favorites (blah). As long as those teams don't lose, it's hard for the teams ranked below them to creep up. I would be a bigger fan of the polls not counting until the 2nd or 3rd conference game, that gives things a bit to shake out.