Polls for Sept 21: AP (NR) / Coaches 37

[orangenauburn]

Coaches poll. Receive four votes. 37th.

Duke is an opportunity to creep closer.

 

[orangenauburn]

Teaser by AP before release


Who else might move? Wins by Syracuse over Clemson and TCU over the once-ranked SMU leave both victors knocking on the door of the rankings.


Edit

And then we proceed to receive zero media votes.

Why would the AP even post that if we had zero votes?

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[DomeHolmes]

Cuse loses a somewhat competitive game to Tennessee and beats Clemson handily in Death Valley and gets no votes.

Illinois loses by 53! to Indiana! And has nothing else on the resume, and is still ranked. W T ?

If we played in order with the same results, Clemson, Yukon, Colgate, Tennessee, we would be ranked about 15 and Tennessee would be about 10.

 

[JKinUtah]

The only rankings that matter is the CFP rankings.

 

[Rufus_13th]

Only the CFP matters. First one is Tuesday after UNC Game.

If they can win their home games, maybe get SMU. Being 7-2 with losses to Tennessee and Georgia Tech will absolutely get us ranked. Hell, 6-3 may get them. They will boost us for Tennessee.

 

[OttosShoes]

with losses to Tennessee and Georgia Tech

Tech squeaked by Clemson at home. We beat them solidly away. I know they’re good but in my mind that’s our game to lose.

 

[upperdeck]

they really should make voters show their work.

 

[bnoro]

they really should make voters show their work.

They can't, these folks look at box scores

 

[baggerbob]

Only the CFP matters. First one is Tuesday after UNC Game.

If they can win their home games, maybe get SMU. Being 7-2 with losses to Tennessee and Georgia Tech will absolutely get us ranked. Hell, 6-3 may get them. They will boost us for Tennessee.

Georgia Tech just barely won at home against Clemson. By the time we get to them they might not have a QB, and both our lines are better then theirs. Do you really think they would have been competitive if they had played at Clemson? I don't think they would have been close.

 

[orangefog]

They can't, these folks look at box scores

If that.

 

[ImperialOrange]

It's hilarious to me watching the narratives change. LSU beats Clemson by 7 = "what a great win for LSU against a top 5 team!!!", GaTech beat Clemson at home by 3 = "Wow great win for Tech, they might be for real!", Cuse dominates Clemson at Clemson = "Wow, Clemson are terrible and Dabo is on the hot seat".

Why can't pundits give Syracuse any respect for an impressive win as they did the others?

 

[bnoro]

It's hilarious to me watching the narratives change. LSU beats Clemson by 7 = "what a great win for LSU against a top 5 team!!!", GaTech beat Clemson at home by 3 = "Wow great win for Tech, they might be for real!", Cuse dominates Clemson at Clemson = "Wow, Clemson are terrible and Dabo is on the hot seat".

Why can't pundits give Syracuse any respect for an impressive win as they did the others?

Partially because we learned that Clemson is actually not a good team.

I think if you flipped the order of the teams around, it would be a similar narrative.

Unfortunately for us, we beat them after the shine came off.

 

[Rufus_13th]

Georgia Tech just barely won at home against Clemson. By the time we get to them they might not have a QB, and both our lines are better then theirs. Do you really think they would have been competitive if they had played at Clemson? I don't think they would have been close.

Tech squeaked by Clemson at home. We beat them solidly away. I know they’re good but in my mind that’s our game to lose.

All fair points. Just going by current FPI and I think we got a better shot at SMU than GT if we were to split. We'd all take 7-2 or 6-3 right now come 1st week in November.

ACC is wide open. We play 2 teams "ahead" of us in projected ACC CG odds. We are a Top 5 in conference right now. Miami, FSU, GT, Ville, Cuse. Maybe SMU at 6? NC St? Clemson, UVA Duke round out top 10? No idea about 6-10.

 

[upperdeck]

It's hilarious to me watching the narratives change. LSU beats Clemson by 7 = "what a great win for LSU against a top 5 team!!!", GaTech beat Clemson at home by 3 = "Wow great win for Tech, they might be for real!", Cuse dominates Clemson at Clemson = "Wow, Clemson are terrible and Dabo is on the hot seat".

Why can't pundits give Syracuse any respect for an impressive win as they did the others?

LSU has a Resume

Squeaks by Clemson
Beats 3 loss florida
two cupcakes

That makes them #4

 

[Easy Goer]

Me and my son have been talking

It's hilarious to me watching the narratives change. LSU beats Clemson by 7 = "what a great win for LSU against a top 5 team!!!", GaTech beat Clemson at home by 3 = "Wow great win for Tech, they might be for real!", Cuse dominates Clemson at Clemson = "Wow, Clemson are terrible and Dabo is on the hot seat".

Why can't pundits give Syracuse any respect for an impressive win as they did the others?

Me and my son have been talking about this. Georgia Tech is ranked because they beat Clemson. Syracuse wins and its Clemson stinks.

So does this detract from LSU and Georgia Tech. Not for the rankings. They got the benefit and they won’t adjust now that we know Clemson might not be that good.

 

[PAcuse]

LSU has a Resume

Squeaks by Clemson
Beats 3 loss florida
two cupcakes

That makes them #4

Now look at #3 Pedstates amazing resume...

 

[PAcuse]

Me and my son have been talking

Me and my son have been talking about this. Georgia Tech is ranked because they beat Clemson. Syracuse wins and its Clemson stinks.

So does this detract from LSU and Georgia Tech. Not for the rankings. They got the benefit and they won’t adjust now that we know Clemson might not be that good.

It will for the CFP polls but not for the media or coaches polls.

 

[upperdeck]

Lets Say SU started at #10 , lost to Tenn fall to like 18, win win win. Probably around 15th.

 

[MGDCuse]

Now look at #3 Pedstates amazing resume...

Indiana looked great last night. I know it's early, but they looked better than any big 10 team I've seen so far this year. Including PSU.