AP Top 25

[formermav43 4607]

4 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Millions, actually, but I wouldn't expect that to fall within your grasp. 

I guess I’ll admit to not grasping how the AP poll sells millions of papers. I’m curious to see an explanation for this.

[gecko 1104]

we're just hanging around at #12 waiting to POUNCE....or something like that

[El Diablo 4232]

I'm not sure what TCU did that a few other schools didn't do. 25th? Okay, I guess so.

[sidis 9990]

21 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

I'm not sure what TCU did that a few other schools didn't do. 25th? Okay, I guess so.

they crushed purdue who crushed vanderbilt.  vandy = sec, thus tcu is greatest in universe ever.

[El Diablo 4232]

1 hour ago, sidis said:

they crushed purdue who crushed vanderbilt.  vandy = sec, thus tcu is greatest in universe ever.

What was Purdue ranked before losing to TCU? 4th? 3rd?  

[texifornia 58780]

4 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

What was Purdue ranked before losing to TCU? 4th? 3rd?  

Yeah considering the last team out was K-State, who just actually beat Miss State, it's not the best line of argument.

[gmr548 16681]

4 hours ago, El Diablo said:

I'm not sure what TCU did that a few other schools didn't do. 25th? Okay, I guess so.

TCU has  only played two games so they're extra hard to read. That said, their defense just went on the road and held a Purdue team averaging 38 ppg and over 500ypg to 13 points and 204 yards, the only TD of which came in garbage time. That is a dominant performance in modern college football, especially given their own offense wasn't dominating the whole game. And it isn't like they just out-talent people. So early returns say TCU is again trotting out an upper echelon defense - shocker, I know. A nationally elite defense will keep you in every game on its own. Most schools don't have that.

Then you add the fact that they appear to be pretty good running the ball this year, so they have at least something going for them on offense, the total lack of which is what really did them in last year. A nationally elite defense with an offense that at least has a pulse will win you 8 games in a P5 league, which is usually enough to be right there at the bottom of the rankings. I think Texas actually matches up fairly well with them if that is indeed their profile but it doesn't mean they're not a tough out. 

[DDD Dad 14571]

22 hours ago, Zavala said:

 

Florida is significantly overrated, but I think they can beat everyone on the rest of their regular season now that Franks is out.

FIFY.

Go Gators.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

18 hours ago, formermav43 said:

I guess I’ll admit to not grasping how the AP poll sells millions of papers. I’m curious to see an explanation for this.

History is more than a year old. 

[formermav43 4607]

Just now, WhatTheBuck said:

History is more than a year old. 

“It sells papers” is present tense.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

3 minutes ago, formermav43 said:

“It sells papers” is present tense.

So is "it sells clicks." Both are true statements. "It sells papers" has a much longer history of being true than "it sells clicks."

Stay in school, don't do drugs. We're all rooting for you. You can do it. 

[formermav43 4607]

13 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

So is "it sells clicks." Both are true statements. "It sells papers" has a much longer history of being true than "it sells clicks."

Stay in school, don't do drugs. We're all rooting for you. You can do it. 

I was initially asking a legitimate question, assuming you had some data to back you up, given your pretty remarkable claim that it sells “millions” of papers-not in some distant past, but now. 

You could have saved the snark, said, “Oh, I actually have nothing” and saved us this back and forth.

If you want to talk history, there’s a wonderful invention called the “television.” It beams news right into your house! Because of it, no one has had to buy a newspaper to see an AP poll for decades. I’m assuming the average person is intelligent enough to know that-you can draw your own conclusions as to what that indicates about you, assuming you’re capable of it.

Edited September 17, 2019 by formermav43

[sidis 9990]

17 hours ago, texifornia said:

Yeah considering the last team out was K-State, who just actually beat Miss State, it's not the best line of argument.

but what you're missing is that mississippi state didn't care about that game so it doesn't count.

[LonghornSean 4072]

AP Top 25 - 9/22/2019

RK TEAM REC PTS TREND 1 Clemson(55) 4-0 1543 - 2 Alabama(6) 4-0 1485 - 3 Georgia(1) 4-0 1400 - 4 LSU 4-0 1344 - 5 Ohio State 4-0 1288 1 6 Oklahoma 3-0 1283 1 7 Auburn 4-0 1169 1 8 Wisconsin 3-0 1071 5 9 Florida 4-0 1022 - 10 Notre Dame 2-1 989 3 11 Texas 3-1 968 1 12 Penn State 3-0 848 1 13 Oregon 3-1 839 3 14 Iowa 3-0 714 4 15 California 4-0 547 8 16 Boise State 4-0 524 4 17 Washington 3-1 498 5 18 Virginia 4-0 430 3 19 Utah 3-1 426 9 20 Michigan 2-1 287 9 21 USC 3-1 257 NR 22 UCF 3-1 252 7 23 Texas A&M 2-2 233 6 24 Kansas State 3-0 230 NR 25 Michigan State 3-1 104 NR

Complete Rankings

Others receiving votes: Wake Forest 73, Oklahoma State 57, SMU 55, Army 46, Memphis 42, Iowa State 31, Appalachian State 24, Washington State 21, Mississippi State 14, Missouri 14, Pittsburgh 6, Minnesota 5, Arizona State 5, Colorado 5, Tulane 1

Dropped from rankings: Washington State 19, Arizona State 24, TCU 25

[Jersey Man10 3748]

Aggy still ranked lol. Also Auburn and Florida are overrated.

[UTEX_ME 4257]

Keeping aggy ranked as another feather in Bama’s cap I see 

[tejas60 3542]

best 2 loss team in the country!!!11!

[Henry Hill 3156]

#1 ranked 2-loss team in the nation!

