Michigan Ranked This Week?
September 17th, 2011 at 11:20 PM ^
would it matter?
September 18th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
For recognition, yes.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:43 AM ^
By whom? Who doesn't know who we are?
Seriously, it is irrelevant at this point.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:53 AM ^
It looks good if you're in the top 25 to recruits, potential fans, students, etc.
September 18th, 2011 at 1:15 AM ^
WE'RE FUCKING MICHIGAN. WE DON'T NEED ANY EXTRA REASON TO LOOK GOOD. OUR HELMETZ HAS WINGS
/DRUNK
/KEYBOARD YELLING
September 18th, 2011 at 8:40 AM ^
I just up-voted both of your posts because Keyboard Cat.
In terms of an actual contribution, I think that you bring up good points here. I'm generally in the "please don't rank us!" camp because my brain associates being ranked with impending doom, but I suppose recruits would like to see their potential team to be ranked.
September 18th, 2011 at 9:25 AM ^
I'm with you. But overall I think being ranked gives more legitimacy to the program. Yes, Michigan most wins/best win %/etc, but being ranked is an indication that we're doing well. That's all.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:22 PM ^
Notre Dame probably will be.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:26 PM ^
a 1-2 team with two losses to unranked teams won't be ranked. They'll get a couple of votes, but that's it..
September 17th, 2011 at 11:36 PM ^
Sarcasm meter working? Or does it have weekends off?
September 17th, 2011 at 11:43 PM ^
DAMNIT, who's been fiddling with the dials again?
September 18th, 2011 at 12:10 AM ^
To be fair, that scenario is plausible enough that I didn't pick up the sarcasm either.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:37 PM ^
With a combination of the beating the no. 15 ranked team, and the media's unhealthy love and affection for ND, the answer to the equation is top 10. In the Lou Holtz poll they're numbers 1-25.
Anyways, yes, Michigan will be ranked. I am guessing 19 or 20 with the rash of losses to the lower ranked teams today (and no. 25 Miss. St. losing to LSU). Does it really matter? No, we were what, 17 when we started losing last year?
September 18th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
acually the answer is 42
September 18th, 2011 at 9:53 AM ^
September 17th, 2011 at 11:23 PM ^
I predict they wil be ranked #24 right behind MSU at #23 and OSU at 21 or 22. They have played well and Notre Dame is always highly favored and ranked, so we will crack the Top 25.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:14 AM ^
No chance OSU will be ranked ahead of MSU in the new polls. With how many lower ranked teams lost, I think MSU will remain in the top 20. OSU will be unranked.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:41 AM ^
I can't see MSU remaining in the top 20 after losing by 18 points to an 0-2 team. They may well drop out entirely.
September 18th, 2011 at 8:48 AM ^
MSU was embarrassed by a bad team that's played poorly, whereas OSU was shown-up by a pretty good team that lost against Maryland (who lost a close one to West (by God) Virginia yesterday) on an unfortunate pick-six. MSU and OSU have essentially the same resume this year, with a trouncing of one weak team, an underwhelming win against another, and an ugly loss against a mediocre to decent team. All of this is to say that I could see OSU coming out ahead of MSU.
September 18th, 2011 at 10:25 AM ^
Actually, MSU outgained ND yesterday and held ND's offense pretty much in check (ND had less than 300 yards). Meanwhile, OSU played like dogsh*t against Toledo AND Miami. If OSU is still ranked after this weekend, I'll...do...absolutley nothing...but it would be a colossal joke.
September 18th, 2011 at 11:31 AM ^
But that's a classic example of yardage totals being deceptive. ND's offense pretty much did what it wanted for three quarters. It was denied one possession because of the kickoff return. In the fourth, it just sat on the ball and tried to kill clock. Meanwhile, MSU threw it like crazy and racked up a bunch of meaningless yards in the fourth quarter.
As for OSU, they're in a weird spot because of the suspensions. Voters might cut them slack for that.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:26 PM ^
Michigan: Top 25
Ohio State: Unranked
September 17th, 2011 at 11:26 PM ^
I thought we had problems with our passing....osu looked dreadful.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:52 AM ^
..game looked pretty good but yeah their passing game was terrible.
September 18th, 2011 at 1:01 AM ^
Any time you have less than 50 yards passing, using the word "terrible" is putting it nicely
September 18th, 2011 at 8:54 AM ^
situation at QB. Braxton Miller is not the panacea to their offensive woes. The O-line still can't run block.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:26 PM ^
We could be as high as #20. ASU, Miss. St, Auburn all lost and OSU and MSU could end up behind us.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:39 PM ^
OSU will def. be behind us now, MSU, I'm not so sure. I think they'll drop right ahead of us.
