AP Poll: UM at #24 (#23 In Coaches' Poll)
Sorry for the mobile post, but Michigan moves to 24 from last weeks 26 position
http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll/2013/9
October 20th, 2013 at 12:39 PM ^
When/How did Auburn become good again?
October 20th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
Or they finally got a competent coach. Probably the sacks of money though.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:42 PM ^
They didn't. They just beat an overranked SEC team. Therefore, they have replaced that overranked SEC team as another overranked SEC team.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
Missouri jumped from #25 to #5 in two weeks with victories over now-unranked Georgia and now-unranked Florida. It's an incredible load of bullshit.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:51 PM ^
Mizzou also lost their QB and still beat UF. That is a pretty good team they got in Columbia.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:04 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 1:35 PM ^
UGA was better than most teams until their entire team got injured. Now, they aren't that good.
October 20th, 2013 at 2:31 PM ^
At one point in the midde of the 3rd quarter they had 56 total yards of offense. Yes, 56 total yards in the middle of the 3rd quarter.
October 20th, 2013 at 8:18 PM ^
Is absolute garbage and should have beaten Georgia the week before and did beat South Carolina this week. The SEC slurping is completely out of control.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^
If Georgia gets all their players that are injured back before the bowl game, some poor school is gonna get stomped. Missouri is waaaaaay over rated but thats life in the SeC. If bama plays in the NCG, I like the B1G vs SeC match ups because after bama the SeC looks extremely beatable this year.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:48 PM ^
See: Michigan 2014
October 20th, 2013 at 1:09 PM ^
who, aside from Cam Newton, was the main reason they won the title in 2010
October 20th, 2013 at 3:32 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 12:46 PM ^
Winston is like Johnny Football, but better.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:56 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 1:10 PM ^
And he isn't a douche
October 20th, 2013 at 12:47 PM ^
I'm wondering if there has ever been as many teams drop out of the top 10 as has the SEC from last week to this week. They had eight last week, now there are two.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
They did not have 8 teams in the top 10 last week. They did have 8 teams in the top 25, I believe. And now they have 6.
I believe they had 3 in the top 10 last week, of which only Alabama stayed there, though Missouri catapulted in.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
My bad...
October 20th, 2013 at 12:50 PM ^
That seems like the spot a team that has a good record this time of year but that has significant issues should be. Winning MSU-Nebraska-Northwestern-Ohio would merit progressive increases.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:53 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 4:16 PM ^
SEC went 6-3 in bowls last year, needing a last minute comeback to beat Michigan. They played close in a few of the wins. I wasn't overly impressed. I'd be surprised if they are much above .500 this year if Bama plays in the title.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
You'll know it's an extreme case of overhype if at the end of the season there are several SEC teams with 3 or 4 conference losses that are still in the top 20.
October 20th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 6:24 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
So does A & M and Mizzou beating SEC teams mean they are good or does it mean that outside of Alabama the SEC is just like other conferences?
Would be nice if they could remove the bias from these rankings and not rank teams until week 5.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:03 PM ^
would be nice if ESPN could actually show our highlights and not suck off the SEC. but hey the SEC has a massive distribution contract with ABC Disney and CBS. Money talks.
October 20th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
It's the latter. The middle of the SEC isn't much different from the middle of the BIG at this point. Georgia had two losses before yesterday and obviously was way too high.
October 20th, 2013 at 3:25 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 3:37 PM ^
I'm sure you have a good point there somewhere. Mine was they were too high after two losses.
South Carolina is too high now based on their resume.
October 20th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 5:33 PM ^
Okay we're sure they'll win their bowl game so keep them higher than they should be. Gotcha. Did they lose six starters between their second loss and yesterday? If so that's unfortunate (since no other teams have injuries) but I still don't know where you're disagreeing with me.
October 20th, 2013 at 12:58 PM ^
haters gonna hate. I am going to be pissed off when our Michigan football team goes undefeated the rest of the year and gets jipped out of a BCS bowl. #MaizeandBlueKoolAid
October 20th, 2013 at 1:16 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 1:58 PM ^
If Michigan wins out this season, they're going to be playing in the Rose Bowl.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:00 PM ^
Here's how the votes fell -
13th - 1 vote
14th - 1 vote
16th - 1 vote
18th - 1 vote
19th - 3 votes
20th - 3 votes
21st - 5 votes
22nd - 6 votes
23rd - 7 votes
24th - 6 votes
25th - 5 votes
unranked - 21 votes
Among those who did rank us, that average ranking came in at 21.76, which is 0.53 positions better than last week. The grand mean of Michigan's 477 votes is 16.836 - the median ranking is 17 and the mode is still 16, although by a hair. There have been 64 votes for Michigan at 16th, and now there are 63 "unranked" votes.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:21 PM ^
At this point in the season, no two-loss team should be in the top 15. Especially when those losses are against average at best SEC competition in Mississippi State and Ole Miss (well, Ole Miss is probably above average...but still. They controlled the majority of the game.)
Perception becomes reality with that conference. Missouri and A&M are directly benefitting from it, even though one could aregue that maybe the SEC isn't as good as everyone thought because you have two teams enter the conference and immediately become successful? I mean, Missouri and A&M weren't exactly world-beaters before they got to the SEC.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:02 PM ^
October 20th, 2013 at 2:00 PM ^
Mariota is better, but nobody watches Oregon's games since they end at 2AM.
October 20th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
The other thing is that no one can tell how good Oregon's indvidual players actually are due to their system.
October 20th, 2013 at 5:39 PM ^
That and everyone's retinas are burned out from staring at the helmet/uniform combos they trot out there each week.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:05 PM ^
In the coaches poll Auburn is 17 vs 11 in the AP. Some major differences between the 2 polls
OK is 12 vs 17
OK St. is 13 vs 19
October 20th, 2013 at 1:11 PM ^
I'm going with the coaches on the rankings. Auburn jumping 13 spots is bs. They almost lost to three of the mediocre/weak teams on their schedule. By AP voter logic, we should be at least 5 spots higher. But narrative.
October 20th, 2013 at 1:12 PM ^
I can see part of how the SEC does so well, since everyone is ranked in the preseason, every win is worth like 10 AP spots. Missouri beat an injury-riddled Georgia and an offensively-inept Florida and lept 20 spots in 2 weeks!
October 20th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^