October 24th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
I agree with Alabama jumping Oklahoma.
October 24th, 2021 at 4:17 PM ^
Surprised Michigan didn’t jump Oklahoma TBH
October 24th, 2021 at 4:19 PM ^
Agreed. Although win on Saturday and they will.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:28 PM ^
Anyone know if the AP is equal across the country or is there more participation in SEC-land?
October 24th, 2021 at 4:18 PM ^
You think there's that many people down there that can read and write?
October 24th, 2021 at 6:02 PM ^
Pretty diverse. Bakonydraco is one of the mods at r/cfb and he puts together a weekly "AP voter consistency" chart that shows presumed voter affiliation based on what paper they write for
FYI the overall diagram shows the ballot for each voter; the main point of the diagram is to show the voters that are most consistent with the majority at the top, vs. those who diverge the most at the bottom
October 24th, 2021 at 7:16 PM ^
Anyone that has Notre Dame in their Top 10 needs to be smacked upside the head.
October 24th, 2021 at 9:03 PM ^
I honestly can’t believe no one has M lower than 10.
October 24th, 2021 at 9:14 PM ^
Maybe you should think about that. Maybe you are in a rut of negativity.
October 24th, 2021 at 10:33 PM ^
We know, your opinion on Michigan's ranking has been shit all season.
October 24th, 2021 at 9:12 PM ^
Thanks for posting this. You probably could make a post from this. It would be interesting discussion..... I think.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:30 PM ^
I have no problem with Penn State dropping; anyone can see they aren't the same team Pre Clifford injury.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:55 PM ^
I wonder how far PSU would have fallen if they'd won in 9OT.
They'd be the same damaged team that missed 5 consecutive 2 point attempts, but somehow I suspect they'd still be in the top 10.
Also kind of crazy they're ranked behind 2 loss Auburn - a team they beat.
College football is weird - and fun.
October 24th, 2021 at 5:50 PM ^
Penn State is in melt down mode. Imagine going through practice where healthy QBs are worse than someone who can't throw or run. Illinois puttin up 300+ rushing yards should be all you need to know about state of their defense.
October 24th, 2021 at 5:19 PM ^
Nah they’re good people. My company has an office in Birmingham and Bama fans are very level headed and humble given their success. I’d much rather talk football with the worst Bama fan over any OSU jagoff.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:31 PM ^
Ludicrous. Top 4 in order:
1. Georgia
2. OSU
3 Alabama
4.Michigan
October 24th, 2021 at 2:37 PM ^
I get that Oklahoma is probably overrated, but OSU is playing quite well and Oregon has more signature wins than us at this point. No way we're top 4 right now.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:58 PM ^
It was close for my 4th spot between UM and OK but that OK team is real shaky at times and nowhere near as consistent as UM. I had Cincy 6th and Oregon 7th
October 24th, 2021 at 3:08 PM ^
Oklahoma does look shakey. But Lincoln Riley knows how to work with QBs. There was a night and day difference between the 1st and 2nd half yesterday in his QB. The lack of experience with his QB is the wild card in the Top 4 to me. If he had been starting since game one, he would be playing more consistently, I think.
October 24th, 2021 at 5:22 PM ^
Plus Riley has the balls to Dabo a qb who was being talked about as the heisman favorite a few weeks before.
October 24th, 2021 at 7:40 PM ^
And there's the difference. Like him or not, Riley is bigtime and going to play the QB who gives OK the best chance to win. Going to be interesting to see what happens to Rattler
October 24th, 2021 at 9:18 PM ^
There's lots of smoke he's going to transfer. There's even a few teams listed, UCLA being one.
October 25th, 2021 at 1:17 PM ^
The OU to UCLA transfer pipeline has worked out before
October 24th, 2021 at 2:55 PM ^
Not necessarily-ludicrous that is.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:43 PM ^
If Alabama is in the top 4 after losing to an unranked team, just exempt them from the regular season already.
October 24th, 2021 at 4:00 PM ^
Yea I agree, they were not even all that impressive v. Tennessee at home.
October 24th, 2021 at 4:21 PM ^
Agree for 2.5 quarters, but then they got their shit together and crushed them.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:36 PM ^
One-loss Oregon jumping MSU is so disrespektful.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:38 PM ^
And Oregon has looked shaky the last few weeks. It's just a matter of time before they pick up another loss or two. They're definitely headed in the wrong direction
October 24th, 2021 at 2:53 PM ^
State is #26 in offense, #86 in defense.
