ESPN Top 25 for next year: We're ranked
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10305934/texas-longhorns…
MSU is 5, OSU is 13, Wisconsin is 14, ND is 19, Iowa is 21. And we're 24.
I know that the poll means nothing, etc., but I still found it interesting that people who are paid to write things about sports think we'll be in the top 25 to start the season next year.
January 18th, 2014 at 8:48 PM ^
Yeah, I can't say I have an answer/solution.. it's just always irked me that the pre-season rankings set your team in stone for the most part no matter of opponents/scores until there's some losses to shake things up (tho we did see Michigan fall after a couple wins this year).
Anyway, your second paragraph hit it right on the head..
January 18th, 2014 at 1:59 PM ^
Would we be happy with an 8-4 season with road wins against Sparty and OSU, but close losses @ ND, @ NW, and 2 others (not sure who Utah and Rutgers)?
January 18th, 2014 at 2:01 PM ^
January 18th, 2014 at 2:27 PM ^
January 18th, 2014 at 2:19 PM ^
The ability to play nearly as successfully away as we do at home would show great promise in the maturation of this michigan team. I think having a better overall away record would be a step in the right direction.
January 18th, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^
How much of this rankings is because of Nuss. I bet if Borges was still around we would not crack the top 25.
January 18th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
At least Sparty will lose to Oregon and get knocked out of Top 10 almost immediately.
January 18th, 2014 at 4:03 PM ^
January 18th, 2014 at 9:38 PM ^
and if they win, the uproar from EL will be deafening for them to be ranked 1.
January 18th, 2014 at 3:33 PM ^
At some point, the fact that we have many returning, now multi-year starters on our team should translate into wins on the field. I think that despite the schedule that 9-10 wins is what we end up with next year.
January 18th, 2014 at 9:16 PM ^
With the team's talent, and Nussmeier handling the OC/QB duties, the results should be much improved. I can't imagine an offense looking more disorganized and demoralized than ours last year, and I think Nuss will right that ship.
My honest belief is that they have a very good chance of winning every one of their games. Whether they can get over the road hump remains to be seen, of course.
January 18th, 2014 at 9:58 PM ^
January 25th, 2014 at 1:52 AM ^
This is how they get the whole SEC to be ranked at the end of the season. They aren't really all that good, but they label a few early in the season at a high ranking knowing they aren't good. The unranked comes ina nd beats them and suddenly it's proof of just how good the SEC is across the board. It's only logical then to rank all teams in the SEC in the top 25.
January 18th, 2014 at 10:21 PM ^