SportsHoopla's 2019 Week 2 Discussion Thread

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[Ickey Shuffle]

I know Army lost, but they're more than deserving of a ranking. I put them at #25.

 

[tnapucco]

@78Cyclones I think you may have forgot someone....

 

[Chewbaccer]

@78Cyclones I think you may have forgot someone....

Georgia and Oklahoma.

 

[78Cyclones]

Georgia and Oklahoma.

Both played FCS and dropped. They'll be back!

 

[Chewbaccer]

Both played FCS and dropped. They'll be back!

Georgia has a road win against a P5 team.

What exactly makes New Mexico State a better opponent than an FCS team? Simple label? I sense some bias with Alabama still being there if you're going by competition.

 

[78Cyclones]

Georgia has a road win against a P5 team.

What exactly makes New Mexico State a better opponent than an FCS team? Simple label? I sense some bias with Alabama still being there if you're going by competition.

FBS Teams can offer more scholarships than FCS teams. So, there is a real potential competitive difference. However, I do agree that NMSU doesn't bring anything to the table beyond being an FBS team, and Alabama is ranked #12 - which is probably lower than anybody else will have them on here. Plus, Alabama did beat an ACC team (Duke) in Atlanta. No Alabama / Georgia bias on my part, but I do admit to FBS / FCS bias. Georgia has played an FCS team, and Alabama has not. If the reverse were true, I would have Georgia ranked and Alabama not.

Issues brought to my attention last week that self-corrected this week:

Auburn was not ranked; they are ranked #2 this week.

Illinois was ranked too high for some; the Illini are still ranked but dropped this week even after a road win.

Tulane and Rutgers were ranked; they both lost and dropped out like a stone.

NC State was ranked in the Top 10 - UNC was not ranked: NC State played an FCS team and dropped out - UNC beat an ACC team and debuted.

None of these actions were because of the feedback, but as I mentioned last week - it is early and a very fluid situation!

Thanks for the question!

 

[Chewbaccer]

FBS Teams can offer more scholarships than FCS teams. So, there is a real potential competitive difference. However, I do agree that NMSU doesn't bring anything to the table beyond being an FBS team, and Alabama is ranked #12 - which is probably lower than anybody else will have them on here. Plus, Alabama did beat an ACC team (Duke) in Atlanta. No Alabama / Georgia bias on my part, but I do admit to FBS / FCS bias. Georgia has played an FCS team, and Alabama has not. If the reverse were true, I would have Georgia ranked and Alabama not.

Issues brought to my attention last week that self-corrected this week:

Auburn was not ranked; they are ranked #2 this week.

Illinois was ranked too high for some; the Illini are still ranked but dropped this week even after a road win.

Tulane and Rutgers were ranked; they both lost and dropped out like a stone.

NC State was ranked in the Top 10 - UNC was not ranked: NC State played an FCS team and dropped out - UNC beat an ACC team and debuted.

None of these actions were because of the feedback, but as I mentioned last week - it is early and a very fluid situation!

Thanks for the question!

Your poll, I guess.

 

[78Cyclones]

Your poll, I guess.

Indeed! That's the point of an exercise like this. Different people see things from a different perspective, and they are averaged out. If we already had all of the answers, there would be no point in an OPINION poll.

 

[Ickey Shuffle]

I just now noticed I forgot Washington State. But I refuse to kick out Army. Not after their performance. So whatev's.

 

[UCFhonors]

UCF proved to be better than tOSU by having a big MOV on the road vs FAU than tOSU had at home vs FAU.

#UCFacts

 

[Hook'Em0608]

There are some head scratching polls this week. I know most of the people who posted them don't really believe that crap. Too many to call out anybody specifically.

 

[iowajerms]

1. Clemson(1)
2. Alabama(2)
3. Ohio State(3)
4. LSU(7)
5. Oklahoma(4)
6. Georgia(5)
7. Notre Dame(8)
8. Wisconsin(11)
9. Penn State(12)
10. Florida(13)
11. Michigan(9)
12. Texas(6)
13. UCF(14)
14. Auburn(15)
15. Oregon(18)
16. Boise State(19)
17. Iowa State(20)
18. Washington(10)
19. Iowa State(20)
20. Virginia(21)
21. Texas A&M(17)
22. Iowa(22)
23. Maryland(NR)
24. Boston College(NR)
25. Utah(23)

Dropped- Syracuse(16), Nebraska(25)

Got Iowa State 2x

 

[Chewbaccer]

Got Iowa State 2x

19 was supposed to be regular old Iowa.

I’ll fix it when I get to a computer

 

[iowajerms]

19 was supposed to be regular old Iowa.

I’ll fix it when I get to a computer

You have Iowa at 22

 

[Chewbaccer]

You have Iowa at 22

I’m just all fucked up. I’ll fix it when I get home

 

[iowajerms]

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[Gatorchip]

After FSU's big comeback win, and their ability to make teams miss extra points, they deserve to be in the polls.

They also got some really cool plays like this:

 

[Eco]

There are some head scratching polls this week. I know most of the people who posted them don't really believe that crap. Too many to call out anybody specifically.

I honestly thought mine was pretty spot on and honest.

 

[uncfan103]

I honestly thought mine was pretty spot on and honest.

I don’t have a problem with your poll as a whole. But, i will say that having Washington in the top 20 and Cal unranked is an absolute head scratcher, and there’s a lot of people that did it. Two games of data and people are already ignoring the two games of data that we have. If we didn’t have preseason polls there’s no way we’d have that.

Thats not a shot at you, but just something Im throwing out because I was curious about all the Washington rankings and then saw your post.