Where will UM be in the BCS standings?
Now that the games are over, we can fully discuss UM's BCS chances.
Some things went according to plan: LSU and OSU blowouts.
Somethings did not go according to plan: MSU close loss, Baylor blowout.
So where does UM project in the latest BCS standings now? Who knows a lot about this stuff?
December 4th, 2011 at 12:15 AM ^
but Okie State sure deserves to be #2. Don't let the SEC bias rule.
Okie State vs current BCS top 25: 5-0
Alabama vs current BCS top 25: 2-1
December 4th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
I just can't buy that a team with the 102nd ranked defense in FBS can be the 2nd best team in the country.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
Posting all the way from Arizona as "grsbmd"; I got you Rodriguez...
December 4th, 2011 at 12:26 AM ^
I can't either, but who the hell wants a rematch of a horribly boring game? I can't argue LSU-ALA, but I would much rather see LSU-OSU, as I think most of the country would. If it's not LSU-OSU, I'm going to occupy the BCS!
December 4th, 2011 at 10:22 AM ^
December 4th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
Yeah I don't really buy it either. The Big 12 has awful D, but if we're gonna use the BCS, then it sure seems like Okie State has a better resume than Alabama if you can look past the presumed SEC superiority.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:35 AM ^
December 4th, 2011 at 12:55 AM ^
Sure, they give up a lot of yardage, but their points allowed is much better (though not great)- middle of the pack in the NCAA there- and they are fantastic at forcing turnovers.
December 4th, 2011 at 2:13 AM ^
What if those defensive numbers reflect the fact that they have played 5 teams in the top 25?
And what if they beat all of those teams, despite their defense?
I'm all about defense in general, but the case against OkSt doesn't depend on anything other than their awful loss to Iowa State. Let's not kid ourselves.
That being said, that awful loss should not proclude them from a game against LSU, simply because LSU should not have to beat Alabama again, particularly after beating them at home.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:52 AM ^
December 4th, 2011 at 12:54 AM ^
I agree. Alabama had their chance at home and lost. They didn't win their conference and they didn't win their division. Give another conference a shot at the SEC champ.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:15 AM ^
13th or 14th
December 4th, 2011 at 12:15 AM ^
12 or 13. Five teams should/may drop below us.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:17 AM ^
I'm worried that MSU won't drop below us and Baylor will jump us. I really hope Houston will drop 10 spots. But I don't know if they will.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
As long as MSU falls one spot behind in the Human polls we will be ahead of them because we are already stonger in the computers. Houston will be behind us, Georgia will, Oklahoma will, good shot Va Tech will, and Baylor jumping us was always a possiblilty but not a probability. There is decent gap between them and us in the BCS.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:26 AM ^
it was a close game and they dropped a ton of spots. Would expect Houston to drop even more since the game wasn't as close.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:17 AM ^
They have to be in the top 14. Georgia and Houston will be out. Oklahoma has 3 losses and just got hammered by OK ST. They should drop out as well. MSU will have 3 losses, so there is a chance they drop out of the top 14 as well. TCU and Baylor both won impressively, but Baylor has 3 losses. I do not see how they could jump Michigan. I know the computers love the Big 12, but Michigan will be a way better draw than Baylor. It will also be interesting to see where Va Tech ends up at. They got drilled twice by a 3 loss Clemson team. I wil be surprised if Michigan is not in a BCS game.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:29 AM ^
was ranked #5 today before their game today. Their conference schedule was terrible.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
oops double
December 4th, 2011 at 12:18 AM ^
I'll say 12, and unjustly in the Sugar Bowl against TCU (unjust because in a just universe we're in Fiesta against Stanford) because the voters won't put OkSU in the title game.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:19 AM ^
It would be easier to get a PhD in math than to understand how this BCS will play out
December 4th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
It's easy to understand how the BCS works - just get a dart board...
