2021 CFB Polls/Rankings

[notre dame joe 172]

4 hours ago, Gaffords said:

If Texas won out, but slowly climbed the ranking to finally make into the top 8 late in the year, they won't jump someone like ND, tOSU,or UG with the same record, even if one of them have a lucky survival game. Texas needs to be close to the top 10 like asap to be in position to jump teams if they struggle.

You can scratch us off that list.  ND is 100% in the playoff at 12-0 and 98% out at 11-1.  The only good team remaining on our schedule is Cincinnati. 

[WhatTheBuck 28705]

Go Bearcats!

[BurntOrange&White 39643]

 

 

[Nivek 16854]

12 hours ago, Had Enough said:

Ulatoski got called for the only hold, which was modest if anything. It took away a first down or very near. Pick 6 next play.

Now versus OU, Tres Way flopped twice. Both bogus. Gave them the ball back. Equivalent to two turnovers. Yes, we got two cheap late hits on Colt, but one resulted in a 1st down before the penalty. The other gave us a first down, but it was not 4th down anyway so we had another play. And I think one of those drives ended in a field goal after the “almost” OU INT. But that dude blatantly held the TE so it should have been 1st instead of 4th anyway. Not to mention the bs OU holding.

So here’s another question. How much would it have taken for us to get the nod over OU? Did we need to win by 17? 24? There is a number there that would have made a difference.

your memory is better than mine, was that the game where fuck Austin English pretended to not hear the whistle and got a free hit against Colt?  And the refs accepted that excuse?

[formermav43 4599]

10 minutes ago, Nivek said:

your memory is better than mine, was that the game where fuck Austin English pretended to not hear the whistle and got a free hit against Colt?  And the refs accepted that excuse?

That was 2007

[Burt Macklin 18997]

11 hours ago, Yesh said:

FEI has us at #4

Our offense is 4th in the country too, even though we were abysmal against Arkansas. Tech and Rice’s defenses are 85th and 106th, so our production is being discounted due to weak opponents, which just goes to show how unbelievably good our offense has been the last two games. We’ve rushed for over 760 yards in two games. I certainly didn’t expect to see that this year. 
 

This 3 game stretch of TCU, OU, and Ok State will tell us a lot about how whether our offense really is elite or if we’re just very good at beating up on shitty competition.
A lot will depend on whether our OL can be just good enough against much better competition to let Thompson and our skill players do their thing. 

[Zeus 5949]

18 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

Look at this tool's AP ballot: https://collegepolltracker.com/football/pollster/ben-portnoy/2021/week-5

The highlights lowlights

8. Aggy

11. Arkansas

14. Clemson

19. Iowa State

24. Wisconsin

25. North Carolina

EXTREME PICK

lol

[Had Enough 2056]

your memory is better than mine, was that the game where fuck Austin English pretended to not hear the whistle and got a free hit against Colt?  And the refs accepted that excuse?

That was 2007.

[Fondren & Main 6666]

36 minutes ago, Zeus said:

EXTREME PICK

lol

Cecil Hurt seems like a smart man.

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

18 hours ago, Had Enough said:

Ulatoski got called for the only hold, which was modest if anything. It took away a first down or very near. Pick 6 next play.

Now versus OU, Tres Way flopped twice. Both bogus. Gave them the ball back. Equivalent to two turnovers. Yes, we got two cheap late hits on Colt, but one resulted in a 1st down before the penalty. The other gave us a first down, but it was not 4th down anyway so we had another play. And I think one of those drives ended in a field goal after the “almost” OU INT. But that dude blatantly held the TE so it should have been 1st instead of 4th anyway. Not to mention the bs OU holding.

So here’s another question. How much would it have taken for us to get the nod over OU? Did we need to win by 17? 24? There is a number there that would have made a difference.

It sounds like you Had Enough. 

[LW Goatman 1117]

4 hours ago, Fondren & Main said:

Cecil Hurt seems like a smart man.

Monica.

[notre dame joe 172]

11 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Go Bearcats!

with the points

[Sabalo 994]

 

[Pancho 44465]

Some pollsters are releasing their ballots this morning.  I think we will be ranked, but it won’t be as high as some on this site want it to be. 

Probably looking at the 18-25 range

Bohls has us 21

Brett McMurphy has us at 22

 

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

8 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Some pollsters are releasing their ballots this morning.  I think we will be ranked, but it won’t be as high as some on this site want it to be. 

Probably looking at the 18-25 range

Bohls has us 21

Brett McMurphy has us at 22

 

Meh. That's about right. Would be nice to crack the teens for match up optics this week, but whatever.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

20s is about right for a team that most pollsters should be skeptical about but deserve a ranking based on performance. 

[Pancho 44465]

4 minutes ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Meh. That's about right. Would be nice to crack the teens for match up optics this week, but whatever.

Gagree 

[Duane Moore 5236]

Rank us as low as possible or not at all. I want the “disrespect” card to play going into the RRS as much as we can.

[Bill Lumbergh 7170]

If we beat TCU running away we might be higher, but that score against a team that just lost to smu isn't going to move you up much.

