Does anyone think Louisville at 8 is ridiculous?

[Quazzum69]

Best win is Rutgers. Are people impressed by a 72-0 blowout against a 1-5 Florida International team whose lone win was by one point over Southern Miss? A 30-7 win against 0-6 Temple? There has to be at least 10 teams more deserving of a top-10 ranking, right?

 

[IthacaBarrel]

You will not know how good Lville is until they play their bowl game, UCF should be a decent challenge. Kind of tough to tell and the conference realignment has been difficult as well. The fact is, I have no idea how good they are. Strong is a good coach and Teddy is really pretty damn good. He's no Manziel but damn good. I think the Oregon and UCLA qb are just as good in the college game obviously Teddy's game seems to translate better to the NFL

 

[upperdeck]

I thought they looked much better on Def than Off vs Rutgers, I think they will really struggle against good teams unless Teddy plays lights out which he did not against Rutgers.

 

[SaltineWar]

It's all carryover from beating UF.

 

[Alsacs]

Like the Kellen Moore Boise State teams this Louisville is a legitimate top 10 team and in a 1 game situation may be able to compete in the big conferences but they would be the 3rd best team in the ACC, 2nd best team in the B1G, 4th best SEC team, 4th best Pac-12 team.
The teams I like more than Louisville are Clemson, Florida State, Ohio State, Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA.

 

[dollarbill44]

This^^^(SaltineWar post)
Last year went a long way in determining their ranking this year and who they had returning on their roster. Until proven otherwise, they will stay high.

 

[HeaterCuse22]

They play like they did against NJSU they will lose by 10 to UCF.

 

[SF Cuse]

This^^^(SaltineWar post)
Last year went a long way in determining their ranking this year and who they had returning on their roster. Until proven otherwise, they will stay high.

Agree, and they're thanking their lucky starts that they're joining the ACC next year. Have to think Strong would be at Tennessee now if that weren't the case.

Weird year for them. Ranking makes sense after the Sugar Bowl, but no meaningful games this year until the bowl. With that said, I'm a football first guy and love that the ACC took them over UConn.

 

[Chip]

Clay Travis does. He writes about Louisville and Ohio State's overrated-ness almost daily.

Of course, he's completely inSECure for reasons unknown to me. Plenty in SEC country like that. 100 national titles in a row isn't enough.

Funny guy though.

 

[Chip]

You will not know how good Lville is until they play their bowl game, UCF should be a decent challenge. Kind of tough to tell and the conference realignment has been difficult as well. The fact is, I have no idea how good they are. Strong is a good coach and Teddy is really pretty damn good. He's no Manziel but damn good. I think the Oregon and UCLA qb are just as good in the college game obviously Teddy's game seems to translate better to the NFL

State of the game... ESPN's Top 10 Heisman list this week is all QBs.

 

[DNABB5]

I think it is spot on. Thing is they can win out (and IMO will) and watch a 1-loss team play for the NC because of the "league" they dominated.

 

[BlackKnight76]

Clay Travis does. He writes about Louisville and Ohio State's overrated-ness almost daily.

Of course, he's completely inSECure for reasons unknown to me. Plenty in SEC country like that. 100 national titles in a row isn't enough.

Funny guy though.

SEC fans are funny. I'm almost afraid of what happens if they stop dominating football. Is the south's economy going to collapse or something? They act as if it is imperative that they remind everyone how great they are as often as possible, even when no one is asking or questioning it.

 

[Chip]

SEC fans are funny. I'm almost afraid of what happens if they stop dominating football. Is the south's economy going to collapse or something? They act as if it is imperative that they remind everyone how great they are as often as possible, even when no one is asking or questioning it.

Seriously. They beat the B1G in 99% of their bowl matchups every year, yet act completely panicked that the B1G is stealing their headlines.

Should Bama lose to LSU, the Clemson/FSU loser not run the table, Oregon lose to Stanford, leaving Louisville to play Ohio State in the title game (over 1 loss SEC teams), southeastern cities might burn. I really don't know if they can handle it.

 

[Quazzum69]

A one loss Alabama, or one loss LSU is absolutely playing over Louisville if it comes down to that, probably same for Clemson and Florida State.

Louisville is not even the best team in the AAC - Houston is.

 

[BlackKnight76]

Louisville is not even the best team in the AAC - Houston is.

wut

 

[IthacaBarrel]

A one loss Alabama, or one loss LSU is absolutely playing over Louisville if it comes down to that, probably same for Clemson and Florida State.

Louisville is not even the best team in the AAC - Houston is.

Oh please dude. Enough.

 

[Chip]

A one loss Alabama, or one loss LSU is absolutely playing over Louisville if it comes down to that, probably same for Clemson and Florida State.

Louisville is not even the best team in the AAC - Houston is.

Well then we don't have to worry about it. Louisville won't be undefeated anymore after 11/16.

 

[KaiserUEO]

boise st gets ranked every year for a worse schedule than lville.

and theyve never had a top 5 NFL pick at QB.

 

[Quazzum69]

TCU in 2010 and 2009 and Cincinnati in 2009 make Louisville's situation hopeful for playing for the championship. They were undefeated but were behind undefeated "major" conference teams. However, Cincinnati's and TCU's schedule was much better in those years than Louisville's this year.

Assuming Louisville is undefeated, five of their eleven FBS wins will include a Kentucky (currently 1-5), Florida International (1-5), Temple (0-6), UConn (0-5) and Memphis (1-4). I doubt they end up playing a top 25 team all year.

If they, by some miracle, end up in the top two of composite computer scores (which they won't), no person will vote them in the championship in front of a one or even two loss Alabama, LSU, Oregon, Florida State, Clemson, Ohio State, etc.

Florida should have played Notre Dame last year, but Alabama was voted in because of obvious biases and the "traditional" matchup. Florida certainly has much more prestige in college football than Louisville and they got screwed.

No one wants to see the AAC champion play for the title, period.