Who's in your top 5?

Submitted by amir_6 on

1. Alabama

2. OSU

3. Louisville

4. Michigan

5. Clemson

 

 

What say you?

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team126

September 18th, 2016 at 10:13 AM ^

So I won't give too much sxxt to OSU and Sparty wins. Still, our win was not too impressive as well - so if Michigan drops a spot or two I think it is acceptable.

I would go with:

1. Lville

2. Alabama

3. OSU

4. Mich

5. Stanford

6. Sparty

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Lie-Cheat-Steal

September 18th, 2016 at 10:14 AM ^

Oh, we didnt win by 70 and our rivals won on the road...ok

1.OSU

2. MSU

3. Anybody left on our schedule with a pulse

4 - 21 Other teams

UM - middling team with no upside, lucky to make a bowl, should not be ranked

-Grow a sack you chicken littles.  OSU struggled with Tulsa for a half.  MSU struggled with Troy.  It happens.

We had one shit quarter against a decent spread team and 3 of our starters were out, including our best cover guy.

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Formerly Yoda

September 18th, 2016 at 10:15 AM ^

we did not look like a top 5 team. if colorado doesn't lose that qb, we're in trouble. he absolutely torched don brown. ive never seen so many 1v1s w a WR against a safety. osu is going to feast on dr blitz

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Kmaize

September 18th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^

Rewatch that game. Watch it from the defensive perspective instead of the OMG THEY GOT A LOT OF YARDS on that play perspective.

Don Brown wasn't torched at all. We were in great position scheme wise the entire game. There were a few hiccups and missed assignments on the back end that caused those huge plays. Again, the 3 TD's were were mistakes by the players on the field. Peppers hesitated instead of covering the top and the first TD happened. Second TD again, hesitation caused the WR to get on top and over the top TD again. Bad angle on by Hill on the play in the 3rd quarter as well as not jamming the WR off of the line to begin with/hesitation by the covering secondary. 

These are simple mistakes to fix and will be addressed I'm sure. The scheme had nothing to do with what happened in the passing game. They also didn't rush for 80 yds against Michigan.

They had a bad first quarter and settled down. 

The Dr Blitz schemes got Peppers to be in the position to make the plays on D.

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turtleboy

September 18th, 2016 at 10:21 AM ^

I hate to say it, but I have to rate dominating Oklahoma on the road over beating Ole Miss on the road, but giving up 43 points. 1 OSU 2 Bama 3 Louisville 4 Michigan 5 Syracuse Right now I'd rate Stanford over Clemson based on performance, but they've played one fewer game.

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MGoblu8

September 18th, 2016 at 10:22 AM ^

1. OSU
2. Bama
3. Louisville
4. Michigan
5. Stanford
6. Clemson

Both Wisconsin and Sparty are both top 10 teams. We will know in a few weeks how we stack up.

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michfan23

September 18th, 2016 at 10:22 AM ^

Someone with more skills than me needs to send Mork D'Antony this:

1. Michigan State
2. Michigan State
3. Michigan State
4-117. Michigan State

I just don't want his team to feel disrespected. Playing with that chip on the shoulder through every game must be so painful...



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Drbogue

September 18th, 2016 at 10:26 AM ^

It really depends upon scheme for whom is better than whom. I love our chances against MSU and Stanford, but think that Louisville and OSU would womp us right now. Alabama and Clemson - wash. I think we are #5 or just outside looking in. We need a signature win and perhaps Wisconsin will give us that.

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Fhshockey112002

September 18th, 2016 at 10:28 AM ^

Don't think the AP will be anything like this, but based on resume and best wins (especially road wins)...

1. Bama
2. OSU
3. Louisville
4. Clemson
5. Stanford
6. Houston
7. MSU
8. Michigan

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lawlright

September 18th, 2016 at 10:32 AM ^

1) OSU 2) Bama and the rest doesn't matter. I'd argue I don't think M is a top 5 team but them who do you bump them with?? Fact is OSU and Bama are way out in front and them there are "all you others". Through three weeks Bama has to sort some things out and if JT stays healthy for OSU they have it all. 3-5 is simply a formality.

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Wolvie3758

September 18th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^

people are undervaluing the Colorado win..That was a pretty good team yesterday and I predict they will have a good year. (if the QB is ok) Its not as impressive as road wins at OK and ND but Colorado isnt exactly chop ;iver this year..

