ESPN say

[POTUS]

We are in a tier with Purdue & Stanford as the worst power 5 teams.

No power 5 teams appear in the tiers below us. It's great to be a dawg!

 

[FreeDawg]

It’s not inaccurate

 

[CochiseCowbell]

 

[Drebin]

We are in a tier with Purdue & Stanford as the worst power 5 teams.

No power 5 teams appear in the tiers below us. It's great to be a dawg!

Purdue and Stanford?

At least it's not East Carolina and South Alabama.

 

[85Bears]

paging BrainDontThink ! Paging BrainDonthink !

someone somewhere said we aren’t good

 

[dickiedawg]

Purdue and Stanford?

At least it's not East Carolina and South Alabama.

Both of those teams are a tier higher than we are, in tier 15.

Here's that full tier, 15 non-p4 teams:

App State
Buffalo
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Fresno State
Louisiana
Ohio
North Texas
South Alabama
Texas State
Troy
UConn
South Florida
UTSA
Western Kentucky

There are also 10 other non-p4 teams ranked ahead of us in total (tiers

Boise State (tier 4)
Liberty (tier 10b)
Memphis (tier 10b)
James Madison (tier 10b)
Toledo (tier 10b)
Tulane (tier 10b)
UNLV (tier 10b)
Army (tier 13)
Navy (tier 13)
Air Force (tier 13)

 

[Dawgg]

Purdue and Stanford?

At least it's not East Carolina and South Alabama.

I mean… they’re not in the Power 4.

 

[Drebin]

Guys....it was a joke. Strictly perception and name recognition.

I fully understand the reality.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Guys....it was a joke. Strictly perception and name recognition.

I fully understand the realit

 

[ckDOG]

It's infuriating.

And I know we hate NIL or whatever but look at this poll outside of the top 10. Many programs we should be able to compete with.

ASU, Illinois, USCe, Indiana, Kansas State, Iowa State, Texas Tech all ranked top 25. Several in the others with votes.

Coaches Poll top 25: Texas is No. 1 over Ohio State, SEC has most spots in preseason college football rankings

Fifteen of the top 25 teams in the preseason Coaches Poll are from either the Big Ten or SEC

www.cbssports.com

 

[TheBannerM]

"The beatings (in the preseason press) will continue until morale (via wins) improves."

 

[GloryDawg]

I wonder how many coaches took the time to actually vote? They probably have some human auto pen.

 

[CaptainFalcon]

Well we’ve played one P5 team within single digits since October 2023 so yeah I get it.

 

[anon1758050382]

Keeping with the tier format, here are my tiers of the SEC (no particular order within tiers)...

Tier 1a:

• Texas
• Georgia

Tier 1b:

• Alabama
• Tennessee

Tier 2:

• Ole Miss
• Texas A&M
• LSU

Tier 3:

• Auburn
• South Carolina
• Oklahoma
• Missouri

Tier 4:

• Florida
• Arkansas
• Kentucky

Tier 5:

• Vanderbilt
• Mississippi State

 

[Darryl Steight]

Keeping with the tier format, here are my tiers of the SEC (no particular order within tiers)...

Tier 1a:

• Texas
• Georgia

Tier 1b:

• Alabama
• Tennessee

Tier 2:

• Ole Miss
• Texas A&M
• LSU

Tier 3:

• Auburn
• South Carolina
• Oklahoma
• Missouri

Tier 4:

• Florida
• Arkansas
• Kentucky

Tier 5:

• Vanderbilt
• Mississippi State

I think/hope you have OM and Oklahoma a tier too high, and Arkansas and us a tier too low.

 

[skip dog]

well, we can only go up from here

.....i hope

 

[BulldogBlitz]

Typical espn, confused us and Michigan state again

 

[85Bears]

I think/hope you have OM and Oklahoma a tier too high, and Arkansas and us a tier too low.

some of these teams are wild cards, I’d put Tenn, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Florida in that group. All could be pretty good or big disappointments. I think Arkansas is a dark horse that could win 8. Auburn with Arnold is a bit of a mystery also.

 

[anon1787432961]

Troy would roll us

 

[patdog]

Keeping with the tier format, here are my tiers of the SEC (no particular order within tiers)...

Tier 1a:

• Texas
• Georgia

Tier 1b:

• Alabama
• Tennessee

Tier 2:

• Ole Miss
• Texas A&M
• LSU

Tier 3:

• Auburn
• South Carolina
• Oklahoma
• Missouri

Tier 4:

• Florida
• Arkansas
• Kentucky

Tier 5:

• Vanderbilt
• Mississippi State

Get rid of tier 1b & move those into tier 2 and you’re pretty much there.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Typical espn, confused us a ND Michigan state again

Piling On!!!

15 yards!