Meh, it's a snapshot. Doesn't mean they finish there. Just in relation to everyone that's where they sit. For what it's worth Vegas thinks we're that good.
AP Poll #10
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It's a relative ranking, most teams are working through things at this point in the season. Teams ranked ahead of us, for reference:
3: Beat Idaho by 10, Boise by 3
4: Trailed Bowling Green midway through the 3rd Q, won by 7
5: Beat unranked Kentucky by 1
6: Needed controversial calls to beat unranked Va Tech and Cal
7: Lost to unranked Vandy
8: Lost to unranked Arkansas
9: Lost to unranked Kentucky
10: Killed by Georgia, led 1-5 FSU by 10 midway through the 4th before closing the game
11b: Lost to NIU at home
It's not crazy just unlikely due to probabilities. For a 3 loss team to win would mean that a 3 lost team made it to the CCG and win. Thus only one team would have 2 losses our better make it.
100% agree. No team with 3 losses as made the CCG with its current format (no divisions).
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But that's true of almost all teams. Is there a team in the 10-15 range that has played 5 or 6 games with 4 solid quarters each? Is there a team in that range that has played a better schedule (without a loss)? Not i5 n my opinion.
I think we have unrealistic ideas when it comes to things like this. We belong in the top 15 just as much as any other team.
The SEC, B1G and prevalent Media, are like the Borg (Star Trek). They are powerful, persistent, heartless, and want absolute power. They devour entire planets (conferences), have nearly unlimited and growing resources.
The whole idea of teams, not from the P2, fighting and scratching so hard to make it to the CFP's, with outside chances of getting more than 2 teams in (ACC, B12) is really pretty absurd. The playing field is not level. The P2 will get 7-9 teams in most every year, and without having to try that hard either. Of course, the individual teams will try, but if one team from the conference (P2) doesn't make it, another 3-4 will. The overall money involved will abundantly flow to the P2. Every successive year, the struggle to stay relevant for all teams outside of the P2 will become harder.
We need the Federation (Congress? /other) to save the universe and Jean Luc Picard (Brett Yormark) to save Earth!
FYI: Lincoln Riley’s buyout is more than Jimbo Fisher’s.
According to published accounts, if Freeze, Napier, Riley and Pittman were fired on December 1, 2024, the combined buyouts would total $146 million.
Maybe there will be a market correction at some point which would be good for schools like ISU.
You must not have watched the rest of college football. Nobody is perfect and really no clearly dominate teams out there. 11 is warranted based on resume. Could be argued a few spots either war. Why should a 1 loss SEC that have no good wins be higher?
I am guessing with those requirements very few opinions on here are valid. Because I doubt many of us have watched all of the top 25 teams.
Up to #8 in the most important poll! Will be on the CFB Reddit banner now at least.
It’s def a good point. We can’t help what the quality of our opponents are. Our "best" win is against an average (so far) Big Ten team albeit on their home field which def counts for something. This team is VERY capable of being a top ten team. We just need to have some pedigree wins starting with WVU and UCF. If we win those (by any amount at WVU and convincingly against UCF) then hang on for an even better ride. The team has done what is expected so far with (as alarson pointed out) room for improvement. Thats the intriguing part about this team…if we were playing our best now and seeing some of these struggles I’d be worried. Instead there are lots of areas to see growth in (and we’ve def been seeing it happen) and if that happens…life gets really fun.
