Ranking vs OSU
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The powers that be have to move them up in case they end up in the Big 10 champ game and beat the weak schedule Badgers. With PSU and OSU bombing they need to elevate another Big Ten team.
Don't ever be surprised with how high they jump up B1G teams.
24 ISU
25 Iowa
We have very similar schedules to finish the year. Both play a very tough ranked game next week, then one that should be a win, then a rivalry game.
25 Iowa
We have very similar schedules to finish the year. Both play a very tough ranked game next week, then one that should be a win, then a rivalry game.
Teams 10-20 could be picked out of a hat. I'm OK with Michigan State that high. They aren't the 13th best team in the country, but the ranking is fair.
#12 vs #24 gets an 11 AM kick.....
....meanwhile KSU/WVU get 2:30 on ESPN
Looking forward to the 11 am kick (9 am out here)... the 2:30/12:30 games have been fun, but it will be nice to be a little under the radar again. Let's pounce on the Pokes before they wake up and decide they actually want to be in Ames Iowa on the second Saturday in November.
Falling 10 spots for a close loss to a fringe top 25 team is a joke.
On the road where ISU was a 2-3 point underdog. I think a lot of journalists were looking for an excuse to confirm their thought that ISU can't actually be a good team with this big of a move.
Not to mention that Ohio State got destroyed by a fringe top 25 team and only dropped 8 spots. That loss is much worse in my opinion but OSU is still a good team because of their brand.
http://collegepolltracker.com/football/pollster/andy-bitter/2017/week-11
This has to be a mistake... Has Iowa State at 12 for this weeks AP Poll. The next closest is 18 that we were voted.
EDIT: Not a mistake... see below.
http://www.roanoke.com/hokies/sport...cle_65c045ba-c24c-11e7-ab47-87efafa741c0.html
This has to be a mistake... Has Iowa State at 12 for this weeks AP Poll. The next closest is 18 that we were voted.
EDIT: Not a mistake... see below.
http://www.roanoke.com/hokies/sport...cle_65c045ba-c24c-11e7-ab47-87efafa741c0.html
College Football is and will always be a "brand" league. Non brand teams don't get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to rankings. Yes we have 3 losses but we still have the top 2 biggest wins of anyone in the poll.
I thought the same thing and was a little surprised no one else had said it. Without doing a ton of research on who was around us, I figured we'd land around 21 or 22 so I guess it's picking nits regardless.
