My latest Top 25

[BamaDude]

Since it didn't appear that Iowagerms was going to call for another round of voting after the first two weeks of the football season, I decided to post my ratings solo. These were compiled before the Big 10 announced its intention to play in the late Fall.

1. Clemson 1-0 won 37-13 at Wake Forest
2. Alabama 0-0 DNP
3. Notre Dame 1-0 beat Duke 27-13
4. Oklahoma St. 0-0 DNP
5. Florida 0-0 DNP
6. Oklahoma 1-0 beat Missouri St. 48-0
7. Georgia 0-0 DNP
8. UCF 0-0 DNP
9. North Carolina 1-0 beat Syracuse 31-6
10. Texas 1-0 beat UTP 59-3
11. Texas A&M 0-0 DNP
12. Louisville 1-0 beat Western Kentucky 35-21
13. Tennessee 0-0 DNP
14. LSU 0-0 DNP
15. Virginia 0-0 DNP
16. SMU 1-0 won 31-24 at Texas St. on 09/05
17. Appalachian St. 1-0 beat Charlotte 35-20
18. Pittsburgh 1-0 beat Austin Peay 55-0
19. Kentucky 0-0 DNP
20. Cincinnati 0-0 DNP
21. UL-Lafayette 1-0 won at Iowa St. 31-14
22. Auburn 0-0 DNP
23. BYU 1-0 won 55-3 at Navy on 09/07
24. Army 2-0 beat MTSU 42-0 on 09/05, beat UL-Monroe 37-7 on 09/12
25. Memphis 1-0 beat Arkansas St. 37-24 on 09/05

Note: Teams 1-22 were the same as the preseason listing. Teams 23-25 are new to the rankings.

Teams that dropped out & their previous rankings:
#23. Iowa St. 0-1 lost 14-31 to UL-Lafayette
#24 FSU 0-1 lost 13-16 to Georgia Tech
#25 Georgia St. 0-0 DNP

 

[OUGuy1999]

I personally dont see how teams who havent played yet can be ranked at all, which is why early polls are stupid as fuck.

 

[foster4prez]

 

[Wamu]

 

[HuskerOC]

My top 25

1. LSU
2. Clemson
Zero fucks given about the rest

 

[B_dub]

Oklahoma State looks like world beaters. Good call. 6 sacks so far by Tulsa.

 

[BamaDude]

Ratings after Week 3:

1. Clemson 2-0 beat The Citadel 49-0
2. Alabama 0-0 DNP
3. Notre Dame 2-0 beat South Florida 52-0
4. Oklahoma 1-0 DNP (up 2)
5. Florida 0-0 DNP
6. Georgia 0-0 DNP (up 1)
7. Oklahoma St. 1-0 beat Tulsa 16-7 (dn 3)
8. UCF 1-0 won 49-21 at Georgia Tech
9. North Carolina 1-0 DNP - game vs Charlotte CCD
10. Texas 1-0 DNP
11. Texas A&M 0-0 DNP
12. LSU 0-0 DNP (up 2)
13. Tennessee 0-0 DNP
14. SMU 2-0 won 65-35 at North Texas (up 2)
15. Virginia 0-0 DNP - game vs Va. Tech PPD
16. Miami 2-0 won 47-34 at Louisville (previously UR)
17. Pittsburgh 2-0 beat Syracuse 21-10 (up 1)
18. Kentucky 0-0 DNP (up 1)
19. Cincinnati 1-0 beat Austin Peay 55-20 (up 1)
20. Louisiana-Lafayette 2-0 won 34-31 (OT) at Georgia St. (up 1)
21. Louisville 1-1 lost to Miami 47-34 (dn 9)
22. Memphis 1-0 DNP (up 3)
23. BYU 1-0 DNP - game vs Army PPD
24. Army 2-0 DNP - game vs BYU PPD
25. Auburn 0-0 DNP (dn 3)

Dropped out (w/previous ranking): Appalachian St. 1-1 lost at Marshall 17-7

 

[MaximumSam]

When does the B1G get a shot?

