Michigan is #25 in the AP Poll.
Top 5:
1. Alabama
2. Oregon
3. South Carolina
4. Florida
5. West Virginia
B1G:
8. Ohio St
25. Michigan
.....welcome to the 2012 B1G season everyone!
Full poll HERE
link?
Only Twitter news so far, but
Only Twitter news so far, but all from real sources
thanks
i love the reflexive downvoting. he updated the post, folks.
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.
I think downvoting
is because "link?" requests only serve a purpose with some rumor that is just breaking, or there's some question about the veracity of the post.
Requesting a link for something that shows up every Sunday at midday on ESPN's front page seems a little silly, it's not like someone is making up the AP Top 25 rankings.
It's the reddit mindset
It's really cool to question everything, no matter what!
Now every time I see someone comment "link??" or "source??" I picture this:
"LINK! LINK! LINK! SOURCE?? SOURCE??"
The world looks better through maize mirror tint.
Its good to be ranked again
Its good to be ranked again but at this point the polls dont even matter anymore. We can t play for the national chamionship and the BIG will not get more then one team into the BCS this season. Win the BIG and play in the Rose Bowl thats the goal!! Go Blue
Agree completely.
Always nice to know how the rest of the country sees us, but our ranking is completely irrelevant for the rest of the year. No at-large BCS, no NT game. Win our next 3 games, and it will be pretty tough not to make it to the B1G Championship.
Only goal right now is Pasadena. Based on how we looked yesterday, I really think we're the (eligible) team to beat right now.
"Coach, if you need one yard, I'll get you three yards. If you need five yards, I'll get you three yards." -Leroy Hoard
I kinda like being the
I kinda like being the underdog, honestly. I think this team needs that.
Not that I loved Rich Rod less, but that I loved Michigan more.
Seems about right
Seems about right. Just a little added coverage with being ranked. Need to take care of business in the Big Ten and get that Rose Bowl bid.
SC at three? geez, that's a
SC at three? geez, that's a lot of SEC inflation.
They just killed Georgia. Who
They just killed Georgia. Who should be there instead?
No kidding. If you want to
No kidding. If you want to make a anti-SEC argument, Florida's the team. Their D looks great but the offense is merely a suggestion. South Carolina looks balanced and solid across the board. I think they could make a game of it against Alabama if the make the SEC title game.
Who else?
Who else would you put above them? They absolutely manhandled Georgia.
Hot dogs are the devil.
One suggestion:
your avatar. Me gusta.
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I actually think Florida is the overrated SEC team
LSU was clearly wildly overrated based on preseason expectations, so I wasn't too impressed by Florida's win yesterday, and Florida had already struggled against A&M, Tennessee and Bowling Green.
Meanwhile, Notre Dame pasted MSU, Miami and Navy, and beat Michigan and Purdue, while WVU clearly has the best offense in the country. I'd put both Notre Dame and WVU over Florida based on what they've shown so far.
The main problem with WVU is
The main problem with WVU is that the defense is beyond atrocious. In the past two weeks they have given up 108 points. That's 2 more points than Alabama gave up all of last year. They don't have to be the best defense in football but it would be great if they could at least try. They may actually be the opposite of Florida and LSU in this matter. I guess what I'm saying is if one of your units is going to be woefully deficient it should probably not be your defense.
I think Oregon wants a word
I think Oregon wants a word with you.
If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.
-Rod Serling
Oregon
Isn't Oregon kind of what MichiganExile is suggesting though? Great offense + mediocre defense = title contender. WVU has the great offense, but their D is GERGian.
"You will suffer humiliation when the team from my area defeats the team from your area." -- The Onion
not even
I think WVU would be proud to benefit from an upgrade to a GERGian defense.
Oregon defense
Is actually pretty good. They have a stud DE/OLB in Dion Jordan who will be a top 5 pick in '13 draft which is crazy considering that Oregon has a lot of playmakers on the team
I don't even think you can
I don't even think you can say Oregon is mediocre on defense. They play so fast that teams are bound to get more possessions, which equals more yards and more points during most games.
Oregon's defensive numbers:
44th in total defense (359 YPG)
36th in yards per rush (3.52 YPC)
9th in yards per pass (5.4 YPA)
14th in yards per play (4.55 YPP)
30th in scoring defense (20 PPG)
Looking at their individual games:
Arkansas State: 50-3 before ASU scored their first touchdown, ended up 57-34
Fresno State: 35-6 before FSU scored their first touchdown, ended up 42-25
Tennessee Tech: Did score a touchdown before the game was out of hand, but the game ended up 63-14 and they had 177 total yard of offense
Arizona: Regardless of the ill-will RR garners round here, shutting out Arizona is no joke this year. 49-0
Washington State: This is the only real lapse, with the game 23-19 at the half. However, defense allowed only one touchdown after the half, finished up 51-26
Washington: 21-0 before Washington scored a touchdown, 38-7 before their second and 52-14 before Washington added a touchdown with 30 seconds left to finish 52-21.
Oregon's defense is no joke and if they were to meet Alabama, its more than likely the key to the game would be their ability to stop Alabama's offense and their huge offensive line rather than Alabama's defense vs Oregon's offense.
Its also why I wouldn't bother taking West Virginia seriously as a contender, even if their offense might technically be a bit better than the Oregon offense.
South Carolina crushes the
South Carolina crushes the no. 5 team. And Florida beat no. 3. What would you expect?
If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.
