Pretty hard to believe half of the top 25 is Pac and B10.
SEC/ACC/B12 all undervalued. Only one group of five team is ranked, UCF. Almost a sure thing that 2-3 end up ranked from MWC/AAC and a Mac team will sneak in there often.
Preseason USA Today Coaches Poll: ISU #24
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Pretty hard to believe half of the top 25 is Pac and B10.
SEC/ACC/B12 all undervalued. Only one group of five team is ranked, UCF. Almost a sure thing that 2-3 end up ranked from MWC/AAC and a Mac team will sneak in there often.
I don’t think being 2 spots lower in a coaches poll would piss our players any more off.
Frankly, I want them ranked as highly as possible. Sometimes the only difference between a top 5-7 team and a top 10-13 team halfway through the season is where they both started the season. It is incredibly hard to move up when you start really low in the rankings - and in football you only play 12 games that give you an opportunity to move up.
I thought that might have something to do with it. But that is just half the league and the Big 12 has half the league's coaches as well. But I guess larger states have a bigger sway in the House of Representatives as well so the big 10 coaches can do some damage.
Really surprised to see Mich. St. and Wisconsin ranked. That's a 20 spot jump from where they both finished last year. A little pumping on those Big10 coaches part.
Being "in" vs. "out" means much, much more than 2 spots lower.
Chip on shoulder factor can be important.
If we finish 3rd in the Big 12 this year and ranked #20 I will agree. But remember - it IS tough to move up, but when a team like Iowa State loses a game they fall far and hard in the polls.
Look at how we fell after losing a very close game to Washington State.
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If it makes you feel any better, Scott Frost didnt vote for Nebraska to make the top 25. Dont worry they will be ranked soon enough. Their first 4 games are all wins. Ohio State is the game we will really see who is full of sh!t.Nebraska coming in 26th
I can already see it, week one: both ISU and NEB win their easy games handily. ISU gets dropped in the rankings to make room for the Nebraska hype train.
I hope Nebraska loses every football and basketball game. They haven’t been good in either for a while and I’m already sick of hearing about them.
I can already see it, week one: both ISU and NEB win their easy games handily. ISU gets dropped in the rankings to make room for the Nebraska hype train.
Naw. They'll at least wait until our loss to Bye University in week 2.
This has been the model from the start. Inflate records, inflate perception.
It's impossible in the Big 12 round robin to inflate records, but for 14-team conferences, it's a feature.
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Interesting how coaches poll didn't have NU in (although it's 26th(?) so that's close anyway). Apparently that coaches panel isn't as big on the Nebraska hype as a lot of media projections. We'll see what AP voters think.
Yup. Self fulfilling prophecy. Usually the case with the SEC having three or four teams front loaded in the top 10 - ends up with rhetoric like last year when people were arguing Georgia should be in the playoff.