December 4th, 2011 at 12:19 AM ^
OU and UGA are going to drop out of the Top 14, along with Houston and VT.
I think Sparty stays ahead of us, and may even move up a spot. But with four teams dropping out ahead of them I don't see them falling to much at all. More importantly, even if they stay ahead of us and Baylor passes us, I find it hard to believe that we're not in the Top 14.
The question is does TCU catch us too? I doubt it, but if they do it takes one BCS at-large slot away. I'm pretty sure though that if we're in the top-14, we'll get a spot in a BCS game. TCU may take a spot from Baylor/KSU, but we're hard to pass up.
I predict Wiscy in the Top 10, Baylor at 11, Sparty at 12, M at 13 and TCU sneaking in at 14.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
As they're 18 right now it could be interesting. I think the only team that might drop below them is OU.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
Now I'm more worried about potential Sugar Bowl opponents. If OKSU makes the title game, I definitely DO NOT want to see Alabama in the Sugar.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:22 AM ^
I'd love to play Alabama in the Sugar, would be good practice for our first game next season.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:25 AM ^
Call me naive but I would love to see that match up. It's been hard to really gauge how good our team is this year in comparison to the rest of the country. I think we would put up a decent fight.
December 4th, 2011 at 1:38 AM ^
If TCU is in the top 16, Bama replaces us in the Sugar and would play TCU. That would put us in the Fiesta, I'm pretty sure.
December 4th, 2011 at 1:00 AM ^
Bring it.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
Don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
8:15 EST on ESPN I do believe.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
8 pm on espn tomorrow
December 4th, 2011 at 12:29 AM ^
Is it different because of the bowls or am I just far off and the polls always come out sunday night?
December 4th, 2011 at 12:32 AM ^
The human polls come out in the morning and that is 1/3 of the calculation (I believe). It will give you a better idea of how the BCS will shake up...But the computers + Harris don't come out until night.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:36 AM ^
I believe that the human polls are 2/3
December 4th, 2011 at 12:34 AM ^
You're thinking of the AP/Coaches polls. Those come out with the Sunday papers.
Then those factor into the BCS rankings, which are released on ESPN at 8:00 Sunday nights.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:57 AM ^
I don't know if i'm going to make it to tomorrow night though.
December 4th, 2011 at 1:18 AM ^
They asked to be taken out of it a few years back. So it's the USA Today Coaches poll and the mysterious Harris poll for 2/3, then the averaged of the middle 4 (drop high and low) scores of the 6 computer polls for the other 1/3.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:20 AM ^
CBS Jerry Palm has UM playing West Virginia in the Sugar Bowl.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
hehe..
December 4th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
I would like that match up. It could be called the "Teams Who Drove Rich Rodriguez Out" bowl.
But seriously, that would be one of the best senarios I could think of.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:30 AM ^
thats too awesome lmao
December 4th, 2011 at 12:33 AM ^
for a dollar.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:48 AM ^
WVu would be the perfect opponent in terms of our ability to win relative to the other possible BCS teams, but it would be the most annoying in terms of fans in the stands. Outside the BiG and ND, I'd say WVU fans hate UM the most, and they definitely are NOT gentle fans.... It could get ugly in the stands on this one.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
Since OSU absolutely crushed Oklahoma.... is there a chance that they pass them up in the BCS?
If OSU ends up in the Championship, does that mean we would play Bama in the sugar bowl?
December 4th, 2011 at 12:29 AM ^
BCS rarely moves unless a team loses, exception would be two high ranked teams that are close in the standings actually play each other. So i doubt it. I see UoM at 13 and no higher. MSU will be ranked below us. The loss will kill them at the polls. But the computer will keep them in the top 20.
Hello BCS bowl. GO Blue
December 4th, 2011 at 12:24 AM ^
please no I don't want a back to back bama game. There should be one and that is next year.
December 4th, 2011 at 12:26 AM ^
agree. we would get killed if we face them in a bowl too. lets play them next year.