October 15th, 2023 at 2:23 PM ^
That's old...
October 15th, 2023 at 2:31 PM ^
1) that's just copy/paste from the OP, if it's a bad link blame them
2) no it's not old, it's week 8. Try refreshing the page.
October 15th, 2023 at 3:17 PM ^
Yep. My fault.
October 15th, 2023 at 5:51 PM ^
Point total in celebration of Columbus Day!
October 15th, 2023 at 2:18 PM ^
And my Air Force Falcons cracking the top 25 at #22.
BEAT NAVY!!
October 15th, 2023 at 2:21 PM ^
Boo!!!
🙃
October 15th, 2023 at 2:25 PM ^
Born in the Base Hospital at Keesler and spent many of my formative years under the flight path of the B52's leaving and thankfully returning to Tinker. I support this message.
October 15th, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
GTFO I was also born in the base hospital at Keesler! Small world!
Buuuuuut my dad was in the Navy so Go Navy!
October 15th, 2023 at 6:04 PM ^
Del City or Midwest City?
October 15th, 2023 at 7:34 PM ^
Midwest City, my collie chased them clockwise around the yard on takeoff and counter-clockwise on landings.
October 15th, 2023 at 5:05 PM ^
I went to Wyoming for a year, so was rooting for the pokes. But when I tuned in & saw AF score after a 17-play 10 minute drive, I knew it was over. Grittiest ground game in America, ironically enough.
October 15th, 2023 at 2:21 PM ^
Alabama at 11, how the mighty have fallen.
Who gave Ferentz's mom a vote?
October 15th, 2023 at 2:24 PM ^
Scott Frost's mom
October 15th, 2023 at 2:36 PM ^
Alabama scares me as much as Georgia and I kinda favor them to still win the SEC. Their QB is hit or miss but when he is on Bama looks as good as anybody.
October 15th, 2023 at 2:39 PM ^
Right, they still have Nick Saban as a coach and the most talented roster in the country
October 15th, 2023 at 2:51 PM ^
Alabama has gone full Mel Tucker on offense. Aka chuck and pray. They barely beat…Arkansas?!
October 15th, 2023 at 3:09 PM ^
Bama only beating Arkansas 24-21 yesterday was surprising. I didn't see any of the game and the ESPN highlights did the usual slobberfest over them and never once referenced that it was a close game.
October 15th, 2023 at 3:27 PM ^
I know... "transitive property"... but all the same, Alabama's 17 points against South Florida is looking more and more pathetic, given that USF has give up 56 pts.... in consecutive weeks... to UAB and Florida Atlantic. Yikes.
October 15th, 2023 at 4:01 PM ^
I flipped over during commercials and the scoring doesn't tell the story of this game.
Alabama was up 24 to 3 (maybe 6?) for a good chunk of the game. Arkansas could not move against them most of the first half. Arkansas' QB is not a capable passer at all.
While Alabama's QB is very much hit or miss, the biggest issue is the OL. Arkansas was consistently getting pressure on Milroe. Alabama couldn't run much against them in the first half either. Arkansas added two scores in the fourth to make it look much closer than it was.
Summary: Alabama's defense is still very good. The offense is struggling. They probably win the SEC West, maybe they beat Georgia in the SEC championship to make the playoff, but this is not the Bama teams of old.
October 15th, 2023 at 4:25 PM ^
Arkansas didn't just score twice in the 4th to make it look much closer than it was. They scored late in the 3rd and then scored with 11 min left in the 4th to pull within 3. They even got the ball with a chance to take the lead. That's a legit close game in my book.
October 15th, 2023 at 8:54 PM ^
Their QB is hit or miss because he’s not very good and is behind a mess of an O-line. Plenty of recruiting stars on that team, but I don’t find a maybe mediocre QB behind a terrible O-line the least bit scary.
October 15th, 2023 at 2:30 PM ^
Does anyone know when the last time was that we received this many first place votes?
October 15th, 2023 at 2:34 PM ^
greymarch, to post a link, click the icon at the top of the Comment box that looks like a link in a chain.
October 15th, 2023 at 2:37 PM ^
There's so much inertia in the rankings. Georgia has looked very mediocre in several games this year while Michigan continues to dominate. Based on performance alone, there's no reason to keep Georgia #1. That being said, Michigan still hasn't played any tough competition and rankings are pretty meaningless at this point.
October 15th, 2023 at 2:40 PM ^
I don't think voters will move Georgia out of the top spot until they almost lose.
That said, if UM goes into Happy Valley and convincingly takes care of business, and Georgia continues its string of meh games...I think they voters will have lots to consider.
Not worth getting too excited about until the end of the season however.
October 15th, 2023 at 3:14 PM ^
Georgia can afford to almost lose and not fall below us because they're SEC and defending champs. Plus, even though they have slept walked through 3-4 games, they blew out Kentucky and the media hasn't stopped pleasuring themselves over that, even though Kentucky got blown out yesterday by Missouri.
But otherwise, I agree that it's nothing to lose sleep over. Just need to keep winning.
October 15th, 2023 at 7:57 PM ^
In 1997, Nebraska, the number 1 team, almost lost to Missouri on the same day Michigan put a whipping on Penn State in Happy Valley. That weekend, Michigan hopped Nebraska for first place in the AP and never ceded their top ranking the test of the year. So there is a precedent for dropping out of first when almost losing.
October 15th, 2023 at 8:30 PM ^
And if you remember Nebraska tied that game bc an all but incomplete pass bounced off of a players foot and popped up into a Nebraska receivers arms in the endzone.
October 15th, 2023 at 6:10 PM ^
As good as we've looked, other teams have quality wins that surpass our resume. I think we've looked better than anyone but Washington and OU also have blown out near everyone except the top 10 teams they beat. So...2 is cool. UGA shouldn't be 1 but it'll work out by CFP time.
October 15th, 2023 at 2:38 PM ^
All of these current rankings are good for discussions, but it all comes down to which teams - UM, PSU and OSU - are playing the best when they face each other. Should be some great games
October 15th, 2023 at 3:28 PM ^
Good ole Iowa at 24! :D
October 15th, 2023 at 4:19 PM ^
I can see a scenario where we could become #1 after we beat Ohio if we do so in convincing fashion again. But then have GA take it back because the SEC west champ will definitely be better than the BIG west champ
October 15th, 2023 at 5:25 PM ^
I would rather not be number one until the final poll is released.
October 15th, 2023 at 5:47 PM ^
Ascending is good. Nice that it is all within Michigan's control right now.
October 15th, 2023 at 8:59 PM ^
FSU being ahead of Washington is laughable.