How would FSU fare in other Power 5 conferences? - ESPN Insider

[GoldRusher]

FSU struggled BUT beat an Okie State team that was replacing around 20 starters (if memory serves). Congrats on being a middle of the pack team with a lot of potential in the Big12! Nothing to sneeze at

 

[pennstatenut]

Well hell yeah, coming off a 7-6 season, and after shutting out an incredible Southern Miss team, why shouldn't we be ranking Miss State in the Top 10?

Fuck, nobody has credentials better than that, right?

I mean, damn, lets look at those 7 monster wins last year from Miss State shall we? A 1 point home win over Bowling Green. A 6 point win over Kentucky. Wins over Alcorn State and Troy. OT wins over Arkansas and Ole Miss, and finally a bowl win over Rice. Throw those incredible 7 wins in with a shut out of a Southern Miss team that is 1-24 since the start of the 2012 season, and why shouldn't we rank Miss State in the Top 10?

Don't you know it's all about who they lose to?

 

[7Samurai13]

Want to see something really funny? Check out ESPN's FPI Ratings of college football after week 1.

ESPN Football Power Index - 2014 - ESPN

Florida, who has not played a game this year and after going 4-8 last year is ranked 19th. 5 spots ahead of Michigan State.

It is completely fucking pathetic. Obviously recruiting rankings must make up about 80% of this POS "Power" ranking system.

Mississippi State 10th?

Michigan 15th?

Pittsburgh 23rd?

Texas 25th?

Tennessee 33rd?

Virginia 38th, followed by Missouri at 39th?

Kentucky 40th?

Is this a combined ranking system compiled by Paul Finebaum, Tony Barnhart, and Petros Papadakis?

Michigan has a20% chance of winning th B1G while MSU has a 9%? They are smoking some bad stuff.

 

[HuskerOC]

Don't you know it's all about who they lose to?

How could we forget?

MSU's 2013 losses:

vs Okie State (neutral site) 3-21
@ Auburn 20-24 (nobody played Auburn close last year, not even Washington State)
@ LSU 26-59
vs South Carolina 16-34
@ Texas A&M 41-51
vs Alabama 7-20 (this has to be why they are ranked ahead of Oklahoma)

MSU is an impressive 37-28 under Dan Mullen now in his 6th year. In the 5 years Coach Mullen has been at MSU, they have strong finishes in the SEC West of 5th, 5th, 5th, 4th, and 5th and have never won more than 4 games in conference play while going 16-24 in conference games.

You'd have to be biggest SEC homer on the planet to think this is a deserving top 10 team in the country.

 

[7Samurai13]

How could we forget?

MSU's 2013 losses:

vs Okie State (neutral site) 3-21
@ Auburn 20-24 (nobody played Auburn close last year, not even Washington State)
@ LSU 26-59
vs South Carolina 16-34
@ Texas A&M 41-51
vs Alabama 7-20 (this has to be why they are ranked ahead of Oklahoma)

MSU is an impressive 37-28 under Dan Mullen now in his 6th year. In the 5 years Coach Mullen has been at MSU, they have strong finishes in the SEC West of 5th, 5th, 5th, 4th, and 5th and have never won more than 4 games in conference play while going 16-24 in conference games.

You'd have to be biggest SEC homer on the planet to think this is a deserving top 10 team in the country.

We're talking about Sakau here. He IS the biggest SEC homer on the planet.

 

[FSUmanager]

For now. Need to remember that one.

It is funny if you understand you are pimping week 1 rankings. A lot of football left to play so 3 of those 4 teams could be out of the top 20 before you play them.

 

[taka85]

Well hell yeah, coming off a 7-6 season, and after shutting out an incredible Southern Miss team, why shouldn't we be ranking Miss State in the Top 10?

Fuck, nobody has credentials better than that, right?

I mean, damn, lets look at those 7 monster wins last year from Miss State shall we? A 1 point home win over Bowling Green. A 6 point win over Kentucky. Wins over Alcorn State and Troy. OT wins over Arkansas and Ole Miss, and finally a bowl win over Rice. Throw those incredible 7 wins in with a shut out of a Southern Miss team that is 1-24 since the start of the 2012 season, and why shouldn't we rank Miss State in the Top 10?

I agree 10 seems high for Mississippi State. But can you list 10 teams that definitely looked better than Mississippi State in week 1?

 

[pennstatenut]

I agree 10 seems high for Mississippi State. But can you list 10 teams that definitely looked better than Mississippi State in week 1?

I can name plenty in week 2

 

[FSUmanager]

FSU struggled BUT beat an Okie State team that was replacing around 20 starters (if memory serves). Congrats on being a middle of the pack team with a lot of potential in the Big12! Nothing to sneeze at

Better than what WVU has done since moving.