AP Top 25 Poll

[RonBurgundy]

An example of not adjusting, here's voter w/ highest ranking for Notre Dame (#14). Has App State #23, after head-to-head defeat over ND.

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In effort toward fairness, his preseason was Ohio State #2, ND #4, so the loss to Ohio State "does no damage." But why is loss to App State OK, yet you rank them 9 slots apart? ASU's only loss is to 3-0 UNC, by 2 points. Head-to-head doesn't mean everything, but when each team has played only 2 games, it has to mean something.

App State beat A&M. ND lost to Marshall.

 

[cyclones500]

App State beat A&M. ND lost to Marshall.

Ack - I knew I overthought it. I'll have to check to see how he handled A&M.

 

[cyclones500]

App State beat A&M. ND lost to Marshall.

Note - for simplicity, I deleted it. I thought it was odd he'd have ND that far above a head-to-head.

My main point really was that still having an 0-2 team in top 15 seems like not adjusting very well.

 

[Aclone]

I don’t want to shoot up the poll. We don’t need another 2021 where we are top Ten and everybody is looking to knock us off. Yes, we will gradually go up as the Cyclones win

I would gleefully shoot up the polls after beating Texas and OU back to back. Jihreltober, baby!

 

[2speedy1]

They've made some changes because that was not the case earlier.

I dont think they update their rankings until late Sunday or early Monday. After the other polls.

 

[StLouisClone]

ISU received 4 votes last week but none this week.

AP Top 25 poll: Penn State makes big jump, Washington joins college football rankings

The Nittany Lions made a significant move in this week's AP Top 25 after a road victory at Auburn

www.cbssports.com

 

[JM4CY]

ISU received 4 votes last week but none this week.

AP Top 25 poll: Penn State makes big jump, Washington joins college football rankings

The Nittany Lions made a significant move in this week's AP Top 25 after a road victory at Auburn

www.cbssports.com

Good

 

[bsaltyman]

Kansas with 23 votes. The turnaround they’ve had is remarkable.

 

[NorthCyd]

That's fine. Keep winning and they'll get there.

 

[jdoggivjc]

I don’t want to shoot up the poll. We don’t need another 2021 where we are top Ten and everybody is looking to knock us off. Yes, we will gradually go up as the Cyclones win

Or, you know, the team could actually learn how to play with expectations. If we want to be at the top of the Big 12 going forward we can't expect to hide in the shadows so nobody sees us coming. The team has to learn how to play with a target on its back and with the media singing its praises - and actually live up to all of that.

 

[heitclone]

If KU beats Duke we'll could have back to back games against the top 25. We're in the drivers seat to be rated.

 

[Acylum]

If KU beats Duke we'll could have back to back games against the top 25. We're in the drivers seat to be rated.

I’ll be happy with a split TBH.

 

[twincyties]

That seems odd to me. If it were close I could see it. Wasn’t expecting us to get ranked after beating a middle of the road MAC school, but we also didn’t do anything that should make a voter say “I don’t think they’re as good as I thought”.

 

[3TrueFans]

That seems odd to me. If it were close I could see it. Wasn’t expecting us to get ranked after beating a middle of the road MAC school, but we also didn’t do anything that should make a voter say “I don’t think they’re as good as I thought”.

Probably read all the negative nancy posts in the game thread.

 

[stateofmind]

I mean Penn State beat the same team 46-10 that we beat 43-10. Penn State shoots up after beating an almighty SEC team. We drop after playing that same team. Checks out.

 

[StLouisClone]

Whoever ranked us after the Iowa game probably switched their vote to Washington.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

AP poll is a pure guess from 15 - 25 right now.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

ISU received 4 votes last week but none this week.

AP Top 25 poll: Penn State makes big jump, Washington joins college football rankings

The Nittany Lions made a significant move in this week's AP Top 25 after a road victory at Auburn

www.cbssports.com

Where’s Iowa? They beat Nevada by 27!!!!

 

[everyyard]

Frankly, no team deserves to be ranked until they have showed the world something. This is why the first poll should come out after about week 3 or 4 not preseason.

But this would take out a build in advantage for blue bloods. Easier to stay ranked when you start there.

 

[CloneIce]

I mean Penn State beat the same team 46-10 that we beat 43-10. Penn State shoots up after beating an almighty SEC team. We drop after playing that same team. Checks out.

It’s less about us, and more about other teams winning attention grabbing games.