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Sgt Brutus

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Penn State destroyed Pitt on the road and Kent State. App State was a warmup for Pitt, they likely didn't prepare too well for that game. App State is a respectable foe and has beaten and put up many fights vs. P5 opponents, this is well known.

Ohio State dropped 31 pts to the worst P5 team west of the Mississippi River in Oregon State, and beat TCU in a virtual road game. Dropping 31 to Oregon State is worse than dropping 38 to App State, in my opinion.

TCU>App State
Pitt>Oregon State
Kent State>Rutgers

Penn State 2-1 in SOS

Nothing is wrong with Michigan at 13... They lost by 7 on the road to an undefeated ND team in a renewed, huge rivalry game with a new QB who's been on campus barely over a month.
Mental gymnastics

So you’re telling me penn state looks better than Ohio state and has played a harder schedule
:bullshit:

Retardedness, plain and simple
 

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You have Wisconsin ranked...
You DON'T have BYU ranked....

WHY?

Honest to god question: Do you think BYU has looked better than Wisconsin through three weeks?

If you were to line them up on a neutral field tomorrow, based on what we have seen so far, who do you think would win?

I know what I think the answer would be. And it's the reason I have Wisconsin ranked #22 and BYU unranked.
 

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Honest to god question: Do you think BYU has looked better than Wisconsin through three weeks?

If you were to line them up on a neutral field tomorrow, based on what we have seen so far, who do you think would win?

I know what I think the answer would be. And it's the reason I have Wisconsin ranked #22 and BYU unranked.

I don't think either should be ranked to be honest. I'd have cal ahead of both based on the fact they are undefeated and beat byu on the road. But I'm not sure cal is even worthy of a top 25 rank. They looked like crap against unc and underwhelming against Idaho State.
 

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Honest to god question: Do you think BYU has looked better than Wisconsin through three weeks?

If you were to line them up on a neutral field tomorrow, based on what we have seen so far, who do you think would win?

I know what I think the answer would be. And it's the reason I have Wisconsin ranked #22 and BYU unranked.



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Not too sure about "harder schedule", but :suds: to Ohio State and BYU. Both have played 3 P5 schools to date...if we consider Oregon State, Rutgers, Arizona, etal P5s!
Clemson has faced FCS Furman, a really bad Georgia Southern and didn't look truly dominant, and unranked A&M and barely survived. Yet they're still receiving 1st place votes in both polls somehow.
 

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Clemson has faced FCS Furman, a really bad Georgia Southern and didn't look truly dominant, and unranked A&M and barely survived. Yet they're still receiving 1st place votes in both polls somehow.
They're good.
 

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We are 1/4 of the way through the season. Ar this point I think its ok to rank a team ahead of a team that beat them although I'll grant you its about the earliest you could do so. If you want to wait another week or 2 to do so then that's fine but teams lose all the time against teams they are better than . Head to head is huge but so is how you've looked overall. It's why doing these rankings are so tough. Lots of different factors and everyone weighs them differently
 

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Honest to god question: Do you think BYU has looked better than Wisconsin through three weeks?

If you were to line them up on a neutral field tomorrow, based on what we have seen so far, who do you think would win?

I know what I think the answer would be. And it's the reason I have Wisconsin ranked #22 and BYU unranked.

Sounds like someone is laying the groundwork for a fractional win
 

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Yall can just quit putting OU in your top whatever...the team that played in Ames, IA Saturday isn't winning anything this year. They'll be very lucky to make their CCG. Junior looks way better than us right now...
 

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Yall can just quit putting OU in your top whatever...the team that played in Ames, IA Saturday isn't winning anything this year. They'll be very lucky to make their CCG. Junior looks way better than us right now...
I genuinely think Oklahoma is one of the top teams. I'm surprised they're not getting #1 votes at this point.
 

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You have Wisconsin ranked...
You DON'T have BYU ranked....

WHY?

Because I’m more convinced Wisconsin is a 15-25 team than I’m BYU is a 15-25 team.

They play what should be a top 10 team again in a couple weeks. They got plenty of time to prove me wrong.
 

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Because I’m more convinced Wisconsin is a 15-25 team than I’m BYU is a 15-25 team.

They play what should be a top 10 team again in a couple weeks. They got plenty of time to prove me wrong.
They actually play Iowa this coming Saturday
 

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@Across The Field Michigan at #11? They have two wins over two teams with zero FBS wins, and looked worse against ND than both Vandy and Ball State.
 
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