M Falls One Spot in AP Poll

Submitted by marlon on

Not sure how this happened.  Michigan fell one spot this week, from 17 to 18.  Meanwhile, Notre Dame leapt from 20 to 11.  This doesn't quite add up to me, but I suppose applying logic to this poll will only result in frustration.

Edit to add link: http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/4

Darth Wolverine

September 16th, 2012 at 5:17 PM ^

The polls are absolutely meaningless for a team who isn't competing for the national title, such as Michigan. All we need to worry about is winning the Big Ten and and getting to the Rose Bowl. The polls won't help us at all this year. The "W" column in conference play is ALLLLLLLL that matters. The only spots in the polls that matter are one and two. 

aiglick

September 16th, 2012 at 6:24 PM ^

Wouldn't say at all. The goal is the Big Ten conference Championship and a shot at the Rose Bowl but a nice consolation would be another BCS at large berth (we are obviously not there and hopefully won't have to worry about that). In order to get that nod you need a good poll ranking.

So the polls are mostly insignificant right now if you don't project to be the top 2 but not wholly so.

Tater

September 16th, 2012 at 6:44 PM ^

ND moved up because they thoroughly manhandled grossly overrated MSU.  Michigan looked terrible to the voters the first two games, and squashing a tomato can wasn't enough to convince anyone that they are really good.  When you add in the media's Big Ten-bashing, it could have been a lot worse.

The only time the polls really count is the end of the year, anyway.