I agree, if we had the exact same results with a more conventional coach and didn't have that buzz we'd be on the cusp of the top 25.
Rankings are garbage until like 4-6 weeks into the season.
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2023 Top 25 Watch
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I agree, if we had the exact same results with a more conventional coach and didn't have that buzz we'd be on the cusp of the top 25.
Rankings are garbage until like 4-6 weeks into the season.
And on what basis was that team in the top 20? Benefit of the doubt based on performances that have no relevance anymore regarding the question at hand "How good is team X in 2023?".
Despite the mismanagement, if the 12 would have stayed united, I think the Pac would’ve received a competitive TV deal. But as happens, it became every man for himself and screw the others.
So where does CU land? Does the media penalize for not looking good and needing 2OT or do they rise a couple spots?
i think they stay the same
CU checks in at #19 in both polls. Now 8 Pac 12 teams in the Top 25 in both polls. When ESPN gets off their ass and posts the AP poll, I'll screen shot both together.
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Figured they’d drop.
Friends, we've arrived (the only poll that matters)
AP writers couldn't wait to drop us lol. It really doesn't matter that much, especially this early, just ridiculous how most other ranked teams (ie Georgia, Texas) can struggle against an inferior opponent at one point in the first 3 weeks and not drop but we do.
Probably also has to do with Hunter being out.
Yeah, feels like Penn State, Ohio State and USC are all being given the botd over them right now
AP drop seems fair. I assumed that’d happen. They didn’t like FSU, Bama either. And Tennessee fell off a cliff after that loss. How were still above Miami bottles my mind.
CU left off a couple ballots completely
I only saw 1, Ryan Aber of The Oklahoman, but to be fair reading that jumble of a thousand logos gave me a headache
Also multiple undefeated unranked P5 teams as well. Shocker.
I’m about to leave for a long hike and won’t be able to update this thread until tonight.
UCLA (22) and Iowa (24) both lost. In the AP Poll, others receiving votes played out like this:
Clemson - lost
Mizzou - won unconvincingly
KSt - won unconvincingly
TCU - won, but shouldn’t be put in front of us
We may hang in the Top 25 by our fingertips, but it doesn’t really matter because next week’s USC game will be the decider for the next several weeks for the Buffs.
UCLA (22) and Iowa (24) both lost. In the AP Poll, others receiving votes played out like this:
Clemson - lost
Mizzou - won unconvincingly
KSt - won unconvincingly
TCU - won, but shouldn’t be put in front of us
We may hang in the Top 25 by our fingertips, but it doesn’t really matter because next week’s USC game will be the decider for the next several weeks for the Buffs.
Nah, we gone out of the top 25, and rightfully so. That's ok, though.
After storming back against Top 10 USC, CU picks up a single vote in the AP Top 25.
6 teams from the Pac 12 ranked between 7-18. 2 down and 3 to go on our schedule as we miss Washington, unless we catch them in the Pac 12 Championship.
6 teams from the Pac 12 ranked between 7-18. 2 down and 3 to go on our schedule as we miss Washington, unless we catch them in the Pac 12 Championship.
The two that stand out to me as the biggest outliers in the top 10 are PSU and.... Florida State?
the only way you could justify having Florida State ranked that highly is that you think LSU is a really good team, but I just am not super impressed with LSU this year. Penn State's defense absolutely DOMINATED Iowa's offense on a national stage, but Iowa's offense is terrible. Outside of that, I'm not sold on them either. I think both those teams ought to come in around the 10-15 range.
Juicy Red River Rivalry this year.
Oklahoma has played exactly no one and benefits by being ranked from the start. I think Texas ultimately wins by 3 TDs even if it is close in the first half.
You mean Georgia playing with its food against Auburn didn't impress you?
The only program in the top 5 with an easier schedule than Georgia so far is Michigan. Texas has the best win of any team in the country and another top 25 win. I think Ohio State has more of an argument than Michigan.
1. Texas
2. Ohio State
3. FSU
4. Georgia
5. Michigan
I don't see how Michigan can be #5. Honestly, FSU is the team that does not belong in that group IMO. Washington should be top five.
I’m just going off the first 4-5 games and their results. FSU has wins over LSU (even if overrated LSU), Clemson and another P5 program on the road. I know it wasn’t always pretty, but they’ve done what they needed to do, just like Georgia, but they’ve done it against far better competition.
I get the idea of style points and Washington and Michigan have both blown everyone out, but neither of them have played anyone worth a damn.