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WeimyWoodson

September 18th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^

1. Alabama - because they held on to beat a ranked team but their defense doesn't look that great. 2. Ohio State - just hammered OK, this board is 50/50 here. Some say they're overrated and call people chicken shit for saying OSU is really good, while others are nervous. I fall under the nervous category. Just doesn't seem like they ever take a step back. Until it actually happens I think it's going to be crazy hard to beat them. Thank god we have Harbaugh because I don't think any other coach who could have been hired is up for the task. 3. Lville, damn their qb is close to a Denard like runner but a JT accuracy arm. If he stays healthy I'd be pretty surprised if they're not in the playoff representing the ACC 4/5 toss up between Michigan and Clemson

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tlo2485

September 18th, 2016 at 10:45 AM ^

Colorado did more in the 1st quarter than the rest of the game combined. I also suspect they are going to be a lot better than people expected them to be the rest of the season. Meanwhile, people on here are piling the praise onto our rivals for beating two teams who now sit at 1-2 and have decided to not play defense this season, a Clemson team who has struggled against mid-majors, and the list goes on. The gloom and doom after struggling in the opening quarter against our first test of the season only to pull it together and beat them by double digits is amazing.

1. Alabama

2. Ohio State

3. Louisville

4. Michigan

5. Clemson

6. Houston

7. Stanford

8. Michigan State

9. Washington

10. Wisconsin

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charblue.

September 18th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^

after coming back and showing character in beating a good opponent on the road in a hostile environment. You reward stellar play in big wins and punish a team that lost badly to an upstart.

 

My top five: Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Louisville and Clemson. Alabama retains its top spot and OSU is rewarded for crushing Oklahoma on the road and knocking it out of any playoff consideration, along with the rest of that conference.

I move Michigan to third because while not covering the spread, it still showed character and domination in its performance after a shaky performance in the early going. Louisville may be moved as high as third in the polls today, but I think moving it more than 7 spots with its magnicent win over the Seminoles would be denying the work of the other early poll leaders which performed as expected.

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AMazinBlue

September 18th, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^

1. OSU (Bama doesn't handle spread teams well

2. Alabama (Defense is suffocating against all but Chad Kelly)

3. Louisville (Speed, Speed, Speed, and Lamar J.)

4. Stanford (they would know Harbaugh tendancies)

5. Michigan (with our 3 starters out, doing pretty well)

6. Clemson (Nothing really impressive except Watson)

7. Houston (Potential, but didn't impress against Cincy)

8. MSU (Dantonio has a solid rep now with the D, but they stopped playing last nite)

 

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bamf16

September 18th, 2016 at 10:51 AM ^

I think there's a clear top tier that includes Ohio State and Alabama.

Louisville looked incredible yesterday, and I think it's tough to argue they're not in that top tier as well.

After that, you have a lot of good teams that have some flaws and/or bad games.

Clemson won its first 2 games by a total of 12 points against Auburn (decent, but not top 25) and a Troy team that yesterday beat Southern Miss by 6.  

Wisconsin's offense looks anemic (which isn't a shock) and we saw how they struggled yesterday.

Michigan State beat a Notre Dame team that at least going into yesterday looked like a decent football team, but now after their loss and Texas losing to Cal, there are questions about ND, and MSU struggled at times against Furman in their opener.

Stanford looked good again yesterday, but didn't look nearly as good against USC as Alabama did.

How good Houston is will be debated until mid November when they play Louisville.

Washington's schedule has been even worse than Michigan's.

Georgia's had some close games.

Tennessee beat Ohio by 9.

Michigan gave up some big plays against UCF, the safety play has been horrid, and they couldn't run the ball against UCF.  But there's talent there and the defense which has done a lot of good things stands to get Jourdan Lewis, Taco Charlton, and Bryan Mone back before going to East Lansing.  I'm not as pessimistic as some; I don't necessarily think much was "exposed" so to speak.  But I'm not ready to put UM in the same tier as OSU & Alabama, and after yesterday, Louisville.

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bamf16

September 18th, 2016 at 1:23 PM ^

Where did I give Auburn credit or the benefit of any doubt?  You think me referring to them as "decent" (which they are, by the way, losing to Clemson by 6 and playing TAMU pretty close last night) is something over which to nitpick and/or debate?  I sure as hell didn't.  Fact is, you're making my case for me, that despite the first poll, I don't think Clemson is in that top tier, and used their close game against Auburn to reinforce that point.

But feel free to assign different meanings to words people use so you can pick an argument; I just don't have any interest in debating the meaning of "is" with you.

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