Where do we finish in the polls?

[skurey]

I'm too lazy to look it up but I'd imagine a few teams ahead of us have lost in their bowl game and looked less than stellar doing so.

I believe we were 20th before bowl season so maybe top 15 is a possibility?

 

[Eric15]

I'm too lazy to look it up but I'd imagine a few teams ahead of us have lost in their bowl game and looked less than stellar doing so.

I believe we were 20th before bowl season so maybe top 15 is a possibility?

Teams that will definitely drop below us due to losing their bowl:
18 Miss State
16 WVU
17 Utah

15 Texas will likely lose to Georgia, but it's iffy how far they drop.

I see us finishing at #17.

 

[crales44]

Do they bother doing another Playoff poll?

If not, we're already #17 in the AP and Coaches with Texas and West Virginia poised to drop blow us (assuming Georgia beats Texas). Penn State was 13 and 12 respectively.

So 14 or 15 I guess.

 

[Entropic]

Hoping to sneak in at 15. Losses from 7, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18. I think if Texas loses tonight, which they should, we can make it to 15. I don't think we can jump 7,8 and 9.

 

[Cuseman78]

If I'm not mistaken, there is no final Playoff Ranking, so only the AP and Coaches Poll will release a Final Poll. Coming into bowl season, we were #17 in both. We should jump:
13 Penn State,
14 Texas (assuming a loss to UGA tonight)
15 WVU

So we should be atleast 14 with a possibility of higher if we pass Washington and/or Michigan.

Gun to head, I think we finish #14 in both the AP and Coaches Poll which would be our highest finish since 2001 where we also finished 14.

 

[SUfaninAZ]

12

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Last year's final AP Poll was released on Tues Jan 9.

 

[care taker]

We will finish 13

 

[Eric15]

My bad -- I was incorrectly basing it on the playoff poll.

 

[SURules]

My bad -- I was incorrectly basing it on the playoff poll.

I’m wondering how much the #20 ranking in the CFP poll will affect us too.

 

[Cuseman78]

We will finish 13

Certainly possible with Washington getting curbstomped by Ohio State at the moment. This would be loss #4 for the Huskies. If we can get to 13, would be our highest final AP ranking since 1992 when we finished #6.

 

[Dino2112]

17

 

[TexanMark]

Certainly possible with Washington getting curbstomped by Ohio State at the moment. This would be loss #4 for the Huskies. If we can get to 13, would be our highest final AP ranking since 1992 when we finished #6.

Why the McNabb years were so frustrating under Coach P. We had the talent to finish higher and always had a few What The Frig losses. NCSt, a mediocre OU, Minnesota, etc...

 

[rrlbees]

Why the McNabb years were so frustrating under Coach P. We had the talent to finish higher and always had a few What losses. NCSt, a mediocre OU, Minnesota, etc...

I think 19th is the highest we finished with McNabb.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I think 19th is the highest we finished with McNabb.

AP Ranking
19th in 1995
21st in 1996
21st in 1997
25th in 1998

14th in 2001

 

[JRHEETER]

I think we could reasonably expect ourselves to land somewhere around 13-15

 

[CuseCactus]

Build the Dino statue now.

 

[CuseGrad94]

Top 15 just sounds so good.

 

[cuse309]

We will finish 13

Don't think for 1 second that I don't see whatcha did there...

 

[omniorange]

We should finish 14. But one never knows.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[omniorange]

AP Ranking
19th in 1995
21st in 1996
21st in 1997
25th in 1998

14th in 2001

Yep. Just one of those head-scratching periods of SU sports. We overachieved in some ways but underachieved in others.

1995 - loss at home to ECU (finished a decent 9-3 but we were only ranked team win)
1996 - loss on the road to Minnesota (finished 4-7)
1997 - loss at home to NC State (finished 6-5)
and 1998 was a whack-a-doodle year with the Tennessee (eventual NC) loss at home by 1 point, beating a 10-3 Michigan team at their place, and losing again to a so-so NC State team this time at their place.

Cheers,
Neil

 

[blust2i3d4]

I'm too lazy to look it up but I'd imagine a few teams ahead of us have lost in their bowl game and looked less than stellar doing so.

I believe we were 20th before bowl season so maybe top 15 is a possibility?

CFP did not update the ranking in the final week. We were ranked #17 on AP and Coach Poll. But most teams close above us won their bowl games. We may only jump West Virginia.

#16 Most likely.
#15 If we also jump Penn State.
#14 If we jump Penn State and Michigan (10-3).

We need Texas to lose last night, but it did not happen. Also Washington (10-4) almost beat Ohio State, I don't think we can jump ahead of them, unlike Michigan lost big on their bowl game.

 

[USMCSnyper]

15 is my guess

 

[Finwad32]

16/17... GREAT SEASON!!!

 

[Eric15]

1995 - loss at home to ECU (finished a decent 9-3 but we were only ranked team win)

We were winning that game 21-0 early 2nd quarter, also.