Michigan #5 in Coaches Poll - Post Week 1
Obviously early, but moving on up...
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls/coaches-poll/2022-2023/2022-09-06/
I like how they show the high and low. Some one still voted ND #5 overall? WTH?
Four BIG TEN teams in the top 20.....
Eight BIG TEN teams received votes (including Iowa....umm ok)
September 6th, 2022 at 2:15 PM ^
The high/low is where they have been ranked this season, not votes this week.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:28 PM ^
I would welcome seeing the “high / low” for both this - and the AP polls - individual ballots - in addition to the season. My actual preference would be the high / low ballots for a given week.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:18 PM ^
Surprised we moved up considering the non-conference schedule.
September 6th, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
This is why I say play the worst of the worst every year in the non conference. There’s very little reward for putting it all on the line early in the season. The SEC has enough of an advantage by only playing 8 conference games and basically never going on the road (true road game) out of conference. Not to mention most major bowls are in their backyard.
playoff expansion will help, but it’s time to rethink playing OSU in the final game. Most seasons, both OSU should be in the expanded playoffs, but playing at the end of the year will limit the losing teams ability to climb back up the rankings.
September 6th, 2022 at 3:05 PM ^
The reward is as a fan watching interesting games and getting to visit fun campuses. Aren't we allowed to enjoy the season, enjoy the games? Not just about winning the National Championship is it?
September 6th, 2022 at 9:49 PM ^
Ask a bama fan
September 6th, 2022 at 5:12 PM ^
it’s time to rethink playing OSU in the final game
September 6th, 2022 at 7:15 PM ^
No offense to you, but that's a chicken shit attitude. I'm not saying to play a top 10 team every week, but schedule one or two non-conference games that give an opportunity to show how good you are. Besides being a matter of pride, there's practical benefit -- good competition is the surest way to improve.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:20 PM ^
This is exactly where we all kinda thought we should have been at the beginning of the season.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:24 PM ^
That looks about right after the first week.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:27 PM ^
Ohio State beat the allegedly #5 team in the country by 11 and drops a spot in the polls. No reward for having a challenging non-con schedule.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:32 PM ^
The benefit is of course that it forgives a mid season lapse in concentration. A 1-loss OSU team that wins the big ten goes to the CFP over a lot more teams than a 1-loss Michigan team that wins the big ten.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:37 PM ^
I think there's a good chance we see an all SEC - B1G playoff this year with.
UGA, BAMA, OSU, UM
If both UM and OSU undefeated going into CBus and UGA-Bama in SEC championship again, it's quite possible. USC or Oklahoma or Clemson running the table could obviously throw a wrench into the situation, but a 1 loss SEC non-conference champ and 1 loss B1G non-conference champ may both very well be in the top 4 this year.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:44 PM ^
I suspect this is likely. I want another crack at uga with jj.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:36 PM ^
To a team that beat a ranked team a lot more comfortably at a neutral site.
I'm honestly surprised Georgia didn't pass Bama after how dominant they looked.
September 6th, 2022 at 3:09 PM ^
Need a couple more years of us beating osu, and Georgia beating Alabama regularly before the pollsters change the way they order.
September 7th, 2022 at 5:10 PM ^
Good luck beating OSU!!
September 6th, 2022 at 2:28 PM ^
Looks like the graduate assistants got it right this week.
Edit: Responding to Robbie Moore's comment above me. No, they have long discarded the notion that SOS means shit - at the end of the year they look at your overall record first, last, and always and I guess, if a tie occurred, only then would the SOS matter.
That being said the #3 team totally crushed the #12 team while the #2 team struggled terribly with #5 so moving Georgia past OSU, at least for this week, seems reasonable to me.
September 7th, 2022 at 12:52 AM ^
Frankly, Georgia ought to be #1. They looked better than OSU and they are the defending national champs. Any rankings before week 6 or so are dumb, but Georgia then Bama/OSU in either order is the least dumb.
September 6th, 2022 at 2:30 PM ^
Regarding Iowa, defense wins championships. How many other teams forced 2 safeties last week... or ever?
September 6th, 2022 at 2:38 PM ^
How many teams get 20 chances to pin a team deep punting from midfield because they can't move the ball on offense?
September 6th, 2022 at 2:53 PM ^
In 2004 Penn State forced two safties in a 6*-4 loss to Iowa.
*two field goals
September 6th, 2022 at 4:17 PM ^
To be fair, only one of those was actually forced. Iowa intentionally gave PSU the second safety to avoid punting from their one yard line.
September 7th, 2022 at 12:55 AM ^
Literally the only time Iowa turns down a chance to punt - when they can justify an intentional safety instead.
September 6th, 2022 at 3:34 PM ^
Maybe Kirk is a cutting edge offensive coach whose time is before him? I mean, he's the only coach in all of football that has pioneered using the punter as a primary road to victory..
September 6th, 2022 at 4:34 PM ^
True, but against a FCS competition and the only "offensive" points they scored is when SDSU botched a punt giving Iowa possession on the 34 yard line. Iowa's only offensive scoring drive? 4 plays, 5 yards....
Yes, defense wins championship but with Iowa's offense, do you really believe they will shutout every opponent this year because that is about what it will take for them to have a chance to win a game....
September 6th, 2022 at 2:33 PM ^
Looks ok, but Clemson probably better with their younger QB than current starter (sound familiar), offense looked meh, defensive line looks elite. My top 10.
1a) UGA
1b) Bama
Big Gap
3) UM
4) OSU
Gap
5) USC
6) Clemson
7) Texas A&M
8) Oklahoma
9) Miami
10) Notre Dame
September 6th, 2022 at 3:48 PM ^
SC at 5 is beyond premature at this point.
September 6th, 2022 at 4:13 PM ^
Riley is creative offensively. I’ll be interested in seeing the SC defense - and how it evolves over the year.
September 7th, 2022 at 5:11 PM ^
No way is Mich better than OSU in this first week of play--you people are Delusional!!
September 6th, 2022 at 3:16 PM ^
Clemson at #4 is pretty comical.
September 6th, 2022 at 4:15 PM ^
jm, and - it’s possible that they are the “top clown” in the “clown show” known as the ACC.
September 6th, 2022 at 3:32 PM ^
Clemson? Unless GT is secretly great then I don’t see them ahead of us
September 6th, 2022 at 3:47 PM ^
Clemson getting the benefit of the doubt after last year is bizarre to me.
September 6th, 2022 at 4:15 PM ^
We love Dabo. He’s the best…
September 6th, 2022 at 5:14 PM ^
Early bird special. Too early to have have much to say beyond what has been written above, except Georgia steamrolling Oregon the way they did was noteworthy.
September 6th, 2022 at 5:20 PM ^
I 've no way of knowing why Georgia is not #1.
Glad to see ND down a peg or two.
September 6th, 2022 at 8:36 PM ^
Looks like we finally crept into RJ youngs top 25.. the dude is a complete asshat that just trolls for people to bitch at him. He has MSU 5th or 6th in the nation lol..
September 6th, 2022 at 11:51 PM ^
Anyone who watched Clemson likely walked away feeling like I did. Same deal as last year. Some elite guys, but their QB isn’t who they thought he was, and they’re not deep enough in talent.