2025 CFB Polls and Rankings

[Bane]

 

[SportsingHard]

I've not once considered blocking anyone on here and feel like I'm pretty reasonable. But man, you are extremely thin skinned and you don't argue in good faith whatsoever.

If you can't see how a coach who regularly gets touted by the media and CFB folks as a top 5-10 type HC in the game but has such an abysmal record against equal or better opponents could meet the definition of "fraud," then you're just contrarian for the sake of it. Take your downvotes and argue with a wall.

The phrase "touted by the media" is exactly where you went wrong. If anyone who is not you says, "Bane is 8 feet tall," when you're not, that does not make you a fraud. If you say you're 8 feet tall when you're not, THAT makes you a fraud. Pretty fucking simple.

Any thin skin or bad faith argumentation is strictly in your imagination. If occasional criticism of another's behavior is your proof of "thin skin," guess what that makes you.

Feel free to block me or not. I don't give a shit either way. I've enjoyed a number of your posts where you act more mature than a five-year-old, but if you don't enjoy mine, so be it.

 

[ulukinatme]

Half of the B1G writers (Including Ped State) had ND ranked in the mid or late 20s in the latest poll. NC State was also in there. Fuck all those bitches, lets stomp the Wolfpack.

 

[GATTACA!]

Kirk Kenney gets it.

 

[Huntr]

The Cuse guy doesn't have ND ranked at all.

His thing is something about beating good teams that I don't fully understand but since ND lost vs the only good teams they've played and has only beaten scrubs, they don't deserve to be ranked


Or something.

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

The Cuse guy doesn't have ND ranked at all.

His thing is something about beating good teams that I don't fully understand but since ND lost vs the only good teams they've played and has only beaten scrubs, they don't deserve to be ranked


Or something.

But he ranked Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, SC.

 

[Huntr]

Exactly.

🤷‍♂️

 

[LifelongFan]

Penn State and Notre Dame played a game last year. It went down to the last seconds. The game was about as even as could be.

But one team is a fraud and was overhyped in the preseason, and one was "uhhhh the second best team in the nation." Got it.

Penn State jumped out to a decent little lead in the Orange Bowl and then the refs gave them points to stay in it. Even the banged up ND team clearly outplayed them after having two real games instead of two functional byes.

 

[irishff1014]

The Cuse guy doesn't have ND ranked at all.

His thing is something about beating good teams that I don't fully understand but since ND lost vs the only good teams they've played and has only beaten scrubs, they don't deserve to be ranked


Or something.

Good thing he will get tho see this first hand.

 

[NDFAN2008]

Need USC to beat Michigan I fear if Michigan loses to Ohio State and has 2 losses they get in

 

[thekid33]

The coaches poll is totally irrelevant and not even worth discussing because the voters (coaches and/or SIDs) are incapable of objectivity.

The media poll isn't always a paragon of accuracy and objectivity either, but at least those voters don't have direct skin in the game.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Need USC to beat Michigan I fear if Michigan loses to Ohio State and has 2 losses they get in

Doesn't matter

 

[Irish#1]

It's a slow steady climb, but we'll get there.

 

[LifelongFan]

The Big 10 will get 4 teams in one way or another. They have 6 teams functionally left in the conversation, Ohio State, Oregon, IU, Illinois, Michigan, and USC. Root for Ohio State, Oregon, and IU to win all of their games and it won't matter. That will knock out USC, and 2 loss Michigan and Illinois will be behind us.

The biggest concern is Georgia Tech and their weak ass schedule.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Couldn't care less. Just get to 4-2 by Saturday night.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

I'm not implying Ohio St doesn't deserve to be ranked high, but after Texas falling out of the top 25, there is a chance they won't have a win over a ranked team by the end of the regular season.

 

[IrishTusker]

My worry is that certain teams will be credited with "ranked" wins over a team ranked like 24 (e.g., IU for beating Illinois) while we beat teams that end up ranked 30-50, so they aren't "ranked" wins. The average/median rankings of teams we beat will probably be higher than PSU and IU and maybe some SEC teams, and that is more important than how many "ranked" wins a team has. A 10-2 ND would have a better resume than many of those teams.

 

[PolishDomer]

 

[KPENN]

Something I’ve been thinking about(not that anyone cares), but I consider the ACC games, USC, Stanford and Navy as their conference schedule(games they are locked into/play every year), meaning their “OOC” schedule was essentially A&M, Boise and @Arkansas.

 

[RDU Irish]

Mid teens seems fair for us. Win out and we are easily in the Top 10 and playoff bound at year end. Win by +3 TDs every week and it is easy to say our first time starting QB would love another shot at Miami and TAMU to settle the score. Still don't like our D line against top tier offenses - just don't have the horses needed. O line can get there by year end though, especially with Jagusah coming back soon.