 

[BamaDude]

I'll start wor

When does the B1G get a shot?

king them into the lineup this week or next. There's no big hurry since they won't be playing for a while.

 

[BamaDude]

Here's how it looks after Week 4:

1. Clemson 2-0 - DNP
2. Alabama 1-0 beat Missouri 38-19
3. Notre Dame 1-0 - DNP
4. Florida 1-0 won 51-35 at Ole Miss (up 1)
5. Central Florida 2-0 won 51-28 at East Carolina (up 3)
6. Georgia 1-0 won 37-10 at Arkansas
7. Oklahoma St. 2-0 beat West Virginia 27-13
8. North Carolina 1-0 DNP (up 1)
9. SMU 3-0 beat Stephen F. Austin 50-7 (up 5)
10. Miami 3-0 beat Florida St. 52-10 (up 6)
11. Texas A&M 1-0 beat Vanderbilt 17-12
12. Texas 2-0 won 63-56 in OT at Texas Tech (dn 2)
13. Tennessee 1-0 won 31-27 at South Carolina
14. Pittsburgh 3-0 beat Louisville 23-20 (up 3)
15. Oklahoma 1-1 lost 38-35 to Kansas St. (dn 11)
16. Cincinnati 2-0 beat Army 24-10 (up 3)
17. Mississippi St. 1-0 won 44-34 at LSU (NR)
18. Kansas St. 1-1 won 38-35 at Oklahoma (NR)
19. LSU 0-1 lost to Mississippi St. 44-34 (dn 7)
20. Auburn 1-0 beat Kentucky 29-13 (up 5)
21. Virginia 1-0 beat Duke 38-20 (dn 6)
22. BYU 2-0 beat Troy 48-7 (up 1)
23. Memphis 1-0 DNP (dn 1)
24. Louisiana-Lafayette (3-0) beat Georgia Southern 20-18 (dn 4)
25. Baylor 1-0 beat Kansas 47-14 (NR)

Dropped out (w/previous ranking): #18 Kentucky 0-1 lost at Auburn 29-13; #21 Louisville 1-2 lost at Pittsburgh 23-20; #24 Army 2-1 lost at Cincinnati 24-10

 

[BamaDude]

Week 5 shake-up:

1. Clemson 3-0 beat Virginia 41-23
2. Alabama 2-0 beat Texas A&M 52-24
3. Florida 2-0 (up 1) beat South Carolina 38-24
4. Georgia 2-0 (up 2) beat Auburn 27-6
5. Notre Dame 2-0 (dn 2) DNP
6. Miami 3-0 (up 4) DNP
7. Oklahoma St. 3-0 won at Kansas 47-7
8. North Carolina 2-0 won 26-22 at Boston College
9. SMU 4-0 beat Memphis 30-27
10. Ohio St. 0-0 (NR) DNP
11. Tennessee 2-0 (up 2) beat Missouri 35-12
12. UCF 2-1 (dn 7) lost to Tulsa 34-26
13. Penn St. 0-0 (NR) DNP
14. Cincinnati 3-0 (up 2) beat South Florida 28-7
15. BYU 3-0 (up 7) beat Louisiana Tech 45-14
16. Kansas St. 2-1 (up 2) beat Texas Tech 31-21
17. LSU 1-1 (up 2) won at Vanderbilt 41-7
18. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-0 (up 6) DNP
19. Iowa St. 2-1 (NR) beat Oklahoma 37-30
20. TCU 1-1 (NR) won at Texas 33-31
21. Texas 2-1 (dn 9) lost to TCU 33-31
22. Coastal Carolina 3-0 (NR) beat Arkansas St. 52-23
23. Pittsburgh 3-1 (dn 9) lost 30-29 to North Carolina St.
24. Virginia Tech 2-0 (NR) won at Duke 38-31
25. Ole Miss 1-1 (NR) won 42-41 (OT) at Kentucky