Ranking this week means nothing. Beat ou and deservedly bump up, or lose and deservedly drop out. This week is what matters.

[Hozz 1012]

9 top 25 teams lost which feels like a lot more than normal, but all of them were top 20 which does not give us at 26 a lot of room to move up.  I'd guess we'll be 23.  It does not help that Arkansas was revealed to be a fraud who might only get one more SEC West win this year.

[Red Five 40640]

Who do we jump? Aggy, Fresno, UCLA, and Baylor for sure. Kentucky is undefeated and will probably jump us. I'll guess #22.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

23 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Who do we jump? Aggy, Fresno, UCLA, and Baylor for sure. Kentucky is undefeated and will probably jump us. I'll guess #22.

I hope that the pollsters can find a way to keep 3-2 aggy at 25 so they can be ranked for their dismantling on Saturday. 
 

sad that we won’t even get any chest beating about best 3-3 team in the country and would beat half the top 25. They’ll be despondent. 

[Surly Bevo 24696]

Clemson should probably fall out.  They already should have last week, but will be interesting if the pollsters pull the trigger.  I'm guessing no.

[runthebone 7932]

Alabama should occupy spots 1-25.

[ztejas 43263]

38 minutes ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

If we beat TCU running away we might be higher, but that score against a team that just lost to smu isn't going to move you up much.

Ranking this week means nothing. Beat ou and deservedly bump up, or lose and deservedly drop out. This week is what matters.

SMU will probably be ranked too. Or very close. 

You're right that it hurts our win - but it isn't a terrible loss for TCU. 

Edited October 3, 2021 by ztejas

[runthebone 7932]

59 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Rank us as low as possible or not at all. I want the “disrespect” card to play going into the RRS as much as we can.

You don't need any extra motivation for the Texas-ou game.  Or you're fucked.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10144]

 

[Eggo 3974]

2 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Alabama should occupy spots 1-25.

Alabama 1-10. Georgia 11-25.

[Duane Moore 5236]

1 minute ago, runthebone said:

You don't need any extra motivation for the Texas-ou game.  Or you're fucked.

How about “don’t rank them highly so it goes to their heads and they go into the game with an inflated sense of how good they are” (see 2019 RRS)

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

if the playoffs started today

1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Iowa 4. Cincinatti

PSU @ Iowa this week will be huge. Take the Under.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

16 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

if the playoffs started today

1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Iowa 4. Cincinatti

PSU @ Iowa this week will be huge. Take the Under.

Great user name 

[Treefidy 1463]

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

Some pollsters are releasing their ballots this morning.  I think we will be ranked, but it won’t be as high as some on this site want it to be. 

Probably looking at the 18-25 range

Bohls has us 21

Brett McMurphy has us at 22

 

Agreed, we will be 22-23

UK going to jump us, 3 teams for sure drop out, depends if they drop aggy too

BamA, UGA, Iowa, Pedo, Cincy, OU, fOSU, BYU, Meatchicken, Coastal/Mich St.  I think that’s the top 10, I can see Cincy jumping OU for now and despite Coastal blasting a shitty Monroe team 59-6I think voters might jump Michigan St into top 10

[SarkAfterDark 1688]

I'll start caring about our ranking after we beat OU and Okie St in back to back weeks. 

[ztejas 43263]

2 minutes ago, SarkAfterDark said:

I'll start caring about our ranking after we beat OU and Okie St in back to back weeks. 

Agreed. I'll start caring after we win a national championship. 

[Treefidy 1463]

18 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

if the playoffs started today

1. Georgia 2. Alabama 3. Iowa 4. Cincinatti

PSU @ Iowa this week will be huge. Take the Under.

Nope, it would be an SEC/B1G suckfest.   Cincy not getting in over Pedo yet. 

[tantric superman 4667]

1 hour ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

If we beat TCU running away we might be higher, but that score against a team that just lost to smu isn't going to move you up much.

Ranking this week means nothing. Beat ou and deservedly bump up, or lose and deservedly drop out. This week is what matters.

I think the biggest effect on our ranking is the big Arkansas loss.  Too bad.  Wanted Ark to somehow run the table.

[Herpa Derpa 6111]

9 minutes ago, Treefidy said:

Nope, it would be an SEC/B1G suckfest.   Cincy not getting in over Pedo yet. 

Disagree. I think the Domer win legitimizes the Bearcats as playoff worthy in the minds of most voters. 

It's all eyewash until 11/2 anyway.

[Surly Bevo 24696]

7 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

Disagree. I think the Domer win legitimizes the Bearcats as playoff worthy in the minds of most voters. 

It's all eyewash until 11/2 anyway.

A lot will depend on how it goes from here on out for Domer.  They got taken to OT by a horrific FSU team, barely beat Toledo, beat Purdue (meh) and struggled with the worst Wisconsin team in two decades for 3 quarters before Wisconsin decided to give up a kick return and two pick 6s in the 4Q.  The ACC is ass my dude but the Orange slices could beat them and never discount a very wounded USC from fucking around and winning.  Plus like 5 teams have byes before they play Notre Dame.  

