October 23rd, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^
Beat State! That's all I care about.
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October 23rd, 2016 at 9:02 AM ^
I'm curious to see if we get any #1 votes. I think we look very close to Alabama. Our defense could definitely keep us in a close game with them.
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:04 AM ^
We won't. Bama will be unanimous #1
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October 23rd, 2016 at 9:08 AM ^
We've had 1 first place vote almost all year
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:11 AM ^
That guy was getting laughed at by OSU fans early in the year. He's looking pretty smart right now.
October 23rd, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
for the word "almost."
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:09 AM ^
Haven't we been getting a first place vote all season?
October 23rd, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^
Do we know who this wise man is?
October 23rd, 2016 at 2:41 PM ^
Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News
October 23rd, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
The KNOWLEDGE.
.
yes
October 23rd, 2016 at 4:04 PM ^
RIP The KNOWLEDGE
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:50 AM ^
You haven't been following along all season?
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October 23rd, 2016 at 9:02 AM ^
I going out on a limb here....
but I think Michigan may move to #2
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:08 AM ^
Not so fast my friend.
Clemson pitched a shutout against the Bye yesterday.
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October 23rd, 2016 at 10:27 AM ^
Than that "performance" against NC State last week.
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:03 AM ^
Sagarin looks like it is up-to-date as of yesterday's games, and we see Michigan at #2, below only Alabama.
Other Big Ten notables:
#3 - Ohio State
#10 - Wisconsin
#24 - Nebraska
#31 - Penn State
#34 - Iowa
#44 - Northwestern
So, seven Big Ten teams in the top 50.
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:18 AM ^
Not that impressive.
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:28 AM ^
Than being in the bottom portion, like Rutgers and MSU. The more teams that rank higher in polls (which fancy stats can allude to) that we've played the better.
October 24th, 2016 at 7:14 AM ^
meh i never believed in conference pride, but it really blows my mind when we play the other division twice a decade and the massive betrayal known as inviting rutgers (or keeping pedo state, take your pick). This has become nothing but an association of $ making
I'm more eager to see colorado and washington succeed than freaking northwestern (another $ making invite)
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:08 AM ^
To kick things off, Jeff Sagarin's rankings were out almost immediately. His algorithm favors SoS and point totals strongly (and some other factors) that skew the results more than one would expect. Here are some fun observations:
- OSU losing to a 20+ point underdog only dropped them to #3, while their SoS is #40 and ours is #50
- A 3-4 Ole Miss is ranked #12 above the following teams: undefeateds Baylor #14, West Virginia #15, Nebraska #24, Boise St #26, and WMU #23
- 4 SEC in top ten,3 Big Ten, 2 ACC, and 1 PAC
- Sparty #68
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:20 AM ^
I really don't understand the Ole Miss love, and it won't go away. They've blown a massive lead to a fraudulent FSU, blew the same lead to Bama, lost to an Arkansas team that had their doors blown off by Auburn yesterday, and then gave up 38 points to an LSU offense.
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:35 AM ^
Ole Miss lost to LSU yesterday. Arkansas lost to Auburn.
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:40 AM ^
Redundancy is redundant.
October 23rd, 2016 at 2:26 PM ^
You can say that again!
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:41 AM ^
That's what he wrote
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October 23rd, 2016 at 9:44 AM ^
The SEC/ESPN alliance has built an infinity machine when it comes to rankings. SEC team loses to another SEC team and both go up in rankings as both played a VERY HARD GAME AGAINST AN EXCELLENT OPPONENT thereby raising the SOS of both. Winning team goes up, obviously, because they defeated an excellent foe. Losing team goes up because they lost to a team even more excellent than originally thought.
The only way to shut it down is to do what OSU did in 2014 and beat them. Get jailsexed like MSU did last year and the hype machine rolls on.
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:03 AM ^
You mean beat them like Wisconsin and FSU did? Without looking at schedules, I believe the SEC is something like 5-5 against out of conference power 5 teams this year. The hype machine will exist as long as ESPN does, beating them doesn't change it.
