2024 CFB polls/rankings - Texas #6 /#6 (AP/Coaches)

[Mr. Drummond 2161]

3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’d keep an eye on fOSU. They have a lot of ranked opponents left, and they’ll probably beat Oregon or Penn State twice. Pretty plausible they get the 1 seed in December. 

An undefeated SEC champion will be the 1 seed.    

[Cairn Horn88 8032]

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you're gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb.

Miley Cyrus

[Surly Bevo 24211]

1 minute ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you're gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb.

Miley Cyrus

[billfromlaketravis 11263]

3 minutes ago, Mr. Drummond said:

An undefeated SEC champion will be the 1 seed.    

We’ll see. If everybody on their schedule keeps winning, fOSU would have 3-4 top 10 wins. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3306]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Drummond said:

An undefeated SEC champion will be the 1 seed.    

I would rather be the overall 2 seed as the SEC champion, much easier bracket.  

[thunderlounge 7579]

2 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Lol... Aggy getting overshadowed by UNLV now.

 

[Valmy77 12493]

24 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Funny thing is that we could beat Michigan, Georgia, the rest of the regular season schedule, and bama in the sec cg, and still would have to beat 3 very good teams to win the championship. Maybe Georgia and Alabama both again. 

It is kind of like a NFL season now. One game at a time.

[NashLonghorn 268]

3 hours ago, skipmcgee said:

#1 in the Coaches’ for the first time this season.

https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/ncaaf/coaches-poll

 

Total reversal from last week—ironic.  Hype/writers, execution/coaches. 

[NashLonghorn 268]

1 hour ago, TheAuditor said:

Maybe

Could happen. 

[DigglerontheHoof 20434]

It don't make a shit. Win.

[Wishbone 4716]

I’d rather not be no. 1 until after the final game of the season. No. 2 or 3 seems ideal and the external pressure is a little abated during the season. Besides, it still leaves a bit of motivation to get there.

[Valmy77 12493]

Oh shit we are still #1! I did not see that coming. But I will take it.

1 minute ago, Wishbone said:

I’d rather not be no. 1 until after the final game of the season. No. 2 or 3 seems ideal and the external pressure is a little abated during the season. Besides, it still leaves a bit of motivation to get there.

Nah. The pressure is always going to be there. #1 is great for prestige and recruiting and all that good stuff.

[Wishbone 4716]

2 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Oh shit we are still #1! I did not see that coming. But I will take it.

Nah. The pressure is always going to be there. #1 is great for prestige and recruiting and all that good stuff.

I get that. Pressure may not be more or less but it’s just extra circus to deal with. Jmo.

[David Dennison 17618]

12 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Oh shit we are still #1! I did not see that coming. But I will take it.

Nah. The pressure is always going to be there. #1 is great for prestige and recruiting and all that good stuff.

Resisting. Urge. To nitpick.

[Ghost of LL 15225]

Kentucky getting only six votes is puzzling to me.  They just beat Mississippi at Oxford and lost by 1 to Georgia.

I'll acknowledge that the loss to South Carolina was not great (to put it mildly), but isn't that what we expect of teams in that 20-25 range?

[WBT 20129]

Still lots of undefeated and 1-loss teams left.  And Kentucky is hardly done losing.

[hornbri 1345]

2 hours ago, MirrOlure said:

Probably as good as a place as any to ask…

So if Texas. Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee all finish with 1 loss, how are the Championship Game opponents decided? Is it highest ranked in Committee Poll? Or some convoluted Big XII-esque matrix?

If it’s the latter, I think we’d be on the outside looking in because we’d be 0-1 against the other 3 teams.

*Now’s the part where I hope I’m not overlooking an obvious factor that shows all four teams finishing with 1 loss is impossible

Well and if this all happened, what is interesting is the winner of the SEC title game would get the 1 seed, and one of the other 1 loss SEC teams would get the 5 seed, not the loser of the SEC title game who would now have 2 losses (still making the playoffs). 

 

[ztejas 42736]

8 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Kentucky getting only six votes is puzzling to me.  They just beat Mississippi at Oxford and lost by 1 to Georgia.

I'll acknowledge that the loss to South Carolina was not great (to put it mildly), but isn't that what we expect of teams in that 20-25 range?

