AP Top 25 for Nov 2

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[HRE Otto IV]

Sagarin Rankings

We are now 77th. Which is 15th in the ACC, next to last of the Northeastern P4s, and first in NY State by a hair! Our SOS thus far is 20th. We only play three Top 25 teams, but five teams between 26 and 36, but no teams between 37th and 67th.

Potentially we are setup for SU vs BC with the loser being the 2nd worst P4 team this year (no one is catching Okie State), and worst P4 in the Northeast.

ACC has only one Top 21 team, but has nine Top 36 teams (8 teams between 22 and 36).

The SEC has five of the Top 9, ten of the Top 19, and the worst team is 51st.

The B1G has the Top 3, but has eight teams worse than the SEC's worst.

The Sun Belt now has the highest G6 conference leader, and CUSA has the lowest ranked conference leader.

I would like to play Northeastern G6s OOC. Temple, Buffalo, Delaware, UMass (worst FBS team) are all out the Top 120. UConn, Navy, Army, Marshall are all outside the Top 75.

Same for the Northeastern P4s. Maryland, Rutgers, West Virginia are all outside the Top 60. Only Penn State is highly ranked.


1. Ohio State
2. Indiana (2nd B1G)
3. Oregon (Top 3 all B1G teams, highest with a L)
4. A&M (highest SEC)
5. Bama (2nd SEC, 2nd highest with L)
6. Notre Dame (highest with 2 Ls, highest non B1G/SEC, highest on our schedule, highest private school)
10. Miami (highest ACC, 2nd highest non B1G/SEC, 2nd highest private, 2nd highest we play)
11. Texas Tech (highest B12)
12. Utah (2nd B12)
18. Tennessee
20. Penn State (highest Northeastern)
22. Louisville (2nd ACC)
23. BYU (worst undefeated)
26. Pitt (3rd ACC, 2nd Northeast)
27. SMU (4th ACC)
29. FSU (5th ACC)
30. GA Tech (6th ACC)
32. Clemson (7th ACC)
34. UVA (8th ACC)
35. North Dakota State (highest FCS)
36. Duke (9th ACC)
38. James Madison (highest G6, highest Sun Belt)
41. USF (highest AAC, 2nd highest G6)
47. NC State (10th ACC)
51. Kentucky (worst SEC)
56. Boise State (highest MWC)
63. Maryland
66. Wake (11th ACC)
68. UNC (12th ACC, 2nd worst P4 we play)
69. Rutgers
70. Washington State (highest PAC)
73. VA Tech (13th ACC)
74. West Virginia
75. Toledo (highest MAC)
76. Cal (14th ACC)
77. Cuse (15th ACC, highest NY, 2nd worst Northeastern P4)
79. UConn (highest Northeastern G6, 2nd worst FBS we play)
83. Navy (highest Service Academy)
85. Army (2nd Service Academy, 2nd NY State)
86. Stanford (16th ACC)
90. Purdue (worst B1G)
92. BC (last ACC, worst Northeastern P4, worst P4 we play, worst FBS we play, 2nd worst we play, 2nd worst P4)
97. LA Tech (highest CUSA, worst G6 leader)
102. Marshall
120. Temple
123. Air Force (worst Service Academy)
128. Buffalo (worst NY)
144. Okie State (worst B12, worst P4)
146. Delaware (2nd worst Northeastern)
188. Stony Brook (highest NY FCS)
208. Colgate (worst we play)
217. Sam Houston State (2nd worst FBS)
226. UMass (worst Northeastern FBS, worst FBS)
264. Northwestern State (2nd worst team)
265. Davidson (worst team)

 

[JKinUtah]

any rankings that have Penn State as the 20th best team in the country are useless

 

[HRE Otto IV]

any rankings that have Penn State as the 20th best team in the country are useless

I agree that all of these computer rankings do not put enough weight on Ls. It can't just be on Ws and Ls, but at the same time I don't care that FSU leads the nation in O YPG and is 26th defensively. The fact that they are 15th in the ACC standings should count more, especially when compared to other ACC teams where it is closer to apples to apples than comparing to teams from other conferences.