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:09 AM ^
Had to go fact check myself. Through week 4, the SEC was 5-5 against other power 5 teams. The B1G was 8-3 at that point. I'm not sure how much it's changed since then. I doubt much as teams got into conference schedule, but to your point, that's where the SEC makes their polling hay.
October 23rd, 2016 at 2:59 PM ^
gives to hype?
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:00 AM ^
Any ranking or system that has a 3-4 team in the top 30, let alone the top 15 is a joke.
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October 23rd, 2016 at 9:32 AM ^
Ole Miss sucks and shouldn't even be ranked.
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October 23rd, 2016 at 10:26 AM ^
Ole Miss has gone 3-4 with wins over Memphis, Wofford, and Georgia. Expect them to fall to #24!
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:16 AM ^
To be fair on a neutral field I would expect Ole Miss to beat Nebraska, Boise and WMU without much thought and they would certainly be favorites over Baylor and WVU. Sagarin ratings are supposed to be who are actually the best teams, the other polls are about who has had a better season. Can be two different answers.
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:30 AM ^
What exactly has ole miss shown? That they can lose to good teams (and lsu and FSU)? They have beaten Wofford, Georgia and Memphis. Not that Nebraska has faced the most challenging schedule but their best win is pretty comparable to Ole Miss's
October 23rd, 2016 at 11:54 AM ^
..does any school get less out of strong recruiting classes than Georgia?
I mean turning strong recruiting classes into mediocre teams the lose games they are supposed to win is probably Georgia's longest and most established tradition.
October 23rd, 2016 at 6:37 PM ^
For the decade I think Michigan, Miami and Tennessee lead the "doing less with more" ranking, Georgia would be high up there too though.
October 23rd, 2016 at 6:58 PM ^
Texas gets much less out of their classes. And maybe USC?
October 23rd, 2016 at 1:04 PM ^
Because they have talent. Yes they completely collapsed but they still had those big leads and put up 43 points on a bama team thats given up over 10 points one other time this season. They haven't finished this year but they have played well enough in spurts to show at their best they are still competitive with some actually good team. Nebrasksa is competitive with Purdue.
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:18 AM ^
Looking forward to the people who create separate poll threads, even though this thread is in plain sight.
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October 23rd, 2016 at 9:48 AM ^
Oh, the O/U for additional poll threads is 4.5
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October 23rd, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
This is just a hot takes thread disguised as a poll thread. I prefer a separate thread with the poll info in the subject and header -- this one is premature.
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^
I'd like to know if the original post is going to be updated with rankings throughout the day, or if the OP expects everyone to dig through an open thread. Individual threads created with actual information serve a purpose.
October 23rd, 2016 at 2:23 PM ^
the responsibility of making a ranking thread requires editing the main post with ranks and links. otherwise I might as well hit the interwebs for the info I crave.
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:30 AM ^
I haven't watched then play at all this year, but I'm assuming they'll stay ranked #1 until they lose.
I'll be interested to see how far OSU falls in the AP. I mean, PSU was unranked ffs.
October 23rd, 2016 at 9:37 AM ^
Baja gets a lot of hype, as the post below illustrates, but they are in fact really good. Their DL is on our level, they have athletes everywhere, and their offense is very effective. They ran for 400 yards against Tennessee, for example.
And they've scored a non-offensive TD in every game this season.
Honestly, they look like a juggernaut. If we play them we will be a substantial underdog and that won't just be hype.
But, you know, that's why they play the games.
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:02 AM ^
Damn I feel stupid. I spent 30 seconds trying to figure out which team goes by "Baja"
October 23rd, 2016 at 10:28 AM ^
Cabo San Lucas is a very difficult place to play.
October 23rd, 2016 at 3:13 PM ^
that's too ashamed to play under it's real name.
October 23rd, 2016 at 11:02 AM ^
Haven't had a Baja blast in far too long.
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