There's a lot of shit that doesn't make any sense from like 15 through receiving votes. 

[Doc Daneeka 6767]

3 minutes ago, hornbri said:

Well and if this all happened, what is interesting is the winner of the SEC title game would get the 1 seed, and one of the other 1 loss SEC teams would get the 5 seed, not the loser of the SEC title game who would now have 2 losses (still making the playoffs). 

 

Maybe, maybe not. It’s not a foregone conclusion that the loser of the SEC championship game is seeded higher than the SEC third place team. It would be kind of silly, really, to seed the third place team higher absent odd circumstances. 

[Carl Spackler 3454]

3 hours ago, pops said:

I like the joke. But in reality coaches tend to realize oh fuck I forgot to vote and text their GA to take care of it because they don't have time for that shit on a Sunday morning. 

This

31 minutes ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

It don't make a shit. Win.

This

[tbone_ 13963]

I don’t give a shit about the polls because if we win they don’t matter and if we lose they don’t matter.

However if I did give a shit I’d say let’s look at them after we mudhole blowu and ga in 3 weeks.

[chainsaw 9398]

There's no way Texas wins out and isn't in the SEC championship game. As long as we continue to control our own destiny I don't care about the polls or rankings.

[PilotsError 2233]

1 hour ago, Wishbone said:

I’d rather not be no. 1 until after the final game of the season. No. 2 or 3 seems ideal and the external pressure is a little abated during the season. Besides, it still leaves a bit of motivation to get there.

 

Christ almighty I wish I could do a drive by on all Texas fans who whine about being ranked high.  It's the single worst aspect about this fan base.

[BurntEyes 5614]

4 minutes ago, PilotsError said:

 

Christ almighty I wish I could do a drive by on all Texas fans who whine about being ranked high.  It's the single worst aspect about this fan base.

Lol, are you new to being a Texas fan and Surly?

We could win the rest of our games, through to the National Championship and the title by a score of 299 to zero with zero dropped passes. Still, Texas fans, particularly Surly, complain and fight the entire time and worry non-stop about Texas' ranking the START of the 2025 season. 

[billfromlaketravis 11263]

Random thoughts:

- I believe every Big 12 CCG has featured a 2 loss team or worse since they brought it back. Everybody is heaving dirt on Okie State right now, but they’ve had weirder seasons than winning out this year. After the Utah loss last night, I don’t see many paths for them to get 2 teams in. The best path was Utah and BYU splitting the Holy War and the CCG and each team finishing with 1 loss. Maybe a 1 loss K Steak gets revenge and the knocks off an undefeated BYU in the CCG and they get 2 in. 
 

- Good to excellent chance Clemson wins the ACC and is seeded higher than Georgia. When people say the regular season doesn’t matter anymore, they’ll point to this example. The ACC was pretty clever not to schedule Clemson and Miami in the regular season. I think a 1 loss Miami would be in, and I’m convinced they’d lose to Clemson if they played today. That’s how you game scheduling folks. 
 

- I’m pretty concerned Liberty wins out and gets the 12th seed. Their schedule is a joke and they just canceled a game against their toughest remaining opponent. I pray they slip up. A 12-0 Liberty, best win is East Carolina,, in the CFP is going to deeply piss BIG and SEC fans that get left out. It’s why I don’t think the current model is long for this world. That said, a Texas home game against Liberty is the next thing to a bye. 

 

[linux 1369]

2 hours ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

I would rather be the overall 2 seed as the SEC champion, much easier bracket.  

Yeah it starting to look this way, as a top 4 seed the best bet is to avoid the 5 seed which is looking to be the SEC team shut out of the conf championship game. So 2 or 3 are better than 1 or 4.

[Beau Vine 53595]

[Paul Wesley 3273]

11 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

 I’m pretty concerned Liberty wins out and gets the 12th seed. Their schedule is a joke and they just canceled a game against their toughest remaining opponent. I pray they slip up. A 12-0 Liberty, best win is East Carolina,, in the CFP is going to deeply piss BIG and SEC fans that get left out. 

 

The counter-argument is that getting a G5 team in the playoffs builds interest in leagues that otherwise might not give a shit... plus it adds a Cinderella to the dance like in March madness.  
 