Teams that dropped out & previous rankings: #11 Texas A&M 1-1 lost 52-24 at Alabama; #15 Oklahoma 1-2 lost 37-30 at Iowa St.; #17 Mississippi St. 1-1 lost 21-14 to Arkansas; #20 Auburn 1-1 lost 27-6 at Georgia; #21 Virginia 1-1 lost 41-23 at Clemson; #23 Memphis 1-1 lost 30-27 at SMU; #25 Baylor 1-1 lost 27-21 (2 OT) at West Virginia

 

[WABLTY]

I don't really get how you're doing the teams that haven't played yet. Ohio State and Penn state are in because of they are who they are, ok. But no Oregon or USC? No Wisconsin, Michigan or Minnesota?

If you kept them all out, I'd get it. But if you're going to put some in, do you really think Ole Miss, Coastal Carolina, etc. are better than Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon and USC?

Not trying to knock. Just saying, it seems inconsistent.

 

[WABLTY]

TCU? Really? Make the non playing teams in or out, but I think you gotta have consistent criteria. There are probably 8 or 9 non-playing teams that are actually top 25 teams, and if you're gonna rank 2 it means the rest should be under consideration.

 

[PSUTE]

TCU? Really? Make the non playing teams in or out, but I think you gotta have consistent criteria. There are probably 8 or 9 non-playing teams that are actually top 25 teams, and if you're gonna rank 2 it means the rest should be under consideration.

SEC bias is SEC bias. Asking them to go out of the east coast or past the midwest is outside their comfort zone. Gotta be sensitive to their sensibilities as they view the CFB landscape. Mom may turn off the power to the basement at 2200...

 

[WABLTY]

SEC bias is SEC bias. Asking them to go out of the east coast or past the midwest is outside their comfort zone. Gotta be sensitive to their sensibilities as they view the CFB landscape. Mom may turn off the power to the basement at 2200...

I mean I don't want to shit on dude for giving it a try, but he has to know he's got like 7 or 8 teams in there that are dogshit. How are Oregon and USC unranked? Minnesota was a top 10 team last year that returns a 1st round WR, a starting QB that was #5 in QB rating, a RB that ran for like 1200 yds as a freshman before being reduced to backup again and the entire starting line from a team that demolished Auburn's vaunted defense.

And I still think ASU would fuckstomp at least 4 or 5 teams in there. Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin are probably better than half of them.

But the thing is he's not including the B1G and Pac 12 teams except 2 obvious, easy blue bloods. Which means he's just skipping the teams he doesn't know enough about, so the criteria is shit. No play, no rank, or just accept that maaaybe Ole Miss isn't supposed to be there.

No OSU, no PSU or just admit there's a bunch of dogshit teams after like #15 that may or may not be good. Ole Miss. UCF. If you put UCF and Minnesota on a neutral field, with UMN returning a top 10 pick WR, a top 5 QB, the entire offensive line and a RB that ran for 1200 yards as a freshman before being a team dude and taking a backup job. Do you really think one is the #11 team and one's an unranked loser team? Because the unranked team would be a stone cold fav.

 

[BamaDude]

I mean I don't want to shit on dude for giving it a try, but he has to know he's got like 7 or 8 teams in there that are dogshit. How are Oregon and USC unranked? Minnesota was a top 10 team last year that returns a 1st round WR, a starting QB that was #5 in QB rating, a RB that ran for like 1200 yds as a freshman before being reduced to backup again and the entire starting line from a team that demolished Auburn's vaunted defense.

And I still think ASU would fuckstomp at least 4 or 5 teams in there. Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin are probably better than half of them.

But the thing is he's not including the B1G and Pac 12 teams except 2 obvious, easy blue bloods. Which means he's just skipping the teams he doesn't know enough about, so the criteria is shit. No play, no rank, or just accept that maaaybe Ole Miss isn't supposed to be there.

No OSU, no PSU or just admit there's a bunch of dogshit teams after like #15 that may or may not be good. Ole Miss. UCF. If you put UCF and Minnesota on a neutral field, with UMN returning a top 10 pick WR, a top 5 QB, the entire offensive line and a RB that ran for 1200 yards as a freshman before being a team dude and taking a backup job. Do you really think one is the #11 team and one's an unranked loser team? Because the unranked team would be a stone cold fav.

