2015 FBS Polls

[AvesEvo]

1 point behind Stanford. We should jump them after beating a ranked Temple team.[/QUOTE]

We should jump them after beating them

 

[GATTACA!]

But they're undefeated. They probably should be ahead of us already.

So is Memphis and Toledo? Should they be ahead and us too? Oklahoma state has played absolutely no one and against a common opponent our win was vastly more impressive. A close loss to Clemson should be worth more than wins over Central Michigan, Central Arkansas, and Texas-San Antonio.

 

[irishff1014]

Clemson is getting shafted. They are much better then MSU,TCU,Baylor

 

[Dizzyphil]

Clemson is getting shafted. They are much better then MSU,TCU,Baylor

You bet. I really thought they would leap-frog MSU.

I did see where Navy broke the top 25 in the power rankings. I like that.

 

[Irish YJ]

Coaches Poll is out. ND #9, Utah # 14.

Jumped by Stanford. (Whatever.)

I'd love Stanford to climb as high as possible before we beat them....

When does the coalition poll come out?

 

[connor_in]

Ha, LSU jumps MSU after beating WKU

 

[Dizzyphil]

I'd love Stanford to climb as high as possible before we beat them....

When does the coalition poll come out?

Next Sunday.

 

[BGIF]

The AP Top 25 Poll | College Football

ND #9 behind #8 Stanford.

Clemson 3

Temple 21

Pitt 23

USC 28

Navy ... No votes

 

[Cackalacky]

Ha, LSU jumps MSU after beating WKU

saw that lol

 

[Kak7304]

How does Bama have a first place vote?

 

[BGIF]

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
1. Ohio State
2. Baylor
3. Clemson
4. LSU
5. TCU
6. Michigan State
7. Alabama
8. Stanford
9. Notre Dame
10. Iowa
11. Florida
12. Oklahoma State
13. Utah
14. Oklahoma
15. Michigan
16. Memphis
17. Florida State
18. Houston
19. Ole Miss
20. Toledo
21. Temple
22. Duke
23. Pittsburgh
24. UCLA
25. Mississippi State

Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M (5-2) 73; North Carolina (6-1) 46; Southern California (4-3) 33; Brigham Young (6-2) 18; Georgia (5-2) 17; Wisconsin (6-2) 15; Northwestern (6-2) 10; Appalachian State (6-1) 6; California (5-2) 5; Washington State (5-2) 2

 

[BGIF]

COACHES POLL
1. Ohio State
2. Baylor
3. TCU
4. LSU
5. Michigan State
6. Clemson
7. Alabama
8. Stanford
9. Notre Dame
10. Oklahoma State
11. Iowa
12. Florida
13. Oklahoma
14. Utah
15. Florida State
16. Memphis
17. Michigan
18. Duke
19. Houston
20. Toledo
21. Ole Miss
22. Temple
23. Georgia
24. Pittsburgh
25. UCLA

Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M (5-2) 89; Mississippi State (6-2) 70; North Carolina (6-1) 55; Wisconsin (6-2) 36; California (5-2) 17; Navy (5-1) 15; Northwestern (6-2) 14; Southern California (4-3) 14; Oregon (4-3) 11; Washington State (5-2) 11; Brigham Young (6-2) 11; Boise State (6-2) 1; Marshall (7-1) 1

 

[Kaneyoufeelit]

Ha, LSU jumps MSU after beating WKU

LSU has been ahead of MSU since Week 7

They jumped TCU this week and Clemson jumped them both.

 

[BearGB]

LSU has been ahead of MSU since Week 7

They jumped TCU this week and Clemson jumped them both.

No - he's talking coaches poll.

Unbelievable Alabama got first place vote. That should get looked into.

 

[Bugzly21]

I can live with this weeks poll. 3 teams in front of ND will drop from playing each other. Then there's Stanford's loss after ND beats them. So when all said in done with these polls ND is up around 4 or 5, maybe better when ND and Stanford meet up as 2 top5 teams at the end of the season. I really think OSU will beat MSU but lose to scUM at the end of the year too

 

[shalom]

Nah quit complaining about something that didn't even happen.

Take off the rose colored glasses and think about it this way: Notre Dame lost a game it should have won that's worth jack & shit. A team gives away a game with crazy numbers of turnovers and mental lapses on key opening drives and someone wants credit for something? Nah.

The best you can hope is that it won't be held against them TOO MUCH if everything else pans out.

Coaches poll looks more or less legit. They've been pretty good all year. Stanford played and ND had a bye so they get the jump.

Where ND stands right now is that Clemson has to lose to Florida State. If ND and Clemson win out, it will likely be a Clemson that beat Notre Dame versus Notre Dame for that 4th slot

 

[IrishCat]

Coaches Poll:

Only 2 SEC teams in Top 10 and only 3 in the Top 20.

Now, this poll actually seems legit. And of the 2 (LSU and Alabama) in the Top 10... they play each other on Nov.7th, so somethings gotta give... Either LSU gets bounced out of West division/conference championship/playoff scenarios or Alabama gets eliminated from playoff talk with 2 losses.

 

[GATTACA!]

Coaches Poll:

Only 2 SEC teams in Top 10 and only 3 in the Top 20.

Now, this poll actually seems legit. And of the 2 (LSU and Alabama) in the Top 10... they play each other on Nov.7th, so somethings gotta give... Either LSU gets bounced out of West division/conference championship/playoff scenarios or Alabama gets eliminated from playoff talk with 2 losses.

Never. People will still think Alabama deserves a spot.

 

[connor_in]

Never. People will still think Alabama deserves a spot.

They could lose out and some people would still think they deserve a spot.