*Unless Texas finishes 12 and gets left out, in which case let me go ahead and say, "The system is a fucking joke.  We would mudhole those clowns with all 22 starters on the bench.  Ridiculous!"

[Beau Vine 53595]

[Surly Bevo 24211]

I think every great once in a while (like once a decade) a 12 might knock off a 5 and a Cinderella emerges, but this ain't basketball where one dude can make such a HUGE difference on the court. And football keeps getting tilted more and more to the heavyweights.  

[TXpride 532]

13 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Random thoughts:

- I believe every Big 12 CCG has featured a 2 loss team or worse since they brought it back. Everybody is heaving dirt on Okie State right now, but they’ve had weirder seasons than winning out this year. After the Utah loss last night, I don’t see many paths for them to get 2 teams in. The best path was Utah and BYU splitting the Holy War and the CCG and each team finishing with 1 loss. Maybe a 1 loss K Steak gets revenge and the knocks off an undefeated BYU in the CCG and they get 2 in. 
 

- Good to excellent chance Clemson wins the ACC and is seeded higher than Georgia. When people say the regular season doesn’t matter anymore, they’ll point to this example. The ACC was pretty clever not to schedule Clemson and Miami in the regular season. I think a 1 loss Miami would be in, and I’m convinced they’d lose to Clemson if they played today. That’s how you game scheduling folks. 
 

- I’m pretty concerned Liberty wins out and gets the 12th seed. Their schedule is a joke and they just canceled a game against their toughest remaining opponent. I pray they slip up. A 12-0 Liberty, best win is East Carolina,, in the CFP is going to deeply piss BIG and SEC fans that get left out. It’s why I don’t think the current model is long for this world. That said, a Texas home game against Liberty is the next thing to a bye. 

 

Whether Liberty wins out or not, a G5 team will get the 12 spot. The current format is dogshit tbh. Way too many flaws with the seeding. My preference would've been 8 teams and no automatic bids/bye weeks. There's never been more than 8 teams that deserved at shot at a title.. but that obviously isn't gonna happen.

[Coelenterate Fuccboi 12928]

4 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

#1 was nice, but come on.

As long as we get a bye for the playoffs I'm happy.

In the end, we may be happy just to make the playoffs. Our RB room could prove to be a real problem. We’ll be limping to the finish line.

[Drew 2222]

3 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

Or... and I'm just spit balling here so stick with me.. there is.. and I know it sounds stupid at first.. the alternative. We just win them all and let God sort it out.

[Drew 2222]

1 minute ago, TXpride said:

Whether Liberty wins out or not, a G5 team will get the 12 spot. The current format is dogshit tbh. Way too many flaws with the seeding. My preference would've been 8 teams and no automatic bids/bye weeks. There's never been more than 8 teams that deserved at shot at a title.. but that obviously isn't gonna happen.

Huh? If Liberty is the highest ranked G5 champ they absolutely will get the 12 seed.  
 

not sure why you think they wouldn’t. 

[billfromlaketravis 11263]

1 minute ago, TXpride said:

Whether Liberty wins out or not, a G5 team will get the 12 spot. The current format is dogshit tbh. Way too many flaws with the seeding. My preference would've been 8 teams and no automatic bids/bye weeks. There's never been more than 8 teams that deserved at shot at a title.. but that obviously isn't gonna happen.

While I agree, they have to incentivize conference champions for TV + tickets. For your system to work, they’d all have to agree to no CC games which is never going to happen. 

[Gaffords 755]

18 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

2019  preseason 12th - finished unranked

2020  preseason 13th - finished 4th *covid*

2021  preseason 6th - finished unranked

2022 preseason 6th - finished unranked

2023  preseason 23th - finished unranked

2024 preseason 20th - current unranked

 

Things that make you say hmmm.....

[TrashMaster G 17261]

1 minute ago, Gaffords said:

2019  preseason 12th - finished unranked

2020  preseason 13th - finished 4th *covid*

2021  preseason 6th - finished unranked

2022 preseason 6th - finished unranked

2023  preseason 23th - finished unranked

2024 preseason 20th - current unranked

 

Things that make you say hmmm.....

What do you mean current unranked? Them Texas Fightin' aggies are the co-#25 ranked team in the entire United States of America, ya stoopid 'sip!

