Back @ #4 in the AP Poll
Georgia
OSU
Tennessee
Michigan
Clemson
Alabama
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
October 16th, 2022 at 1:54 PM ^
Sounds fine to me
it really just comes down to beating OSU.... just like always
team looks dominate and I think JJ will perform better than yesterday in "The Game"
October 16th, 2022 at 2:09 PM ^
No, it comes down to beating each team each week, starting with MSU.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:54 PM ^
Both are true
October 16th, 2022 at 3:42 PM ^
Yes and no. Realistically, we could probably lose one game and still make the CFP if we beat OSU and win the B1G (just like last year). That said, we should be a multi-score favorite in every game leading up to OSU, so hopefully we won’t test this theory.
October 16th, 2022 at 5:23 PM ^
No mercy with sparty. I want to curbstomp those fucks.
October 16th, 2022 at 8:26 PM ^
Michigan could score 10 touchdowns on them and I'd still bitch about not going for a 2 point conversion ON EVERY SINGLE ONE!
October 17th, 2022 at 9:48 AM ^
Logged in just to upvote this!
October 16th, 2022 at 2:55 PM ^
If we play like we did yesterday, it will be another tough day for OSU, if JJ steps up his game, sky is the limit.
October 16th, 2022 at 1:56 PM ^
I disagree with TN above us, but I can understand it, and I said last night I wouldn't be shocked if it happened. However, OSU has no business being ranked #2, and Ole Miss should be ahead of Bama.
October 16th, 2022 at 3:17 PM ^
Exactly. TN deserves to be above us because their resume is better. Now our resume is better than OSU. I don’t lose sleep over rankings this early, but I agree with you.
October 16th, 2022 at 7:27 PM ^
All of the teams in the top four control their own destiny. For us and osu, just win and take down the sacrificial lamb from the B1G West. The pathway is clear
October 16th, 2022 at 9:57 PM ^
If only OSU plays UM to settle this...
October 16th, 2022 at 5:25 PM ^
Writers have been off this year. Several of their rankings have been suspect.
October 16th, 2022 at 1:56 PM ^
15 first-place votes for a team that gave up 49 points?
I'll be glad when Saban retires so the Bama Effect won't be so strong.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:06 PM ^
That's what I said in the other thread, which might be taken down due to duplication. I don't buy into the Vols who gave up 49 points to a sub par 'Bama team who almost lost to Texas earlier this season.
Adding more insult, the Vols got 15 first place votes and only 2 less than the Buckeyes. The Playoff Committee would see it differently as they would place value on the more balanced teams like Michigan. We'd be a shoe-in at #3.
The Vols have 2 very tough teams to beat: KY and at Georgia. I hope they get smoked!
October 16th, 2022 at 2:57 PM ^
Don’t you know the defensive play was actually elite! The athletes are just that good!
/s
October 16th, 2022 at 1:56 PM ^
I’m fine with this, because they’re going to have to get the license plate of the dump truck that is going to drive over them on November 5th in Athens.
October 16th, 2022 at 1:57 PM ^
Just win, and everything will fall into place. M truly controls its own destiny, which is all we can ask for.
October 16th, 2022 at 1:57 PM ^
Coaches Poll
- Georgia
- OSU
- UM
- Tenn
- Clemson
October 16th, 2022 at 2:40 PM ^
I tend to think the coaches get it right more often than the media. In this case I think the coaches' poll is the better reflection of reality.
October 16th, 2022 at 3:28 PM ^
Don’t the coaches sometimes just have the SID or another staffer fill out their ballot though?
October 16th, 2022 at 5:25 PM ^
Coaches hardly watch any other games on Saturdays, for obvious reasons, and also have clear conflicts of interest. This poll surveys SIDs, who have the same conflicts. Total horseshit.
October 16th, 2022 at 9:00 PM ^
Even then, they still know more than a Paul Finebaum or Jack Ebling.
Or any of the jackoff journalists in Ohio.
October 16th, 2022 at 3:38 PM ^
Sometimes a coach will rank a 12-0 team who was ranked #1 the previous week #4 after a Rose Bowl win over a very good Washington State team just to help his buddy get a piece of a national championship so it really only takes one coach with an agenda to skew the whole thing.
October 16th, 2022 at 4:12 PM ^
That's not true. See 1997. And not just 1997, recent history as well.
October 16th, 2022 at 4:48 PM ^
I never thought I'd see anyone but a Nebraska fan say that. Are you Mrs. Frost?
October 16th, 2022 at 4:45 PM ^
M finished just 3 points ahead of TN. However M finally received 1 first place vote though TN received 2. Progress, even though the only poll that matters for the playoffs is the final CFP poll.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:00 PM ^
Seems about right, what I guessed.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:00 PM ^
Beat Staee
October 16th, 2022 at 2:04 PM ^
Just keep winning.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:07 PM ^
Ridiculous, IMO, for Tennessee to jump us. Their defense is shit.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:09 PM ^
Only poll that matters is the playoff committee and we control our own destiny with that. Well, the players and coaches anyway.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:46 PM ^
Yes! The poll that matters is yet to come.