I'm working in a few teams at a time, as I see fit. When they start that far behind the teams that are already playing, then there's no need to put them all in at once - especially those out west that have barely begun their pre-season workouts.

I felt that Ohio St. & Penn St. would probably be good out of the gate, but maybe not quite as good as they started out last year. Minnesota shows promise & will probably be on the list shortly. Most of the rest of the Big 10 may have to wait until they play a game or two. I have my doubts about the ability of the Pac-12 & MWC to play catch-up; but some of the teams currently ranked will be falling by the wayside soon enough.

 

[BamaDude]

Ratings after Week 6:

1. Clemson 4-0 beat Miami 42-17 -
2. Alabama 3-0 won 63-48 at Ole Miss -
3. Georgia 3-0 beat Tennessee 44-21 (up 1)
4. North Carolina 3-0 beat Virginia Tech 56-45 (up 4)
5. Notre Dame 3-0 beat FSU 42-26 -
6. Oklahoma St. 3-0 DNP (up 1)
7. SMU 4-0 DNP (up 2)
8. Ohio St. 0-0 DNP (up 2)
9. Penn St. 0-0 DNP (up 2)
10. Cincinnati 3-0 DNP up 4)
11. Florida 2-1 lost 41-38 at Texas A&M (dn 8)
12. BYU 4-0 beat UT-San Antonio 27-20 (up 3)
13. Tennessee 2-1 lost 44-21 at Georgia (dn 2)
14. Miami 3-1 lost 42-17 at Clemson (dn 8)
15. Minnesota 0-0 DNP (NR)
16. Kansas St. 3-1 won 21-14 at TCU -
17. Louisiana-Lafayette 3-0 hosts Coastal Carolina tonight (up 1)
18. Central Florida 2-1 DNP (dn 6)
19. Iowa St. 3-1 beat Texas Tech 31-15 -
20. Coastal Carolina 3-0 plays at UL-Lafayette tonight (up 2)
21. Texas A&M 2-1 beat Florida 41-38 (NR)
22. Boston College 3-1 beat Pittsburgh 31-30 in OT (NR)
23. Marshall 3-0 DNP (NR)
24. Liberty 4-0 DNP (NR)
25. Virginia Tech 2-1 lost 56-45 at North Carolina (dn 1)

Previously ranked teams that dropped out: #17 LSU 1-2 lost 45-41 at Missouri; #20 TCU 1-2 lost 21-14 to Kansas St.; #21 Texas 2-2 lost 53-45 in 4 OT vs Oklahoma; #23 Pittsburgh 3-2 lost 31-30 in OT at Boston College; #25 Ole Miss 1-2 lost 63-48 to Alabama.

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

LOL @ having the B1G teams in but not the PAC teams. What a failure of a rankings.

 

[WABLTY]

LOL @ having the B1G teams in but not the PAC teams. What a failure of a rankings.

I mentioned it last time and I came down to hard on the guy. He's filtering teams in as he becomes comfortable with those who haven't played. Minnesota just vaulted in, and they should be somewhere in the teens. So should Michigan and Wisconsin. Indiana is low key terrifying with all they return. Not great, but who wants to play them? Oregon and USC should also be in it, but I suspect my dude just doesn't know enough about them yet to include, or is holding back for some reason.

End of the day, dude's giving it a try. It's ok to have an opinion, even if shit ain't perfect. I doubt he really believes Marshall and Liberty are better than USC, Oregon, Michigan and Wisconsin... He's just got his own hard to understand criteria.

That being said, I would have at least 3 more B1G teams and 2, maybe 3 Pac 12 teams in if I was going to go through the effort. Which I'm not.

 

[WABLTY]

If he had balls, he'd put UGA #2 tho. And #4 UNC seems pretty BS. Well, a lot of them seem BS. But he's holding back on the non-playing teams obviously.