-Rod Serling
Surprised that MSU got knocked off completely
Both should be ranked for the match up in two weeks though.
MSU got knocked off last
MSU got knocked off last week. Barely beating Indiana isn't enough to get them back on.
Seriously?
They weren't ranked last week, they have 1 (frankly unimpressive) win against a seemingly decent team in BSU, 1 expected win against Central, 2 losses against good teams (that exposed their completely inept offense), and barely squeaked by two doormats of the FBS in EMU and IU. To be honest, I'm not sure why there's someone out there that thinks they should be ranked at all. They're simply not a good team.
What's sobering is that MSU
What's sobering is that MSU win against BSU is the best OOC victory for the Big Ten this year. Even that wouldn't be so bad if there hadn't been all the games with crappy teams some of the other members lost.
Really?
You might want to ask Northwestern about that b
The Big Ten might not have a
The Big Ten might not have a single team ranked in the USA Today poll...
If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?
http://collegefootball.ap.org
http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll
So it goes.
AP TOP 25
Record Pts
OHIO!?!?!?!
OHIO!?!?!?!
6-0 and that victory over PSU
6-0 and that victory over PSU keeps looking better and better
Eh, they also just barely
Eh, they also just barely squeaked by UMass a week ago with a score of 37-34.
If Ann Arbor is a whore, why didn't you get in?
No dispute that it keep
No dispute that it keep looking better, but I think in reality that's an overrated win. PSU was an entirely different team the first two weeks than they have been since
"I just hope Tressel doesn't fire me"
-Gordon Gee
Eh. PSU isn't very good.
Eh. PSU isn't very good. Theyve beaten a bunch of teams they would generally crush by a close margin, and NW did what they do best and choked away a 4th quarter lead.
If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.
-Rod Serling
I mean, they are going to go
I mean, they are going to go undefeated and win the MAC...so yeah.
I continue to be amazed that
I continue to be amazed that some of these SEC teams are ranked. Auburn is one overtime game from being 0-5 and yet Mississippi St. is seemingly getting the bump for beating them handily. Ignore the fact that they haven't played anoyne else (Kentucky barely counts as competent SEC).
Considering UM's two losses are to the #1 and #7 teams in the country, let's hope that they continue to play this well going forward and make it to the Rose Bowl.
Well we are the top 2-loss
Well we are the top 2-loss team. As soon as the media realizes that the SEC is just really top-heavy, hopefully the polls won't be as SEC crazy. After Alabama, any SEC team can win any game they play, not because they're good, but because none of the teams are that much better than each other. Except Kentucky. Stick to basketball.
most impressive two losses in
most impressive two losses in the country... to #1 and #7. Yaaay.
God it kills me to write this
God it kills me to write this but I think ND is under rated at #7. I think they should be #5 ahead of KSU & Florida with WVU moving up a notch too.
Nice to see us poke back in too. Especially since we have a chance to go on a run here in the B1G and move up quite a few notches over the next several weeks.
The better
The better ND does, the less that second loss hurts us. Imagine if they run the tables, we look good with our two losses being to #1 and #2.
I think Michigan's loss to ND
I think Michigan's game with ND showed that in fact the two teams are very close. OSU has a very strong offense, but the caveat is that Nebraska still hung a lot of points on them.
It's a strange season.
Taylor Martinez derped that
Taylor Martinez derped that game pretty good.
If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.
-Rod Serling
Well the 3 Big East teams
Well the 3 Big East teams won't last long in there
Hurry to meet death before your place is taken.
I think Michigan is better
I think Michigan is better Notre Dame. Notre Dame and WVU should play each other in the over rated bowl.
WVU
Mountaineers would beat the Irish 52-20. Hoping to see that game in Orange Bowl.
I feel underrated here.
I feel underrated here. Losses to 1 and 7, and 7 in a turnover fest where we probably outplayed them. Nothing we have done indicates we aren't a top 15 team. Now I think from watching us we are pretty turrible but resume wise I don't see why we aren't higher.
"I just hope Tressel doesn't fire me"
-Gordon Gee
Our game vs. Air Force...
indicates we aren't a top 15 team. Our game against Alabama indicates we aren't a top 15 team.
I understand that everyone looks bad against Alabama, but that was not the performance of a top 15 team; also, we looked atrocious against Air Force. Regardless of all the excuses we've made about the difficulty in preparing for Air Force's offense, they are NOT a good football team.
We looked great against Purdue, and little can be made of our game against UMass.
In short, I disagree with you. Top 25 team? I can buy that, but it's a little high given what we've done so far. Top 15 team is a big stretch.
I compulsively downvote any usage of "lol".
Air Force is what I mean by
Air Force is what I mean by "having watched this team I know we are turrible." But derping against Indiana aside, you aren't usually punsihed for winning ugly, even though you should be.
"I just hope Tressel doesn't fire me"
-Gordon Gee
I actually think this is a
I actually think this is a pretty accurate ranking. Yes we are 3-2 but those two losses were to top 10 teams away from home. One was a man handling but the other was a game where we were dominant but ended up literally giving away the game to the other team.
A loss is still a loss which is reflected in our current ranking. Our three victories were against two solid teams and one baby seal but for the most part they were convincing.
Polls don't matter too much but it is certainly better to be perennially ranked rather then unranked.
On to Illinois.
Here's hoping for a bright future. This team does try hard and I will continue to support them.
or is this from radio/tv?
RIP my avatar, June 14, 1998 - October 26, 2012.