So, will we be ranked?
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I beliebe in the last AP poll we were like the 3-7th team getting votes .. with all the teams that will lose I’d bet somewhere around 20
Doesn’t matter. We finished 9-4 and our losses were to teams that are currently 39-11 (0.780) with wins over #2 (currently 10-3) and #3 (finished 11-2).
I’m guessing 21-23. Depends on results of remaining bowl games. Since it’s the AP Poll, we’ll get a boost from the writers. If this were the Coaches Poll I have a feeling we would just miss the Top 25 or just sneak in.
BYU, Arkansas and texas A&M should all drop, but i'm unsure how far. the loser of iowa vs Kentucky will drop. But both UW and Minn won their bowl games and neither was ranked. they could both move up. penn st has an outside chance of making the top 25 if they have an impressive outback bowl performance. Penn st is a more popular choice among voters than Purdue. Purdue could beat out Minnesota and sneak into the top 25. the 3 keys are how far BYU will fall; and we need victories from iowa and penn st to show the bifg 10 strength. and will purdue get more votes than texas A&M for playing in a bowl game ? My guess would be somewhere 24-27th place.
We wont be. We are currently 30 and of the current 16-29 teams only three at most will lose and we wont jump a top 15 team, even Oregon. Of the ORV in front of us I think Wisconsin, Utah State, San Diego State, and Minnesota stay ahead of us. Might make a case for jumping Minny but I fully expect these 4 to hold us back some. I also think its possible but not probable Army jumps us with their win over Mizzou.
If Iowa beats Kentucky we likely pass them up (we are both 9-4), but wont jump Iowa if Kentucky wins. I think we should jump A&M for dropping out of the Gator Bowl but wont. I expect Arkansas will cruise over Penn State who was overslotted but if not we might move up that spot. They wont punish NC state much for getting screwed by UCLA. The rest of the teams have won their bowls.
I edited as I forgot UTSA lost already. I also want to point out we wont pass Utah State, they had more voters than not ranking them before and had a good win over Oregon State that I dont see they get dropped in polls. I will also point out there is a clear voter drop off from 21 to 22 so I dont see any winners in the top 21 dropping out. Only the last 4 are at play.
My prediction is we finish 26-28 as we jump UTSA and Minny and maybe Arkansas and Kentucky if Penn State and Iowa win respectively. If Arkansas and Kentucky drop out I dont see us passing up A&M as I just don't see a scenario we pass up all 3 SEC teams.
If Iowa beats Kentucky we likely pass them up (we are both 9-4), but wont jump Iowa if Kentucky wins. I think we should jump A&M for dropping out of the Gator Bowl but wont. I expect Arkansas will cruise over Penn State who was overslotted but if not we might move up that spot. They wont punish NC state much for getting screwed by UCLA. The rest of the teams have won their bowls.
I edited as I forgot UTSA lost already. I also want to point out we wont pass Utah State, they had more voters than not ranking them before and had a good win over Oregon State that I dont see they get dropped in polls. I will also point out there is a clear voter drop off from 21 to 22 so I dont see any winners in the top 21 dropping out. Only the last 4 are at play.
My prediction is we finish 26-28 as we jump UTSA and Minny and maybe Arkansas and Kentucky if Penn State and Iowa win respectively. If Arkansas and Kentucky drop out I dont see us passing up A&M as I just don't see a scenario we pass up all 3 SEC teams.
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I think Purdue has been a great story with the two top 5 wins and ending with an exciting and entertaining bowl game which was for the most part an away game. I bet we'll finish #23
Penn state has 5 losses and 2 B1G losses behind Wisconsin, Minny, Purdue no way are they ranked ahead of them. They arent exactly playing Oklahoma, but I do expect Arkansas will drop out if they lose.
BYU is 12, I doubt they drop 14+ spots.
We barely beat the SEC #8 team how do we justify our "Big 10 strength" by having 3 Big Ten teams leapfrogging the SEC #4 in Texas A&M. Im not even sure we pass up UK if they lose to Iowa.