[stork642 4498]

7 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Michigan only beat minesota (the same minnesota that lost at home to iowa by 17 and lost at home to unc) at home yesterday by 3. Michigan is an 8 win team that will be unranked at the end of the season. They start fucking alex orgi for crying out loud. Jfc

 

Greenspoint headed to post on Surly. 

[TXpride 532]

1 minute ago, Drew said:

Huh? If Liberty is the highest ranked G5 champ they absolutely will get the 12 seed.  
 

not sure why you think they wouldn’t. 

I don't think they wouldn't..

3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

While I agree, they have to incentivize conference champions for TV + tickets. For your system to work, they’d all have to agree to no CC games which is never going to happen. 

Why would they agree to no CC games? The Big 12 brought back its CC game to avoid another 2014 TCU situation. Just because they don't result in automatic bids doesn't mean they can't boost a conference's profile (and make money).

[Drew 2222]

2 minutes ago, TXpride said:

I don't think they wouldn't..

Why would they agree to no CC games? The Big 12 brought back its CC game to avoid another 2014 TCU situation. Just because they don't result in automatic bids doesn't mean they can't boost a conference's profile (and make money).

Like what?  It’s written in that the highest ranked G5 champ will get an automatic bid. 
 

am I taking crazy pills? 

[thunderlounge 7579]

12 minutes ago, Gaffords said:

2019  preseason 12th - finished unranked

2020  preseason 13th - finished 4th *covid*

2021  preseason 6th - finished unranked

2022 preseason 6th - finished unranked

2023  preseason 23th - finished unranked

2024 preseason 20th - current unranked

 

Things that make you say hmmm.....

 

more like:

 

[TXpride 532]

1 minute ago, Drew said:

Like what?  It’s written in that the highest ranked G5 champ will get an automatic bid. 
 

am I taking crazy pills? 

Yes, you are.

My post: "Whether Liberty wins out or not, a G5 team will get the 12 spot."

[thunderlounge 7579]

1 minute ago, Drew said:

Like what?  It’s written in that the highest ranked G5 champ will get an automatic bid. 
 

am I taking crazy pills? 

Yes. 
 

He was originally saying whether it’s Liberty winning out, or someone else, there will still be a g5 champ there. 

[Dbeasy 14732]

3 hours ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you're gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb.

Miley Cyrus

Surly is quoting Miley Cyrus now? Really? That just breaks my achy breaky heart. 

[Surly Bevo 24211]

One thing I will be interested in is how fanbases deal with CFP travel.  Nevermind the first round which would have the higher seeded teams playing at home (which is still travel for some of their fans....but at least probably travel they are used to) I saw a projection today that could have us in the Fiesta Bowl out in Glendale, then the next week in the Orange Bowl in Miami and then if those are both won, the NC Game in Atlanta.    LOL at the idea of following that around.  Now Texas and some others are big enough schools with deep enough fanbases to probably make each game work, but a lot of schools are not going to be. 

[billfromlaketravis 11263]

For once, I’ll agree that aggy has legitimate beef with the polls. They should be in the AP Poll’s top 25. 2 SEC wins, competitive loss to Notre Dame, and ranked 21st in the Coaches.

 

[Cairn Horn88 8032]

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

For once, I’ll agree that aggy has legitimate beef with the polls. They should be in the AP Poll’s top 25. 2 SEC wins, competitive loss to Notre Dame, and ranked 21st in the Coaches.

 

[Vito Andolini 9036]

10 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

For once, I’ll agree that aggy has legitimate beef with the polls. They should be in the AP Poll’s top 25. 2 SEC wins, competitive loss to Notre Dame, and ranked 21st in the Coaches.

 

They are in the AP Top 25

[billfromlaketravis 11263]

2 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

They are in the AP Top 25

Are they tied with UNLV and not listed on the website or something?

 https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

Edited September 29 by billfromlaketravis

[thunderlounge 7579]

14 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

For once, I’ll agree that aggy has legitimate beef with the polls. They should be in the AP Poll’s top 25. 2 SEC wins, competitive loss to Notre Dame, and ranked 21st in the Coaches.

 

 

ND, huh? The same ND that lost at home to (checks notes) NIU?