AP Poll is out (EDIT USA Today is too)
Sparty is now 4.
OSU falls to 7/6.
Wisconsin is 19.
ND snuck in at 25/NR.
SEC had 4 teams in the top 10.
Edit:
Sorry for not having the link.
December 8th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^
Not sure if serious, but I completely agree with this. Before last night, they played one marginally good team all year long, and only two or three marginally good teams last year. Their defense is weak. Their offense is really good. I think there are more than ten teams in the country that would whack OSU right now.
December 8th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^
I am serious. I asked buckeye fans last night what the 2 biggest wins have been over the last 2 years and everyone of them said Michigan last year as one of them. if beating a 7-5 team is one of your biggest wins in 2 years, you are over rated
December 8th, 2013 at 2:24 PM ^
Well, we were 8-4 last year, to be fair. OSU is a really high variance team, I think. They can probably beat anyone in the country if they're clicking. But if the offense is having an off day, any good team can take them down. MSU is the opposite, in that their defense is consistently good and slowly grinds down the will of the opponent.
The great irony of all this is that MSU is exactly what Hoke wants us to be. A pro-style, low-risk, defense-first tank that a high-variance team like OSU will bounce off of. Like Saban did to Meyer's Florida teams. Who would've thunk that MSU would be that team first?
December 8th, 2013 at 5:30 PM ^
But lets see how long they can maintain it. That's the real test. Their defense is special, their offense is pedestrian. How will they bounce back next year is the question. I'm hoping not well, but that was my hope this year too.
December 8th, 2013 at 2:23 PM ^
Agree - they'll lose to Clemson.
December 8th, 2013 at 2:02 PM ^
What other unranked team could enter the polls after losing a game (and not a conference championship game)? Notre Dame. Return to Glory lives on.
December 8th, 2013 at 2:25 PM ^
That they have upped their game means a stronger conference. Ain't no mo little brother...unless Dan Tonio leaves. It's sort of a new era in the b1g if you asked me. The days of the Big 2 and the Little 8 are gone.
While I prefer a dominant M, I think I really want a competitive M going forward. Consistent play and a nice upside to our offense. If there's a place to dominate...make it D-fence.
I think we're on the track, as our others. I think Iowa is way up from last years debacle. Northwestern has made great strides...this year being an aberration. Wisconsin is a few steps off the pace without Russell Wilson..the conference is improving.
I'd like to be able to look back a hundred years from now and know that M still has the most wins, against increasing competition all around. Racking up cream puffs is soon Ohio...8-)
December 8th, 2013 at 2:21 PM ^
Saying Sparty would beat Auburn ... LMAO! Auburn's O is night & day better than Ohio's. There defense is much better also
Sparty is going to have all they can handle with Stanford.
December 8th, 2013 at 2:23 PM ^
I disagree. I think OSU's offense is as good as any in the country. They've been pretty prolific.
December 8th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
It may only get worse with their cultural acceptance of cheating. I live in Alabama and Auburn fans just shrug and laugh when you mention Cam Newton.
December 8th, 2013 at 3:20 PM ^
Four years ago we pounded the crap out of BG, and now we're apparently ranked below them, if the "Others Receiving Votes" category means anything.
December 8th, 2013 at 3:45 PM ^
Sparty's D seems to be the real deal, and the SEC has a couple of good teams. But, Sparty could beat anyone behind them I think.
December 8th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
But who the hell is giving them first place votes. That's just a boat load of BS.
And I also think MSU would have a good shot at beating Auburn. I do not think Auburn's offense is better than OSU, and their defense is at best the same. I do not think any team outside Bama has a great shot at FSU, and I think Bama was overrated most of the season due to perseption, not sure they really would have much better of a chance outside of Saban with time to prepare.