September 18th, 2011 at 9:57 AM ^
Clemson will be ranked ahead of us. I doubt we'll be higher than 24.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:26 PM ^
Again, I hope not. Not yet; still not there yet.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
God no. We beat ND when we probably shouldn't have and we beat two MAC teams in solid but not HULK SMASH fashion. Slot us about 40. Rank the Illini instead. They beat a solid ASU and are also 3-0.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
I completely concur, completely.
September 18th, 2011 at 7:05 AM ^
Completely^2 concur?
September 18th, 2011 at 12:11 PM ^
No, Completely^(Completely^x) where x >0 concur.
September 18th, 2011 at 12:42 AM ^
I think we actually do get the ranking, but agree that we haven't earned it yet. Our win over ND will eventually look good, but we have a long way to go if we're going to play with Illinois and Nebraska (not to mention Sparty and Northwestern). A steady progression on both sides of the ball and we could end up making things look interesting in the Legends Division... I don't relish the thought of playing Wisconsin this year, though...
September 18th, 2011 at 2:53 AM ^
I don't get this whole "earned it" thing. Most of the ranked teams haven't... It's the nature of the polls this early (pointless). I agree that Illinois should get a better ranking. But I see no downside or anything unfair about us breaking the top 25 (or even 20) at this point.
September 18th, 2011 at 10:36 AM ^
Why is Illinois more deserving than UM? Do you think ASU is better than ND? I don't. Illinois was outgained by about 100 yards versus ASU and only had two drives of note in the first quarter. They were pretty much just as "lucky" in their win against ASU (way overrated) as we were against ND (somewhat overrated).
September 18th, 2011 at 1:44 PM ^
I can't argue with you. I honestly don't know anything about ASU aside from their ranking and what I watched of the game yesterday flipping between it and two others.
But from what I've seen of Ilinois (not a lot) they just seem to be clicking better than us at this point... Or anyone in the BT aside from Wiscy.
September 18th, 2011 at 9:12 AM ^
I relish the thought of playing Wisconsin, because that means we would be at the very least 10-2 and playing in the B1G championship game. There is nothing bad about that.
September 18th, 2011 at 5:50 AM ^
Yes, it makes me nervous for our team to be ranked now, although we certainly will be. I think reflection on the EMU game will give us some creeps. Maybe it was just a let-down offensively, but we had to rely on Denard's running way too much for EMU and the passing was cringe-worthy. The SDSU will tell us alot more, I think. I also think it will not be a fun week in practice for UM.
September 18th, 2011 at 10:02 AM ^
I noticed you mentioned the Alot.
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
September 18th, 2011 at 7:09 AM ^
I completely agree with this. If Denard can get back to hitting most of his open receivers, then we will keep winning most of our games. But for the time being, we have not played like a Top 25 team. Lots of good signs, but we still need to prove ourselves.
September 18th, 2011 at 10:32 AM ^
I agree that Michigan has not looked good enough to be ranked yet, but the same applies to several teams that are/were ranked before this weekend.
Michigan was "ranked" 26th in both the AP and Coaches' poll coming into the weekend. Losses by Auburn, Arizona State and Mississippi State will drop them out of the polls so UM should be no lower than 23rd. I think OSU will also drop out of the poll and MSU might be placed behind UM (we both beat two cupcakes and UM beat ND while MSU lost to ND) as well, so I could see UM possibly ranked as high as 21st this week.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:31 PM ^
September 17th, 2011 at 11:40 PM ^
And #15 and #18 lost.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:32 PM ^
Most likely not. Going 3-0 against unranked teams is only newsworthy if you're Notre Dame or a Florida school. If you're anybody else, the pollsters could care less.
Not that it matters. I don't really care about rankings right now.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:32 PM ^
It is a certainty. Not saying we are a legit top 25 team yet, but we will be 23-25 at least this week.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:34 PM ^
We're ranked 26 as of the present. A lot of teams slotted just ahead of us lost, ergo we ought to be ranked next week.
September 17th, 2011 at 11:35 PM ^
We were ranked 26 in both polls before today's action. Given the number of losses by teams in the lower end of the poll, it's pretty safe to say we'll be in the top 25. Also, ND's performance today is going to give us a little more credibility.
The chances that we drop from 26 to 40 after a respectable win are slim. Also, the first three teams that we faced are as good as most other programs have played at this point. There have been a few matchups of top-flight teams, but not many.
Welcome back to the rankings, people . . . .