They were outgained 442 to 254 by Nebraska, but still pulled out a win. And they were outgained 322 to 241 by Indiana, but still pulled out a win. They're flirting with disaster. They will probably lose to Michigan, Purdue, Ohio St, and Penn St., i.e, teams that are better than Indiana and Nebraska, the teams they beat by the skin of their teeth.
edit: Purdue is a toss up.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:26 PM ^
They will probably lose to Michigan, Purdue, Ohio St, and Penn St.,
MSU might lose to Michigan and certainly will at OSU, but they're not losing to PSU in East Lansing.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:49 PM ^
I have PSU @ MSU a toss-up. It will be a good game either way. Franklin needs to get a couple of quality wins if he expects to get upgraded to USC or LSU.
October 25th, 2021 at 7:14 AM ^
Mel Tucker and Franklin playing for the LSU/USC job. Winner gets first dibs.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:29 PM ^
God we need to beat them Saturday. I like our chances - we should be able to move the ball on them, especially if we can take what their leaky pass D gives us. And Hutch should be able to cause enough havoc to limit their passing game.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:29 PM ^
Not so sure about them losing to Penn State with their iffy - at best - QB situation.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:36 PM ^
What to do with Cincinnati. They could be ranked 6-7 or 8 and those below them, move up one spot. That would put OSU at #4, U-M to #5 and maybe MSU to #7.
One more week of AP then the committee takes over on Nov 2nd.
U-M @ MSU and PSU @OSU on Saturday will shake up the polls come next Sunday.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:38 PM ^
No way cincy should be there.
Not even best team in their state.
If Bama climbs because of obvious appearance trumping one loss record, then Bearcats should drop by same reasoning.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:59 PM ^
then Bearcats should drop by same reasoning.
Nice way to put it.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:45 PM ^
Cincinnati struggled with Navy….a 1-6 Navy team. They were lucky to win. I would be fine including a G5 team in the top 5 if they win all their contests in dominating, or at least a comfortable manner. But you can’t play cupcakes in almost all your games and then take a spot in the playoff from a P5 conference champ. That performance against Navy would have been an L against almost every big ten team. Cincinnati probably ends up with 3-4 losses if they were in the Big Ten this year.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:26 PM ^
A lot of teams will have trouble defending the triple option. Its not something teams see much of . Its not really practiced against until the week you know youll see it . Not advocating for cincy , just saying .
October 24th, 2021 at 4:07 PM ^
A lot of teams would, but not a top 4 team.
October 24th, 2021 at 6:44 PM ^
How about a #5 team?
https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/401013066
October 25th, 2021 at 11:24 AM ^
Do you really think Oklahoma is a top 5 team? I'm not sure I do. However I do agree that even good teams can struggle with the triple option especially if their defense isn't diciplined. Now another caveat here is how good is the triple option team. Some are better than others and Navy is 1-6, which is pretty bad.
October 24th, 2021 at 5:05 PM ^
Agreed, but their high-powered offense only mustered 27 points vs. Navy.
October 24th, 2021 at 2:47 PM ^
As is any of it mattered at this point. This would be my poll.
1. Georgia
2. OSU
3. Oklahoma
4. Alabama
5. Michigan
6. Cincinnati
7-8 (Pick) MSU, Oregon
October 24th, 2021 at 3:00 PM ^
I am curious what informs you that Oklahoma is the third best team in the country???
October 24th, 2021 at 3:07 PM ^
Yeah, I'm having a hard time with OK at #3 also. Just a real shaky team at times
October 24th, 2021 at 3:54 PM ^
Again it doesn't matter at this point because Oklahoma's days of reckoning are coming, but I'm only looking at first level data (like a pollster).
Alabama has a loss, and hasn't looked that impressive to me otherwise combined with their loss to an unranked team doesn't warrant them jumping an undefeated (8-0) Oklahoma.
Michigan has no wins against a currently ranked team and Oklahoma has a win in a rivalry game, on the road against a ranked Texas.
Cincinnati- you can go by this weekend against a service academy, or look at the schedule as it is as a whole.
Oklahoma has benefitted from the QB change, but has a pretty stout back end schedule so only time will tell, but I I can reason why they should be @ #3 at this particular week of the season.
October 24th, 2021 at 9:40 PM ^
Isn't the Oklahoma-Texas game always played at a neutral site? Definitely not the same as winning on the road.
October 24th, 2021 at 3:04 PM ^
Your top 8 looks right IMO. But after Georgia Alabama closely followed by OSU are the scariest two teams. With separation between 3 and 4, 4 through 8 all with flaws and not much separation between them based on what I've seen so far.
4. Cincinnati, 5. Michigan, 6. Oklahoma, 7. Oregon, 8. MSU.
I wouldn't be surprised if three or more of my 4 to 8 teams are not in the top ten at the end of the season.