I'm just saying that penn st even with more losses than purdue is a more popular team among coaches and sports writers. and if they have an impressive win, they will likely garner more votes than purdue will. i'm not saying it's justified or deserved. i'm saying it's the reality of the business. Fans don't vote. look at iowa. they had the same record as purdue, and purdue beat them. Yet iowa is the team in the top 15. the voting doesn't go by records.
You’re so FOS. Iowa is 10-3 and won the BIG West. They played in the BIG Championship game.
It’s time for your reading comprehension course before you open your stupid mouth again! Purdue beat Iowa! Yet Iowa was still ranked a lot higher. If Iowa should lose, the loses would be identical yet Iowa would remain ranked a lot higher than Purdue!
If I were a moderator, you would be one of the first posters I would remove from this board! this board doesn’t need your name calling posts and never did!
I gave my opinion. You gave your typical insults in response. And basically, that’s all you ever do! For the last 10 years. You yell at and insult people! You need to either change your posting habits or be gone!
You’re not the moderator. You continue to post idiotic things on here. Iowa won the BIG West and played for the BIG Championship. They should be ranked higher than Purdue.
It will be interesting to see how the voting media people and coaches look at our win over Tennessee. I would expect Purdue to get 0 votes from SEC coaches and writers within the SEC footprint. Of course, Purdue might not have gotten any from those folks before. We'll see.
I'm more concerned that we won the game, don't remember rankings as much
It would be nice but it doesn't look like it will happen based on who has won and lost ahead of us.
Purdue should have already been ranked, but, absolutely deserves to be in what will be the final poll.
They earned it...they earned it before the Bowl game, but, most certainly earned it coming out.
Just looked at the stats, and out of the 36 points we had in the AP Poll, 11 of them came from one voter, who had us 15th. Only 8 people had us in the Top 25 at all. You could look at that as 54 people didn't have us ranked and now could because maybe we were 26th or 27th in those people's eyes. As in there's a lot of room for moving up. Hard to say.
Bigs, you've complained about calling names, yet, you call someone else "stupid".
I wouldn't advocate your removal from this board, but you're violating your own standards.
Looks like we made 24 in ESPN. Interesting, they dropped Iowa and no Minnesota. https://www.aol.com/espn-releases-t...Tqge0bUBvvGp4-MzwHD-pqGN8hTXjv_x601gAr2soAwhA
It's great that Purdue made it in at #24. That said, there are some crazy rankings in this system.
How is Penn State #14 --- and 5 spots ahead of an 11-win MSU team that beat both PSU and Michigan? No way 6-7 Auburn is a top-20 team.
That's the computer model, not the voters' rankings. Computer models obviously create some weird rankings based on strength of schedule, margin of victory, and whatnot.
they got points for playing and barely losing to a very good team.
I do wonder how much the entertainment value of the bowl games played into the rankings, if at all.Yes, absolutely, I appreciate that. That's what I was trying to get at. Auburn played (and lost) at PSU in September. Neither team turned out to be that great, but their continued over ranking still helps each other in SOS.
If we do, it will be a cherry on the top of this great season!
Penn State #14!!! Must be an alumni subjective person writing that poll.
ESPN TOP 25
ESPN TOP 25
Well, Purdue finished #29 in the AP. I can't really argue with anybody ahead of us. Wisconsin and Minnesota both beat us at our place. Minnesota had a few clunkers, but they also beat Wisconsin.
Final College Football AP Poll
Final College Football AP Poll
I think Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Purdue all warranted being ranked based on late-season play, big wins, and bowl wins.
I think we start at around 25. SI has us at 24 in pre-season rankings. It is probably good for our ranking to have our QB returning. We have a known/proven player at the most important position. I would think that our defense should be at the same level.
Not surprised the least bit, I thought we might squeeze into 28 and pass minny but came up 3 points short. A lot of emotional posts saying we might jump into the 23-26 range but when you break it down there is no justification for passing up anyone ahead of us. Only wildcard was A&M since they cancelled their game ans was curious how voters would react, pleased to see they dropped them to 26 but hard to justify 1/4 of the big ten jumping them over that.
Just goes to show you how college football has changed. We finished the same 9-4 in 03 and weren’t we ranked like 17th?
