AP Week 8

[The Tower 372]

RANK		TEAM	PV RANK	CONFERENCE	POINTS
1		Clemson (6-0)	1	ACC	1,539 (52)
2		Alabama (5-0)	2	SEC	1,494 (10)
3		Ohio State (1-0)	5	Big Ten	1,402
4		Notre Dame (5-0)	3	ACC	1,353
5		Georgia (3-1)	4	SEC	1,292
6		Oklahoma State (4-0)	6	Big 12	1,201
7		Cincinnati (3-0)	9	American Athletic	1,100
8		Texas A&M (3-1)	7	SEC	1,094
9		Wisconsin (1-0)	14	Big Ten	950
10		Florida (2-1)	10	SEC	933
11		Brigham Young (5-0)	12	IA Independents	906
12		Miami (FL) (4-1)	11	ACC	888
13		Michigan (0-0)	18	Big Ten	839
14		Oregon (0-0)	13	Pac-12	784
15		North Carolina (4-1)	14	ACC	758
16		Kansas State (4-1)	20	Big 12	562
17		Indiana (1-0)		Big Ten	466
18		Penn State (0-1)	8	Big Ten	443
19		Marshall (5-0)	22	Conference USA	379
20		Coastal Carolina (5-0)	25	Sun Belt	282
21		USC (0-0)	24	Pac-12	243
22		SMU (5-0)	16	American Athletic	208
23		Iowa State (3-2)	17	Big 12	205
24		Oklahoma (3-2)		Big 12	155
25		Boise State (1-0)		Mountain West	113

Others receiving votes:

Memphis 105, Liberty 85, Tulsa 80, Louisiana-Lafayette 50, Army 44, Auburn 41, Minnesota 40, Utah 36, Northwestern 20, Washington 15, Arkansas 15, Purdue 8, Arizona State 7, Appalachian State 6, California 4, Boston College 2, Texas 2, San Diego State 1

[phdhorn 6224]

Damn, we doubled our vote from last week! We are on a ROLL!

[Bullneck 19454]

Ranked higher than SDSU!  Suck it, Aztecs!!!!

[Bill Lumbergh 7337]

RANK		TEAM	PV RANK	CONFERENCE	POINTS
1		Clemson (6-0)	1	ACC	1,539 (52)
2		Alabama (5-0)	2	SEC	1,494 (10)
3		Ohio State (1-0)	5	Big Ten	1,402
4		Notre Dame (5-0)	3	ACC	1,353
5		Georgia (3-1)	4	SEC	1,292
6		Oklahoma State (4-0)	6	Big 12	1,201
7		Cincinnati (3-0)	9	American Athletic	1,100
8		Texas A&M (3-1)	7	SEC	1,094
9		Wisconsin (1-0)	14	Big Ten	950
10		Florida (2-1)	10	SEC	933
11		Brigham Young (5-0)	12	IA Independents	906
12		Miami (FL) (4-1)	11	ACC	888
13		Michigan (0-0)	18	Big Ten	839
14		Oregon (0-0)	13	Pac-12	784
15		North Carolina (4-1)	14	ACC	758
16		Kansas State (4-1)	20	Big 12	562
17		Indiana (1-0)		Big Ten	466
18		Penn State (0-1)	8	Big Ten	443
19		Marshall (5-0)	22	Conference USA	379
20		Coastal Carolina (5-0)	25	Sun Belt	282
21		USC (0-0)	24	Pac-12	243
22		SMU (5-0)	16	American Athletic	208
23		Iowa State (3-2)	17	Big 12	205
24		Oklahoma (3-2)		Big 12	155
25		Boise State (1-0)		Mountain West	113

Others receiving votes: Memphis 105, Liberty 85, Tulsa 80, Louisiana-Lafayette 50, Army 44, Auburn 41, Minnesota 40, Utah 36, Northwestern 20, Washington 15, Arkansas 15, Purdue 8, Arizona State 7, Appalachian State 6, California 4, Boston College 2, Texas 2, San Diego State 1

We all know the answer, but I'll ask the question anyway.

Since 3-1 Georgia was absolutely throttled in their loss to Bama, which of these impressive wins is propping up their #5 ranking:

2-2 Arkansas
3-2 Auburn
2-3 Tennessee

[Hook1997 5486]

If they beat #6 next week do they get back in the top 25?  Two votes and below some of those teams is off if you ask me.

[hookem48 4808]

3 hours ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

We all know the answer, but I'll ask the question anyway.

Since 3-1 Georgia was absolutely throttled in their loss to Bama, which of these impressive wins is propping up their #5 ranking:

2-2 Arkansas
3-2 Auburn
2-3 Tennessee

Who should be ahead of them?

[Pato del Muerto 53331]

3 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

If they beat #6 next week do they get back in the top 25?  Two votes and below some of those teams is off if you ask me.

I wouldn’t worry about it

[notre dame joe 202]

Can't even complain

[phdhorn 6224]

4 hours ago, Hook1997 said:

If they beat #6 next week do they get back in the top 25?  Two votes and below some of those teams is off if you ask me.

... Or, two votes and above some other teams is off.

with some other coaches I would say there's always a good chance for Texas to see its potential in one epic game and beat Oklahoma state. But nope, not going to happen this year.

[Sgt Hulk 14330]

Marshal and coastal Carolina think we suck 

[927 E. 41st 1124]

Highest percentage jump in votes week over week! Yeah baby!

