Michigan rises, ND falls?

[weisbank4]

Anybody else notice that Michigan rose in recent polls after a home scare versus Indiana - a game that had a questionable at best interception that helped UM salt away the win and Notre Dame slipped further in the "others receiving votes" category after a similiar type of win on the road at Purdue?

Just found that to be interesting.

 

[tommyIRISH23]

Anybody else notice that Michigan rose in recent polls after a home scare versus Indiana - a game that had a questionable at best interception that helped UM salt away the win and Notre Dame slipped further in the "others receiving votes" category after a similiar type of win on the road at Purdue?

Just found that to be interesting.

Yeah I did notice that. I think once you are in the top 25 and win, nomatter how ugly the win was, you stilll move up. Now, to get into (or back into) the top 25 it seems youve got to prove something and win convincingly. Basically, a win is not a win when you are from the outside looking in.

 

[mick2]

Yeah I did notice that. I think once you are in the top 25 and win, nomatter how ugly the win was, you stilll move up. Now, to get into (or back into) the top 25 it seems youve got to prove something and win convincingly. Basically, a win is not a win when you are from the outside looking in.

youre a poet and dont even know it!

 

[sonomairishfan]

i wouldn't worry, UM is going down this weekend. they are terrible.

 

[YoderDame]

Yeah I did notice that. I think once you are in the top 25 and win, nomatter how ugly the win was, you stilll move up. Now, to get into (or back into) the top 25 it seems youve got to prove something and win convincingly. Basically, a win is not a win when you are from the outside looking in.

This is true unless your name is Notre Dame!!

 

[weisbank4]

i wouldn't worry, UM is going down this weekend. they are terrible.

WTF does that make us? We lost to them.

 

[Bubba]

WTF does that make us? We lost to them.

But we will have beaten the team they will lose to.

 

[irishandy]

Besides playing ND and a better-than usual IU team who else has Michigan played??

 

[irish4ever]

But we will have beaten the team they will lose to.

Let's pray that your right on that. I hate those friggin' bastard scUM suckers!

 

[kmoose]

It seems to me that there has been a recent trend, in the polls, of not ranking the best 25 teams, but trying to predict what the final poll will look like. With our struggles against Michigan State and Purdue, it doesn't surprise me that we have dropped. I think, presuming that my above observation is accurate, that the pollsters are predicting ND to lose a couple more games, and they are afraid to rank them.

 

[Folsteam_Ahead]

the underlying issue here is expectations coming into the season. nobody expected UM to win more than 6 games and now they're poised to win 8-10 bc of a weak conference schedule that can't handle a spread or spread-hybrid offense. if we had the same expectations rather than the 11-wins (USC loss) we would be ranked. if UM holds fast to their winning trend it will help use should we end up 11-1

 

[We_Are_ND]

No big deal to me. UM is 4-0 and cannot get out of the mid 20's. Smart by the pollsters in my opinion. The only reason they got in the top 25 is because ND was 18 at the time. The only reason ND dropped out of the rankings was because UM was unranked at the time. It will all even itself out in the end.

 

[]\/[GoBlue]

i wouldn't worry, UM is going down this weekend. they are terrible.

What does that make ND?


Anyway, if you remember Ohio State dropped when they were in the top 5 after a VERY close win over a unranked Navy so it does happen. But with all the upsets and losses in the top 25 last week it's hard to drop a team that did win.