College Football 2007-2008

[Dimwhit]

FSU not looking that good last night.

Good. Once again, they were overrated in the polls.

 

[nakia]

FSU not looking that good last night.

Seems they came around in the second half. I went to bed, so did they start playing better or did Clemson start to suck?

 

[Dimwhit]

Anyone see the Coaches Poll? Michigan dropped from 5 all the way to 27. Unbelievable. I figured they'd drop to 16 or 17. Maybe 20. But man, they were harsh.

 

[Ranger REG]

Anyone see the Coaches Poll?

Link please.

 

[Dimwhit]

Link please.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

The AP put Michigan at 33!

 

[nakia]

Anyone see the Coaches Poll? Michigan dropped from 5 all the way to 27. Unbelievable. I figured they'd drop to 16 or 17. Maybe 20. But man, they were harsh.

That was a little harsh, I think. It fails to give App State enough credit. They are a team that has consistently been good for years, albeit in I-AA. It was still a huge upset, but putting Michigan that far down basically says "You guys must really suck."

 

[drothgery]

That was a little harsh, I think. It fails to give App State enough credit. They are a team that has consistently been good for years, albeit in I-AA. It was still a huge upset, but putting Michigan that far down basically says "You guys must really suck."

Not really. There are lots of pretty good teams that aren't in the top 25 in the polls. And any team that lost their season opener to an unranked team (other than just possibly a traditional rival) is going to fall out of the rankings. The only 0-1 team that's ranked at all this week is Tennessee and they played a higher ranked team, were on the road, and were in the game for quite a while.

I mean, there are 120 teams in I-A, err, Division I Bowl Subdivision. Quite a few of the 95 unranked teams are okay. Unless you think App State is a top-20 I-A team -- and I'll grant they're good, but not that good -- then Michigan should drop out of the rankings if they lose their first game to them at home.

 

[Ranger REG]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

The AP put Michigan at 33!

Interesting. Prior to this season, AP used to look down on Hawaii while USA Today boost us up. This is quite a reversal.

 

[Balgus]

You really think Booty will win the Heisman?

No Way - USC is overrated... and they beat Idaho by 4 TD ... IDAHO !!

 

[DonTadow]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex

The AP put Michigan at 33!

And thus once again the AP shows what is wrong with the poll system and how inaccurate it is. Either they were wrong at putting Michigan at #5 or they are wrong now.

Seeing the game is Michigan really a #33 team. Nah, they rank at least between 15 to 25. I long for the days where these polls mean nothing at the end of the season.

Thing about it. The coaches vote, yet if these coaches are doing what they are suppose to be doing, coaching, then they can't possibly accurately evalute every team. Same with the writers, whom can't possibely follow every team unless your sole beat is college football, and as a newspaper writer, if you are any good you will be covering two or three sports.