No Italics

 

[ickythump1225]

Nah quit complaining about something that didn't even happen.

Take off the rose colored glasses and think about it this way: Notre Dame lost a game it should have won that's worth jack & shit. A team gives away a game with crazy numbers of turnovers and mental lapses on key opening drives and someone wants credit for something? Nah.

The best you can hope is that it won't be held against them TOO MUCH if everything else pans out.

Coaches poll looks more or less legit. They've been pretty good all year. Stanford played and ND had a bye so they get the jump.

Where ND stands right now is that Clemson has to lose to Florida State. If ND and Clemson win out, it will likely be a Clemson that beat Notre Dame versus Notre Dame for that 4th slot

Who are you ranting against here?

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Who are you ranting against here?

Is he even ranting? I can't tell . . . shalom, what does any of this have to do with any recent post in this thread?

 

[Irish YJ]

Who are you ranting against here?

 

[Rhode Irish]

One thing that I think ND people should hammer is that of all one loss teams, ND has by far the "best" loss. It was also the closest to winning the game, and in the harshest environment, and against the best team. A two-point loss in Death Valley where you lost on a failed conversion at the end is much more respectable than losing by multiple scores to Northwestern or Ole Miss at home.

Not sure if it will matter much, because if Stanford ends the season with only one loss we will have lost at least a second game and if Alabama finishes with one loss, they will have better wins on their resume than ND. But still, at this point in the horse race I think it is absurd that ND is behind two one-loss teams.

 

[gkIrish]

One thing that I think ND people should hammer is that of all one loss teams, ND has by far the "best" loss. It was also the closest to winning the game, and in the harshest environment, and against the best team. A two-point loss in Death Valley where you lost on a failed conversion at the end is much more respectable than losing by multiple scores to Northwestern or Ole Miss at home.

Not sure if it will matter much, because if Stanford ends the season with only one loss we will have lost at least a second game and if Alabama finishes with one loss, they will have better wins on their resume than ND. But still, at this point in the horse race I think it is absurd that ND is behind two one-loss teams.

Iowa has wins over otherwise undefeated Pitt, @then #19 Wisconsin, @ then #20 Northwestern and has 0 losses. Do we deserve to be ahead of them?

 

[Rhode Irish]

Sure. Iowa is terrible. I'm dead serious that if I had an AP vote I would not rank any B1G teams. I think they are all fraudulent. I am sure that Wisconsin and Northwestern are bad, also. But like I said, this is all kind of trivial and doesn't matter because it will all come out in the wash. Even though I think the B1G is terrible, I also think there's no chance Iowa runs the table.

 

[Irish#1]

Just win out and everything will take care of itself.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Sure. Iowa is terrible. I'm dead serious that if I had an AP vote I would not rank any B1G teams. I think they are all fraudulent. I am sure that Wisconsin and Northwestern are bad, also. But like I said, this is all kind of trivial and doesn't matter because it will all come out in the wash. Even though I think the B1G is terrible, I also think there's no chance Iowa runs the table.

Iowa is not terrible. They have a very good offensive line, running game, and defense. They aren't explosive, but Bethard is taking care of the ball and is deceptively mobile.

Are they actually a top 10 team? I don't think so. Strength of schedule is 37, which is not nearly as low as people want to make it out to be. And if Northwestern is bad, what happened to Stanford?

 

[Irish YJ]

1/1. OSU - MN, @IL, MSU, @Mich, BTC
2/2. BAY - @KSU, OK, @OKS, @TCU, TX
3/6. CLEM - @NCS, FSU, @SYR, WF, @SC, ACCC
4/4. LSU - @ALA, ARK, @OMS, TAMU, SECC
5/3. TCU - WVU, @OKS, KS, @OK, BAY
6/5. MSU - @NEB, MAR, @OSU, PS, BTC
7/7. ALA - LSU, @MSS, CharSo, @AUB, SECC
8/8. STA - @WSU, @CO, OR, CAL, ND, PACC
9/9. ND - @TEM, @PIT, WF, BC, @STA
10/11. IA - MAR, @IU, MN, PU, @NEB, BTC
12/10. OKS - TCU, @IAS, BAY, OK

 

[gkIrish]

1/1. OSU - MN, @IL, MSU, @Mich, BTC
2/2. BAY - @KSU, OK, @OKS, @TCU, TX
3/6. CLEM - @NCS, FSU, @SYR, WF, @SC, ACCC
4/4. LSU - @ALA, ARK, @OMS, TAMU, SECC
5/3. TCU - WVU, @OKS, KS, @OK, BAY
6/5. MSU - @NEB, MAR, @OSU, PS, BTC
7/7. ALA - LSU, @MSS, CharSo, @AUB, SECC
8/8. STA - @WSU, @CO, OR, CAL, ND, PACC
9/9. ND - @TEM, @PIT, WF, BC, @STA
10/11. IA - MAR, @IU, MN, PU, @NEB, BTC
12/10. OKS - TCU, @IAS, BAY, OK

I didn't realize Bama and LSU play basically no one other than each other. Pretty sure the winner of that game is going to the playoffs.

 

[Rhode Irish]

Iowa is not terrible. They have a very good offensive line, running game, and defense. They aren't explosive, but Bethard is taking care of the ball and is deceptively mobile.

Are they actually a top 10 team? I don't think so. Strength of schedule is 37, which is not nearly as low as people want to make it out to be. And if Northwestern is bad, what happened to Stanford?

I watched the whole Wisconsin-Iowa game and it was the worst display of football I've ever witnessed. If all football looked like that I would watch soccer. I just can't buy either of those teams as good. That game set football back decades and solidified my opinion about that conference.