We can treat the AP poll like candy, fun to discuss and all, but entirely void of value. When the CFP poll is released the AP poll will become so irrelevant that nobody pays attention to it anymore. So no sense in getting worked up over it...this is not the MNC era.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:11 PM ^
This is fine. I think Michigan is better than Tennessee and would pick Michigan on a neutral field, but I think Tennessee deserves a higher ranking based on the games they have played thus far. In fact, given the latter criteria, Tennessee should probably be #1.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:14 PM ^
Not surprising. I always saw Michigan dropping behind Clemson as punishment for Michigan’s first half against Indiana rather than praise for Clemson. Michigan dominating the #10 school should have more than made up for one mediocre half a week ago. Plus, Clemson allowed FSU to make the score look ho-hum.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:14 PM ^
Clemson likely jumps us with a win next week against Syracuse but I think Cuse could beat them they look pretty good this year. Tough ask though to go to Death Valley to get the win. Already looking forward to the State game the players have that one circled. Think we’ll be looking to score lots of points in that one.
October 16th, 2022 at 3:28 PM ^
If Syracuse wins over Clemson, they move into a spot ahead of us. If we beat Syracuse, it's because they weren't actually that good to begin with.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:15 PM ^
Let's say Clemson losses to Syracuse.
Michigan SMOKES OSU and wins the B1G Championship Game. (or Michigan beats OSU and PSU beats OSU...I just like the first option better)
Georgia beats Tennessee.
Alabama beats Georgia.
...could it be #1 Michigan and three 1-loss schools from the SEC?
October 16th, 2022 at 2:18 PM ^
UCLA and TCU would also have to lose, but it’s certainly possible.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:21 PM ^
Of course. And maybe one more team as well...
October 16th, 2022 at 2:20 PM ^
In this Gary Danielson wet dream...
Michigan would be 1.
Bama would be 2, because they lost on the road and got the extra game/win over the SEC East Champion.
Georgia would be #3, setting up an auto rematch of the SEC Championship Game.
Tennessee would be #4 (over OSU).
Yuck, I'm gonna go shower now.
October 16th, 2022 at 3:17 PM ^
Gary would have a hard time standing up during SEC telecasts as his boner would show.
October 16th, 2022 at 4:52 PM ^
It’s the pleats
October 16th, 2022 at 3:39 PM ^
Alabama could only beat Georgia in a conference championship game. So, why would either one advance if Michigan and Ohio State met as undefeateds in a non-championship game? Why would the SEC teams be playoff eligible instead of a one-loss Big Ten team especially if they were ranked No. 1 & 2 when they played? The logic is bewildering. I get the voting bias but not based on an available record of achievement.
USC lost to Utah last night on a gutsy final drive by the Utes in which they gambled on a two-point conversion to avoid overtime and hand the Trojans a 1 pt. loss. There was little defense played in that game, yet USC didn't give up 7 touchdowns or 52 points. And Alabama got first place votes.
Tennessee plays Georgia in three weeks. Alabama still has some teams to get through including LSU, Miss St. and Ole Miss. Michigan's win over OSU at home last season was more impressive than Tenn's last-second field goal victory over the Crimson Tide which missed an earlier tie-breaking field goal of their own.
The point is, no team has shown strength on both sides of the ball like Michigan, and you know the voters are just looking for a minor screw up to send the Wolverines packing. This voting is horseshit.
The voters do know that Saban left Michigan State with only one decent 9-2 season in 1999 to show for his five year career as Sparty's head coach. He did beat Brady in his final game against Michigan 34-31, in a season in which the Wolverines finished 10-2. You could wonder why he left. I always thought he went to LSU because he was getting out-recruited by Lloyd Carr. One books says he wanted to come back to East Lansing to coach after leaving because he didn't like Louisiana. Whatever. He made his bones in SEC but not in the Big Ten. The voters can shove it.
October 16th, 2022 at 4:26 PM ^
The voters do know that Saban left Michigan State with only one decent 9-2 season in 1999 to show for his five year career as Sparty's head coach.
MSU was under sanctions for his first four years and only had like 70 scholarships per year. He had a bunch of 6/7-win seasons but that was respectable under the circumstances. 1999 was the only year they had the full 85, and he went 9-2. He was considered a rising star and could have been a thorn in our side, but Sparty was too cheap to match LSU's offer.
So of course last year they handed $95 million to Tucker at the slightest hint of LSU interest.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:17 PM ^
Not sure I’d have Tennessee above Michigan at this point, but I understand it. At least we got rewarded for beating the snot out of PSU by leapfrogging Clemson again.
October 16th, 2022 at 2:22 PM ^
Illinois is up to #18. Their next 3 games before Michigan are: @ Nebraska, MSU, and Purdue. Could they be a top-10 team when they play Michigan?
October 16th, 2022 at 5:16 PM ^
No, Bert will screw it up for everybody
October 16th, 2022 at 5:16 PM ^
Purdue is a sneaky good team, that game will probably decide the Weak ….I mean West.