 

[ab2cmiller]

Mid teens seems fair for us. Win out and we are easily in the Top 10 and playoff bound at year end. Win by +3 TDs every week and it is easy to say our first time starting QB would love another shot at Miami and TAMU to settle the score. Still don't like our D line against top tier offenses - just don't have the horses needed. O line can get there by year end though, especially with Jagusah coming back soon.

Unless I missed something, I thought it was basically being said that don't look for Jagusah at all this year due to setbacks.

 

[stlnd01]

Mid teens seems fair for us. Win out and we are easily in the Top 10 and playoff bound at year end. Win by +3 TDs every week and it is easy to say our first time starting QB would love another shot at Miami and TAMU to settle the score. Still don't like our D line against top tier offenses - just don't have the horses needed. O line can get there by year end though, especially with Jagusah coming back soon.

Maybe it’s wishful thinking but I wonder if over the bye week they rejigger the OL to move Lambert to tackle and Knapp inside.

Knapp’s just not enough against elite pass rushers, while Lambert looks like a natural. And that’d give the rest of the season to tune up that line for a playoff run.

 

[Old Man Mike]

No. Lambert doesn't (yet) look like a "natural." He looks very large, yes, and possibly powerful, yes, and sometimes quite clumsy. Hopefully he will get there. Knapp, despite starting off like a staggering goof, does look more like a tackle natural, as he uses his length generally well --- but he's no Joe Alt either. If Jagusah was OK and playing tackle, we'd see what a natural POWER and Balance OLineman looked like -- whether he ultimately plays tackle in the NFL or not.

This is a man with great balance/feet, and outstanding feel for the center of force to be countered by his own power. (Wrestling Champ stuff.) A great training idea would be to get Jagusah (once fully healthy) to face off vs Knapp and Lambert etc and throw them around for several reps a practice to get them feeling how the center of force in a dynamic situation changes and how to get their feet ready for that. Maybe they could learn it. Both Craig and Schrauth already seem to know.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Mid teens seems fair for us. Win out and we are easily in the Top 10 and playoff bound at year end. Win by +3 TDs every week and it is easy to say our first time starting QB would love another shot at Miami and TAMU to settle the score. Still don't like our D line against top tier offenses - just don't have the horses needed. O line can get there by year end though, especially with Jagusah coming back soon.

Agree with all this. Dline is the only area we aren't championship caliber.

 

[Irish#1]

No. Lambert doesn't (yet) look like a "natural." He looks very large, yes, and possibly powerful, yes, and sometimes quite clumsy. Hopefully he will get there. Knapp, despite starting off like a staggering goof, does look more like a tackle natural, as he uses his length generally well --- but he's no Joe Alt either. If Jagusah was OK and playing tackle, we'd see what a natural POWER and Balance OLineman looked like -- whether he ultimately plays tackle in the NFL or not.

This is a man with great balance/feet, and outstanding feel for the center of force to be countered by his own power. (Wrestling Champ stuff.) A great training idea would be to get Jagusah (once fully healthy) to face off vs Knapp and Lambert etc and throw them around for several reps a practice to get them feeling how the center of force in a dynamic situation changes and how to get their feet ready for that. Maybe they could learn it. Both Craig and Schrauth already seem to know.

I paid particular attention to Lambert and Knapp on a number of plays. I think you hit the nail on the head with Lambert.

Knapp looks much better than he did at the start of the year. I wonder if that's due to the level of competition he's facing now or is he finding his groove?

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

I paid particular attention to Lambert and Knapp on a number of plays. I think you hit the nail on the head with Lambert.

Knapp looks much better than he did at the start of the year. I wonder if that's due to the level of competition he's facing now or is he finding his groove?

It can be both.

 

[GATTACA!]

Starting off the year against a DE that will be in the conversation for 1.01 next April was a tall ask.

 

[BeatSC]

Frauds last year, then what was ND?

Injury riddled down the stretch. Losing Mills decimated the middle and Cross playing hurt didn’t help. Would have been nice to have Morrison. Those three guys are in place we win it all.

 

[NDPhilly]

Gotta say, what Day / OSU are doing this year with so much player and coach turnover is damn impressive.

 

[BeatSC]

Ok based on various matchups this week it’s possible that 6-7 teams ahead of us could lose and a certainty that 3-4 will. We have another good convincing win and we are up to #12. Continued wins by Miami and A&M don’t hurt us and no one has given them the games that we did and that was not the better version of ND. Just keep winning and the rest will take care of itself.