[Neonmoon 38130]

They are basically guaranteeing SEC gets two teams this year. 

What a joke 

[Alex Karev 1056]

Okie lite should be ranked ahead of Aggy

[texifornia 58780]

Wisco below Auburn. Ok sure.

[Alex Karev 1056]

Iowa State and Kansas State also would kick Aggy ass. 

[TrashMaster G 18029]

SMU within sniffing distance of the Top 25. 😮

[The Hot Dog Buffet 1312]

Michigan shouldn't be ranked.

[Alien Octopus 628]

On 9/16/2019 at 10:46 AM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

Just because some people like it old school doesn't make them stupid.  I am an old and very tech savvy, but I like sitting out on my back porch on Saturday morning drinking my coffee (not a latte covered in cinnamon and nutmeg, mocha frappuccino with an extra shot of whipped cream, or what ever other crap you millennials drink)and reading an actual newspaper that gets my fingers all black.

So you like shit coffee, congrats

[TXSooner518 2455]

Mich should be gone. ND should be 13 or so. People are going to tout them for the playoffs when they end up 11-1 against a crap schedule with one tough game. No.

[tejas60 3542]

1 minute ago, Alien Octopus said:

So you like shit coffee, congrats

EJ?

[texifornia 58780]

1 minute ago, Alien Octopus said:

So you like shit coffee, congrats

I think your problem is that you don't like coffee, you like sugar

[Bevo14 8468]

1 minute ago, TXSooner518 said:

Mich should be gone. ND should be 13 or so. People are going to tout them for the playoffs when they end up 11-1 against a crap schedule with one tough game. No.

There's no way they're going to the playoffs with that schedule now

[Dewey 3325]

Have to play the game, but I would bet money that both ou and OSU would roll Uga... especially seeing how Vegas would put Uga as the favorite in both games. Easy money. 

[ChiTownDoc 21323]

1 minute ago, Bevo14 said:

There's no way they're going to the playoffs with that schedule now

Their schedule last year was worse and they went with an 11-1 record and home loss to Georgia.  

[ChiTownDoc 21323]

13 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

They are basically guaranteeing SEC gets two teams this year. 

What a joke 

2 guaranteed - outside shot at 3.  Laughable.  It's pretty bad when half of you won't be able to tell if I'm being sarcastic with the 3.  At least everyone will get the laughable part. 

[LonghornSean 4072]

Just now, ChiTownDoc said:

Their schedule last year was worse and they went with an 11-1 record and home loss to Georgia.  

They were unbeaten last year.  Loss to UGA at home was 2017

[ChiTownDoc 21323]

Just now, LonghornSean said:

They were unbeaten last year.  Loss to UGA at home was 2017

God damn, I'm an idoit.  

I still think they're very much in play if that's their only loss.  

[LonghornSean 4072]

Yeah I don't think ND is out of it yet.

[jdhorn92 1588]

15 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

They are basically guaranteeing SEC gets two teams this year. 

What a joke 

Only if they plan on taking a second SEC team with 2 losses. 

Aub has LSU, UGA and Bama, plus SEC CCG

Bama has LSU, AUB and CCG

UGA has AUB and CCG

LSU has AUB, Bama, and CCG

 

The chances of the #2 team in SEC  only having one loss this year is going to very rare. 

[Michael Knight 13187]

How is aggy still ranked

[Bevo14 8468]

I think they are if there are 4 1 loss or better champions,  which I think is going to happen. Or 3 and a 1 loss fucksec nonchampion

[Bevo Num1 1061]

How is aggy still ranked

SEC

[ChiTownDoc 21323]

aggy should play michigan in the most overrated dogshit teams of all time bowl.  winner gets to eat the soggy biscuit

[F250 29171]

A 2-2 team being in the top 25 is ridiculous.

 

That is all.

 

 

[jdhorn92 1588]

8 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

Their schedule last year was worse and they went with an 11-1 record and home loss to Georgia.  

ND Didnt play UGA last year.

[NowThis 931]

Notre Dame better than i thought. I'm glad they lost to keep them out of the playoffs.  SEC hatred aside, LSU-GA-Bama are legit top 4 teams and deserve the playoffs. The 4th spot is between an undefeated tOSU and the Big12 champ.

[Funk Doctor Spock 13120]

Aggy ahead of K-State. M'kay. 

[jdhorn92 1588]

2 minutes ago, NowThis said:

Notre Dame better than i thought. I'm glad they lost to keep them out of the playoffs.  SEC hatred aside, LSU-GA-Bama are legit top 4 teams and deserve the playoffs. The 4th spot is between an undefeated tOSU and the Big12 champ.

No Clemson?

[texifornia 58780]

9 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

Yeah I don't think ND is out of it yet.

If SC bumblefucks their way into the Pac CCG it'll be a big late season "statement win" for ND.

[NowThis 931]

Just now, jdhorn92 said:

No Clemson?

my brainfart, you right . So, it's Clemson, Bama + one loss LSU/GA and tOSU.

[texifornia 58780]

5 minutes ago, F250 said:

A 2-2 team being in the top 25 is ridiculous.

 

That is all.

 

 

I mean they lost to two good teams. The problem is the WAY they lost them.

[dcar00 14899]

10 minutes ago, jdhorn92 said:

Only if they plan on taking a second SEC team with 2 losses. 

Aub has LSU, UGA and Bama, plus SEC CCG

Bama has LSU, AUB and CCG

UGA has AUB and CCG

LSU has AUB, Bama, and CCG

 

The chances of the #2 team in SEC  only having one loss this year is going to very rare. 

unless AUB beats Georgia they are in.

[Bullneck 19454]

43 minutes ago, Jersey Man10 said:

Aggy still ranked lol. Also Auburn and Florida are overrated.

Best two loss team in the country.