We're probably ranked in both polls

[QuaoarsKing]

Not sure we deserve it, but here's last week's AP poll:

1486 1 Alabama (48)
1414 2 USC (8) -- Lost, but will stay in top 10
1404 3 LSU (4)
1299 4 Oregon
1160 5 Oklahoma
1160 5 Florida State
1155 7 Georgia
1025 8 South Carolina
1017 9 West Virginia
995 10 Michigan State -- Losing to ND won't hurt too much
868 11 Clemson
772 12 Ohio State
734 13 Virginia Tech -- Lost to Pitt, will probably fall out
716 14 Texas
714 15 Kansas State
542 16 TCU
429 17 Michigan
427 18 Florida
316 19 Louisville
310 20 Notre Dame
260 21 Stanford
250 22 UCLA
177 23 Tennessee -- Lost to Florida, will probably fall out
149 24 Arizona
110 25 Brigham Young -- Lost to Utah will probably fall out
106 NR Boise State
79 NR Arkansas -- Unlikely to get a single vote
79 NR Nebraska
77 NR Oregon State
70 NR Mississippi State
54 NR Baylor


We'll leapfrog 4 teams for sure, and I bet we get the nod over a 1-0 Oregon State team who has only beaten a bad Wisconsin team. I don't think they'd rank Baylor instead of us, but I guess it's possible


Coaches' Poll:
1455 1 Alabama (42)
1380 2 LSU (5)
1363 3 USC (11) -- Lost, but will stay in top 10
1292 4 Oregon (1)
1203 5 Oklahoma
1153 6 Florida State
1120 7 Georgia
1024 8 West Virginia
1008 9 South Carolina
950 10 Michigan State -- Losing to ND won't hurt too much
904 11 Clemson
730 12 Texas
704 13 Virginia Tech -- Lost to Pitt, will probably fall out
696 14 Kansas State
649 15 TCU
455 16 Stanford
452 17 Florida
440 18 Michigan
398 19 Notre Dame
280 20 Louisville
246 21 Arkansas -- Unlikely to get a single vote
151 22 Wisconsin -- Will surely lose votes after only barely beating Utah State
147 23 UCLA
135 24 Nebraska
120 25 Arizona
104 NR Boise State
97 NR Oklahoma State
88 NR Mississippi State
71 NR Tennessee
70 NR BYU
58 NR Arizona State

Since Ohio State isn't eligible, there's one more spot to go around. It comes down to whether or not Wisconsin stays in after barely beating Northern Iowa and Utah State and losing to Oregon State. I think it's most likely that we're 25, especially with all 3 teams behind us losing.


Anyway, our performance last night doesn't deserve getting ranked, but I predict we are 25 in both polls.

 

[Dawg1976]

I hope not, because we sure as hell don't deserve it.

 

[Dawgology]

I'm not very good at this stuff but...I see us sneaking in at 24 or 25 on the Coaches Poll and being first out on the AP Poll.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

This

 

[olblue.sixpack]

This

If the voters knew how Troy controlled the line of scrimmage on offense, no way the Dawgs would make it in.

It appears that those of you who were concerned about those Jax State receivers running wide open all day were on to something.

 

[Dawgology]

Huh?

We are 3-0 for the first time in a loooooong time. Being ranked would be great for us, our school and our recruiting. We play very winnable games in the next three wekks with an off week inbetween. If ranked now we have the chance to climb in the top 20 and camp out there for the next three weeks before a huge home game against Tenn at 5-0. We need to be ranked and we need to make it count.

If this team is focused and pumped we should be able to handle Tenn. I see 7-0 as a real possibility before we hit the godawful tough portion of our schedule. We better make this count while we can. At this point 9-3 should be our goal on the season.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

Damn right. For a board that busts people's balls for the "we are poor M State" attitude, saying you hope we are left out of the polls is in that mindset.

Shall we go up and down the poll to pick the teams that deserve it and the ones that don't?

 

[cowbell88]

Past performances, usually indicate that our players let national rankings go to their heads, and end up playing like crap to fall from grace. Especially true when playing a supposedly "easy" game after being ranked.

 

[Incognegro]

Yeah... I don't get it either... It's just 1 game. But regardless... there are plenty of teams that we are legitimately better than that's ahead of us in the polls at this moment. Why the hell do they deserve to be ranked and we don't off of 1 bad game (which we won)?

Saying past experience dictates we'll let the ranking get to our head should never ring for football. Different team, different players. We don't know how this team will react compared to other teams in the past.

 

[Dawgology]

no

I think we have a different scenario here. Ranked 24 or 25 playing USA at our place...we will be fine. Then two weeks off to prep for Kentucky...we should be fine. Take that momentum into the Tenn game and the crown at DWS is going to be CRAZY. Trust...this is a good time to jump in the polls.

 

[TulsaLawDawg]

Good teams still win when they play like crap.

Agreed. We should be ranked.

 

[Sutterkane]

Name other undefeated teams that deserve to be ranked as opposed to us. Also tell me what 1 loss teams deserve to be ahead of us; I'll take Michigan on tomorrow. Big 10's 17n weak.