AP / Coaches Polls (Sept 10)

[Dinkyspond]

I love this with all my Orange heart even though it is wonky. Bama ahead of Texas? I haven’t even looked at the rest of it.

 

[djorange1989]

I love this with all my Orange heart even though it is wonky. Bama ahead of Texas? I haven’t even looked at the rest of it.

Yeah this is dumb but I will take it!

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I love this with all my Orange heart even though it is wonky. Bama ahead of Texas? I haven’t even looked at the rest of it.

It's not a poll.

It's ESPN's weird Power Index.

 

[sufandu]

Well Rikers Island returned all starters this year

And Alabama didn't have any film on them.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Well Rikers Island returned all starters this year

Not everyone; Jeff Epstein is not back at Tight End.

 

[sufandu]

It's not a poll.

It's ESPN's weird Power Index.

That is weird if it still has Alabama #1. How is it calculated?

 

[JustPherU]

Not everyone; Jeff Epstein is not back at Tight End.

Had he lived he would surely be a wide receiver by now.

 

[dwilmont44]

I love this with all my Orange heart even though it is wonky. Bama ahead of Texas? I haven’t even looked at the rest of it.

Bama lost to a team that won @Bama so that's a quality loss

 

[CuseMan4]

Beat Purdue and we are fringe top 25. Beat Army too and we are 22-25. Beat Clemson too and we are top 20. All attainable

 

[atlanticuse]

This proves that after the top 5-10, all rankings are just speculative, biased popularity contest based on a couple games. The computer / power rankings factor in some facts, but clearly they have to also have forward-looking strength of schedule bias.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Pac-12 has seven teams in the Top 25 and Washington State is 26th. What a time to dissolve.

Those programs will be destroyed by Big Ten refs hope Oregon fans enjoy losing rock fights to Minnesota.

They do have the TV slots though ridiculous to see CBS showing UNLV-Michigan and NBC had Charlotte-MD on in prime time.

 

[Chip]

We have a great opportunity this weekend to impress the writers. Night game on NBC, and the overall shedule is TV weak, so put it nicely.

We go up against the Backyard Brawl, which is great nostalgia, but two teams who've already lost a game. And against Tennessee-Florida, but Florida looked like dog poop in game 1.

We'll get a lot of attention, need to make the most of it.

 

[Eric15]

Bama lost to a team that won @Bama so that's a quality loss

I'm nominating this for the wittiest board post of 2023.

 

[Tango32]

They have a RB on the team who's a weapon.

He cuts left and he slashes right.

Hits the hole real hard, can really move a pile

 

[MGDCuse]

Agree.

Also, Bama could lose to the Rikers Island Football Team and they’d still only drop a few spots.

It’s amazing the way SEC teams get the benefit of the doubt.

What are the NIL opportunities like at Rikers? Asking for a friend.

 

[Orangefizz]

As Prime would say WE COMING!!!

 

[CbusCuse]

Looks like were ranked 40 in the coaches poll. We must be just out of it in the AP poll.

When you start at zero and only beat cupcakes I guess this is what we should expect despite throttling our opponents. A bit too low for my liking. A win at Purdue will help a little but we likely won't get any respect until we beat UNC.

2023 College Football Rankings for Week 3 | ESPN

 

[GoSU96]

Looks like were ranked 40 in the coaches poll. We must be just out of it in the AP poll.

When you start at zero and only beat cupcakes I guess this is what we should expect despite throttling our opponents. A bit too low for my liking. A win at Purdue will help a little but we likely won't get any respect until we beat UNC.

2023 College Football Rankings for Week 3 | ESPN

Sometimes it just doesn’t matter. Those cupcakes were two full contact scrimmages that put the team in a better position to meet it long term goals than starting the year with peer or better opponents.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Bama lost to a team that won @Bama so that's a quality loss

See this is a funny comment, but they legit get credit for crap like that, and, you know, I'll see Nick Saban in Hell for it.

 

[PhatOrange]

bEat Purdue and they’re nothing fringe. We should be solidly in the top 25. We’re gonna smash them

 

[Cuse12]

bEat Purdue and they’re nothing fringe. We should be solidly in the top 25. We’re gonna smash them

I think our air attack is going to go crazy this week. A lot of new looks. LQA will be catching a lot of balls I feel like.

 

[orangenauburn]

Hits the hole real hard, can really move a pile

I just moved a pile

 

[orangenauburn]

See this is a funny comment, but they legit get credit for crap like that, and, you know, I'll see Nick Saban in Hell for it.

There is some speculation that Saban may call it quits after this year.

He's tired and burned out and hates all the changes

 

[OttoinGrotto]

There is some speculation that Saban may call it quits after this year.

He's tired and burned out and hates all the changes

Coach Prime to Bama

 

[SmilinBob]

Coach Prime to Bama

And Sean Lewis slides in as HC for Colorado