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ESP1NWhole lotta SEC in the last decade eh?
I never realized we were ranked that highly that often.Michigan State is listed a pretty surprising number of times
All time: Notre Dame ties USC at the buzzer for the most ever, with 2016’s eight-point loss to Michigan State keeping the Spartans from doing that instead.
So what you are saying is that Notre Dame vs USC is the most over rated rivalry.Is this shocking to anyone?
I have to disagree with Michigan making the list in 2007. Yes, we had the biggest upset ever happen to us being ranked #5 in the pre-season but what most people forget is that Michigan finished 9-4 and ranked #18 to end the season. While we were "over ranked" we only finished 13 spots lower than our initial ranking. But we weren't even the most over ranked team that season. Florida started the season at #6 and ended up unranked. Cal started at #12 and ended up unranked and 7-6. Same with 2007 Louisville, ranked #10 to start the season and ended up 6-6 and unranked.
So while Michigan did have the biggest upset of all time occur that year, I dismiss the idea that we were severely over ranked that year. Our losses came to the national championship FCS team, #5 OSU, #23 Oregon and #24 Wisconsin. The article says we got "blown out twice" but outside of Oregon, our losses were by 2, 16 and 11 points. None more than a two score loss.
I missed florida on that list. I see you're right. But I think my point still stands there and you bring up a few others. Michigan from 5 to 18 really doesn't make sense and probably wouldn't be on the list at all if it weren't for the single high-profile loss to App State.Florida finished 13th the AP that season, and entered bowl season in the top 10. I think you can make a case for Michigan since you guys entered the season ranked 5th and entered bowl season unranked. But I would agree Louisville and Cal make more sense than even Michigan does for being #1 in terms of over ranked to start the season. I also think you can make a case for Rutgers, and also Notre Dame, the fact that we even had receiving votes(which put us in the top 30) I think is worse than anybody, but I can understand if you're strictly sticking to top 25 teams. But to go from top 30 to 3-9 is rather atrocious.
I missed florida on that list. I see you're right. But I think my point still stands there and you bring up a few others. Michigan from 5 to 18 really doesn't make sense and probably wouldn't be on the list at all if it weren't for the single high-profile loss to App State.
I have to disagree with Michigan making the list in 2007. Yes, we had the biggest upset ever happen to us being ranked #5 in the pre-season but what most people forget is that Michigan finished 9-4 and ranked #18 to end the season. While we were "over ranked" we only finished 13 spots lower than our initial ranking. But we weren't even the most over ranked team that season. Florida started the season at #6 and ended up unranked. Cal started at #12 and ended up unranked and 7-6. Same with 2007 Louisville, ranked #10 to start the season and ended up 6-6 and unranked.
So while Michigan did have the biggest upset of all time occur that year, I dismiss the idea that we were severely over ranked that year. Our losses came to the national championship FCS team, #5 OSU, #23 Oregon and #24 Wisconsin. The article says we got "blown out twice" but outside of Oregon, our losses were by 2, 16 and 11 points. None more than a two score loss.
I have to disagree with Michigan making the list in 2007. Yes, we had the biggest upset ever happen to us being ranked #5 in the pre-season but what most people forget is that Michigan finished 9-4 and ranked #18 to end the season. While we were "over ranked" we only finished 13 spots lower than our initial ranking. But we weren't even the most over ranked team that season. Florida started the season at #6 and ended up unranked. Cal started at #12 and ended up unranked and 7-6. Same with 2007 Louisville, ranked #10 to start the season and ended up 6-6 and unranked.
So while Michigan did have the biggest upset of all time occur that year, I dismiss the idea that we were severely over ranked that year. Our losses came to the national championship FCS team, #5 OSU, #23 Oregon and #24 Wisconsin. The article says we got "blown out twice" but outside of Oregon, our losses were by 2, 16 and 11 points. None more than a two score loss.