Not to mention these teams like Cincy always seem to fuck up somewhere along the way and now they will most certainly have a target on their back each week and they are not a program used to being the hunted.  

Edited October 3, 2021 by Surly Bevo

[El Diablo 4232]

1 hour ago, Bill Lumbergh said:

If we beat TCU running away we might be higher, but that score against a team that just lost to smu isn't going to move you up much.

Ranking this week means nothing. Beat ou and deservedly bump up, or lose and deservedly drop out. This week is what matters.

I'm not even sure how much beating OU moves the needle with the ways they've found to struggle in their wins. Outside of 'Bama an Dawg it's a very muddy picture for the field. 

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

2 minutes ago, El Diablo said:

I'm not even sure how much beating OU moves the needle with the ways they've found to struggle in their wins. Outside of 'Bama an Dawg it's a very muddy picture for the field. 

And here’s my point about not being ranked last week and ranked very low this weekend sucking...

when we beat OU we probably end up ranked very close to them- maybe even below them... and if you look at the body of evidence between the two teams this year there is nothing that should tell you they should be ranked anywhere near us. 

[Herpa Derpa 6111]

8 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

A lot will depend on how it goes from here on out for Domer.  They got taken to OT by a horrific FSU team, barely beat Toledo, beat Purdue (meh) and struggled with the worst Wisconsin team in two decades for 3 quarters before Wisconsin decided to give up a kick return and two pick 6s in the 4Q.  The ACC is ass my dude but the Orange slices could beat them and never discount a very wounded USC from fucking around and winning.  Plus like 5 teams have byes before they play Notre Dame.  

Not to mention these teams like Cincy always seem to fuck up somewhere along the way and now they will most certainly have a target on their back each week and they are not a program used to being the hunted.  

True, but it is a win against a Top 10 P5 program on the road.

Cincy should run the table and will be heavily favored in all of their remaining games. In the AAC, they've had a target on their back for a few years now and have dominated. They have a well regarded Coach that has made the program a consistent winner. They lost by a field goal to potential playoff participant Georgia in the 2020 Peach Bowl, their only loss on the year. If they do make it to the end unscathed, they will have the best argument for a G5 team since the onset of the playoff era. And they still won't get in unless there is total chaos in the P5. Expanded playoffs or same old same old.

[Hook1997 5285]

Meanwhile Florida will be probably ranked above us still because they played Bama close, even though they lost convincingly to freaking Kentucky.

[gmr548 16494]

I think the biggest effect on our ranking is the big Arkansas loss.  Too bad.  Wanted Ark to somehow run the table.

Arkansas will be fortunate to get past 7-5. Ultimately it won’t matter too much because Texas isn’t going to be in playoff contention but that’s only going to look worse over the course of the year.

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Arkansas will be fortunate to get past 7-5. Ultimately it won’t matter too much because Texas isn’t going to be in playoff contention but that’s only going to look worse over the course of the year.

If we win out it will be chalked up to new regime, game 2 and wrong QB. I think. Especially if we score a lot. 

[TexasGolf 4856]

23 coaches

Edited October 3, 2021 by TexasGolf

[ztejas 43263]

9 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

Meanwhile Florida will be probably ranked above us still because they played Bama close, even though they lost convincingly to freaking Kentucky.

Yeah but Kentucky is a top 20 team. 

[gmr548 16494]

If we win out

lol

[HtownHorn 14482]

1    Alabama
2    Georgia
3    Iowa
4    Penn State
5    Oklahoma
6    Cincinnati
7    Ohio State
8    Michigan
9    Oregon
10    BYU
11    Michigan State
12    Oklahoma State
13    Notre Dame
14    Kentucky
15    Coastal Carolina
16    Arkansas
17    Ole Miss
18    Florida
19    Auburn
20    Wake Forest
21    Clemson
22    NC State
23    Texas
24    SMU
25    Arizona State

Edited October 3, 2021 by HtownHorn

[Wulaw Horn 18980]

Just now, gmr548 said:

lol

I’m not saying we will. I’m not saying we are great or even good. I’m saying OU isn’t all that good and every other team is a steam pile of mediocrity on our schedule. 
we could go 11-1 and not be very good this year. 
I think we split with the Oklahoma schools and end up 10-2. 

[ztejas 43263]

6 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

1    Alabama
2    Georgia
3    Iowa
4    Penn State
5    Oklahoma
6    Cincinnati
7    Ohio State
8    Michigan
9    Oregon
10    BYU
11    Michigan State
12    Oklahoma State
13    Notre Dame
14    Kentucky
15    Coastal Carolina
16    Arkansas
17    Ole Miss
18    Florida
19    Auburn
20    Wake Forest
21    Clemson
22    NC State
23    Texas
24    SMU
25    Arizona State

This is coaches, if anyone was wondering.

Surprised they didn't sneak LSU in. 

Also aggy is 26th lol.

Edited October 3, 2021 by ztejas