[Bullneck 19454]

TexAgs was pissing and moaning earlier about their less than 1% chance of getting into the playoffs.  

[Kennythetiger 9584]

6 hours ago, phdhorn said:

Damn, we doubled our vote from last week! We are on a ROLL!

Don’t feel bad- we’re 4-1, beat Oklahoma, and are ranked one spot of an Indiana team that’s played one game. Too bad we shit the bed each year in our preseason game. 

[B00M 6725]

Oklahoma St is over rated as fuck (then again, Georgia, Cinci, A&M) ... Won't be at all surprised if we beat them then lose the next week because Texas.

 

Edited October 26, 2020 by B00M

[notre dame joe 202]

On 10/25/2020 at 5:49 PM, B00M said:

Oklahoma St is over rated as fuck (then again, Georgia, Cinci, A&M) ... Won't be at all surprised if we beat them then lose the next week because Texas.

 

Don't these season scenarios traditionally end with a top 5 cOSU losing their last game to a 7 win Sooner squad?

[JFKFC 4965]

Liberty has more than 40 times the number of votes than we do. Time for us to hire Hugh Freeze.

[ztejas 44114]

This B10 shit is so fucking stupid. So PSU is 0-1 but stays ranked in the top 20? Unranked Indiana jumps to #17 because they beat PSU? USC is better than SMU, ISU and Oklahoma - why? 

Edited October 27, 2020 by ztejas

[JMFP 1126]

20 minutes ago, notre dame joe said:

Don't these season scenarios traditionally end with a top 5 cOSU losing their last game to a 7 win Sooner squad?

Yes. 😪

[B00M 6725]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

This B10 shit is so fucking stupid. So PSU is 0-1 but stays ranked in the top 20? Unranked Indiana jumps to #17 because they beat PSU? USC is better than SMU, ISU and Oklahoma - why? 

Texas would be so fucking good if we only played 1 game this year

[phdhorn 6224]

On 10/25/2020 at 7:49 PM, B00M said:

Oklahoma St is over rated as fuck (then again, Georgia, Cinci, A&M) ... Won't be at all surprised if we beat them then lose the next week because Texas.

 

1) I think they're a little overrated, but not much.  Absolutely a Top 12 or so team right now at least.
2) Someone in the conference has to be given some love since it royally sucks ass this year so far, so who else is better?  Only K-State - maybe.

Normally I'd say we're in the market for another close UT-OSU slugfest, but this year we suck terribly, and now our talent on the field is no better than theirs, in fact worse at most spots, and of course they are INSANELY better coached than we are (love or hate 40man, he's lights above Terrible Tom - but then so again is a turnip).

I don't think it'll be a total shitsmear, but OSU's matchups on our terriblyundertaught players highly favor them.  We could get lucky, but OSU is probably as stoked to be in position for the playoff as any Big XII team in years, and one loss kisses them good-bye.  I think they'll completely smash our mouths in, because anyone can pretty much.  But you're right - they'll probably eat the shit sandwich in Norman in a month.  But they have their best team under Gundy ever IMHO.  FWIW (maybe not much).

No B12 team is sniffing the playoffs with 1 loss, period.  Too much OU crash and burn the last few years to make pollsters think the Big 12 is any good, and they're more or less right.

The only exception is Kansas State if they run the table - but I don't think they will.

[B00M 6725]

58 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

1) I think they're a little overrated, but not much.  Absolutely a Top 12 or so team right now at least.
2) Someone in the conference has to be given some love since it royally sucks ass this year so far, so who else is better?  Only K-State - maybe.

Normally I'd say we're in the market for another close UT-OSU slugfest, but this year we suck terribly, and now our talent on the field is no better than theirs, in fact worse at most spots, and of course they are INSANELY better coached than we are (love or hate 40man, he's lights above Terrible Tom - but then so again is a turnip).

I don't think it'll be a total shitsmear, but OSU's matchups on our terriblyundertaught players highly favor them.  We could get lucky, but OSU is probably as stoked to be in position for the playoff as any Big XII team in years, and one loss kisses them good-bye.  I think they'll completely smash our mouths in, because anyone can pretty much.  But you're right - they'll probably eat the shit sandwich in Norman in a month.  But they have their best team under Gundy ever IMHO.  FWIW (maybe not much).

No B12 team is sniffing the playoffs with 1 loss, period.  Too much OU crash and burn the last few years to make pollsters think the Big 12 is any good, and they're more or less right.

The only exception is Kansas State if they run the table - but I don't think they will.

Herman teams play up or down to the level of competition. Even if OSU jumps out, Texas will make it close. It's a coin flip game and no B12 team is sniffing the playoffs, period

[Herpa Derpa 6317]

3 hours ago, ztejas said:

This B10 shit is so fucking stupid. So PSU is 0-1 but stays ranked in the top 20? Unranked Indiana jumps to #17 because they beat PSU? USC is better than SMU, ISU and Oklahoma - why? 

The staggered start dates really exposed how fucking worthless polls are for the first 5 weeks. Teams overinflated in pre-season will always have the advantage because voters want to hide their stupidity. Also known as the SEC Rule. No non-conf has also shown that it's really 2-3 great teams and then everybody else.

[Bevo&Pevo 5507]

We're still number 1 in my book.  Someone remind of this post tomorrow after the vodka wears off.

[MIkeHoncho 2001]

On 10/25/2020 at 5:58 PM, Sgt Hulk said:

Marshal and coastal Carolina think we suck