The Polls Are Out And Mississippi St. Tops Them Both...

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

Here's the ESPN link to the polls - LINK

The top three in both polls are Mississippi State, Florida State and Ole Miss in that order in both cases, no less. Alabama is 7th in both poll, and Auburn is 6th in the AP and 8th in the Coaches Poll.

BIg Ten, you say?

AP: Michigan State (8th), Ohio State (13th), Nebraska (19th)

Coaches: Michigan State (6th), Ohio State (13th), Nebraska (19th)

Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa received votes of varied number in each as well. 

 

nowayman

October 12th, 2014 at 4:58 PM ^

opinion.  

Both teams have better wins than FSU.  

FSU: Clemson(24) and Oklahoma State(15).  24, 15

Ole Miss: aTm (sigh, 21), and Alabama (7). 21, 7

MSU: Auburn (6), aTm (sigh again, 21), LSU (NR). 6, 21, NR

FSU would jump back up into the first two slots with a win versus ND (or at least have a good argument to be in one of the two top spots).  

Very interesting.  Gonna be one heck of an Egg Bowl.  

phork

October 12th, 2014 at 8:14 PM ^

My frustration with the polls is that SEC team #1 beats SEC team#2 and at the time it looks impressive.  They jump from almost outside the poll to top10.  We later come to find that team#1 is actually a train wreck and team#2 has lost again as well.

This, gentleman, is how juggernaut MissSt is where it is.  LSU (now out of the poll was #8 at the time), A&M (Desperately holding on to the poll was #6 at the time).  I'll give them Auburn because I believe Auburn is on the better SEC teams.  They have beaten S. Alabama, UAB (by 14 points) and Southern Miss.  Atleast they are FBS teams.

bronxblue

October 12th, 2014 at 9:11 PM ^

Absolutely what I was thinking.  Same with Ole Miss, who beat Boise St. to start the year (but needed 28 points in the 4th to make it look way better of a win than it was) and then beat a meh Alabama team and a cratering A&M team.  I think Miss. St. is a good team, but #1 in the country based on that schedule is ridiculous.  There isn't a dominant team this year compared to those in the past, but the SEC'ing of the preseason rankings created this feedback loop that makes every win a "big" win and every loss a "good" loss because everyone is ranked.

East German Judge

October 12th, 2014 at 9:55 PM ^

Wow, only thing that is a bigger waste of time than arguing about who is #1 vs. #2 after only 6 weeks is.......nothing!  Even the Hoke "Well..." count has more relevance and statistical significance than this discussion.