OSU/MSU ranked #1 and #2 in new AP Poll

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(###) Number of first place votes
 
1 Ohio State
Ohio State (42)
Record: 3-0
PV Rank
1
Points
1,490
2 Michigan State
Record: 3-0
4
1,415
3 TCU
Record: 3-0
3
1,345
3 Mississippi
Record: 3-0
15
1,345
5 Baylor
Record: 2-0
5
1,213
6 Notre Dame
8
1,183
7 Georgia
Record: 3-0
7
1,162
8 LSU
LSU (1)
Record: 2-0
13
1,088
9 UCLA
Record: 3-0
10
981
10 Florida State
Record: 3-0
9
953
11 Clemson
Record: 3-0
11
903
12 Alabama
Record: 2-1
2
882
13 Oregon
Record: 2-1
12
855
14 Texas A&M
Record: 3-0
17
798
15 Oklahoma
Record: 3-0
16
782
16 Arizona
Record: 3-0
20
488
17 Northwestern
Record: 3-0
23
469
18 Utah
Record: 3-0
21
439
19 USC
Record: 2-1
6
367
20 Georgia Tech
Record: 2-1
14
352
21 Stanford
Record: 2-1
41
288
22 Wisconsin
Record: 2-1
24
174
22 Brigham Young
19
174
24 Oklahoma State
Record: 3-0
25
149
25 Missouri
Record: 3-0
22
135

Others Receiving Votes:

Mississippi St. 52, West Virginia 48, Tennessee 45, California 38, Toledo 36, Arizona St. 25, Houston 22, Auburn 20, Temple 20, Texas Tech 20, Boise St. 17, Miami 13, Iowa 10, Kansas St. 8, Florida 7, NC State 5, Minnesota 4, Virginia Tech 4, Memphis 1

 
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Richard75

September 20th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^

And how many times must we point out that rankings don't matter if the recruits aren't still around?

Here are U-M's 4 and 5 stars (Rivals) in the '05 class: Kevin Grady, Bass, Germany, Harrison, Manningham, McKinney, Moosman, Schifano, Slocum, Taylor, Zirbel. How many of them were on RR's first roster?



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drzoidburg

September 20th, 2015 at 3:49 PM ^

is that you rich rod? the defensive scheme under GERG was so atrocious that it didn't matter who was on the field and it didn't help that ryan mallet was run off and not to mention RR and hoke actually recruited well, they just couldn't coach worth a damn. How many years later do you intend to blame carr for all this? If anything, hoke *really* left the cupboards bare when all the recruits bailed and shane morris was granted a no-compete guarantee, to the point we had to pick up a bunch of grad transfers.

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BlueMk1690

September 20th, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^

where the villains seem to have triumphed and are basking in their glory and the good guy is in the dumps but all that's really needed to turn things around is hard, really hard, work and a little help from some friends which is ideally all presented in a kickass montage.

 

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UMForLife

September 20th, 2015 at 4:22 PM ^

polls should be where you are now and not where you could be.

My top 5.

1. Ole Miss

2. ND

3. Georgia

4. LSU

4. MSU, tad bit less than LSU though.

We got the raw deal out of the #1, #2 B1G teams last time it happened. This time, we will get the best of it. Go Blue!

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nMkaczor

September 20th, 2015 at 4:43 PM ^

It's a conspiracy to get better ratings for when they play each other. Just like how Michigan will mysteriously be ranked for only the weeks before they play MSU and Ohio. 

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nMkaczor

September 20th, 2015 at 4:50 PM ^

Seriously though, if the CFP comittee was starting today, Ole Miss would be #1. It would probably go:

1. Ole Miss

2. MSU

3. LSU

4. Ohio State

First 2 out:

5. Notre Dame 

6. TCU

And ESPN would rave about how strong the SEC is.

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Ronnie Kaye

September 20th, 2015 at 4:58 PM ^

It's clear that college football fans will take some time to get used to rankings being as irrelevant as the college basketball poll now that we are in the era of the playoff commitee.

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PeterKlima

September 20th, 2015 at 5:44 PM ^

MSU has given up an average of over 400 yards in every game so far and lots of points. The loss of Narduzzi is a factor. how can the second best team be mediocre at best on one side of the ball? How long will that last?

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allintime23

September 20th, 2015 at 7:05 PM ^

Well, they played western michigan who has a passing game of legend. Western Michigan is easily the seventh best team in the Mac. They also played Oregon. Oregon had a quarterback with a broken hand and three weeks of time with the playbook, but he's beyond amazing. I doubt Oregon finishes the season ranked as their defense is the worst it's been in ten years. They also played Air Force and well, Air Force is hard to prepare for even though the SPARTAN players and staff said they've been preparing for them since summer camp. Well keep an eye on Air Force. This is the Spartans year and they really don't play anyone good until they play Ohio State. That's just the general view from East Lansing.

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PeterKlima

September 20th, 2015 at 5:54 PM ^

this sets up well. Michigan will get to play four ranked teams. this should set up an epic battle the week after thanksgiving.

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I Love Lamp

September 20th, 2015 at 7:45 PM ^

I just can't understand MSU at 2. Yes I'm a hater, but damn AF had them inside their 5 what 2, 3 times and came away with nothing. And they have not blown me away in their other two games, that's for sure. Top 10, absolutely. 2? Hell no. I don't want to hear mork say jack shit about being disrespected again.

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UofMfanJJ (not verified)

September 21st, 2015 at 12:17 AM ^

MSU has played like a joke so far. Also with OSU's struggle against NIU I'm surprised they're still #1. Not surprised the pollsters are riding these two though, they always get it wrong ...see no rematch for 2006 but a rematch just a few short seasons ago.

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JamieH

September 21st, 2015 at 12:17 AM ^

The SEC can't just sit back and have their entire conference voted into the top 10 for free anymore.

 

I don't really agree that OSU/MSU should be #1/#2, but this is the result of OSU winning the playoff last year.  

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Brianj25

September 23rd, 2015 at 12:38 AM ^

Probably too early to call it "bad." They're 108th in the nation in yards allowed per passing attempt. But they've played Oregon, Western Michigan, and Air Force who were 1st, 3rd, and 4th in the nation in passing yards per attempt last season. Plus MSU had backups in against both WMU and AF for a good 80 percent of those passing attempts.  

Right now I would say they're about average. The MSU D-Line is unbelievably good and generates pressure from multiple fronts on every single passing down so it's hard to tell when the secondary is actually playing well as opposed to when the front line is just dominating and making it impossible for the opposing QB to make a play. 

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