Objectively speaking, where should we be ranked come Tuesday?
I know we’re all angry right now - rightfully so. Took a peak at some of the other teams with 2 losses and personally, I have a hard time saying we should be ranked ahead of them. But hopefully I’m being petty and someone can talk some sense to me
Undefeated Teams:
Oregon, Miami, BYU, Indiana, Army
One loss Teams:
Ohio State, UGA, Tennessee, Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame, Boise State, Washington State, SMU, Pitt, Iowa State, Louisiana
Two Loss Teams:
Texas A&M, LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss, Mizzou, Tulane, Navy, Memphis, Clemson, Syracuse Colorado, Kansas State, Arizona State, UNLV
Other “strong” teams:
Vandy, USCjr, Texas Tech Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, , Louisville, Duke
Note - I was pretty considerate with this list
Resume comparison:
Clemson - loss at home to Louisville, loss neutral site vs Top 5 UGA; no quality wins
Alabama - loss @ Vandy and @ Tennessee; quality wins @ Wisconsin, Top 5 UGA, and home wins vs USCjr and Mizzou
Mizzou - loss @A&M and @Bama; quality wins Vandy (and BC if you want to count that)
A&M - loss first game of the season vs Top 10ish ND and @USCjr (with A&M RB injury) quality wins vs and LSU
Ole Miss - loss at home vs Kentucky and @LSU in OT… beat Wake 40-6 (common opponent)
Colorado - loss at Nebraska and fringe Top 25 @Kansas State
Kansas State - loss @BYU (potential Top 10 team) and a bad loss to @Houston; wuality wins bs Tulane and Colorado
All that to say … vs other 2 loss teams, I think we only have a better resume than maybe Ole Miss and Colorado, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re ranked below Ole Miss. The Colorado argument is interesting because they don’t play the best teams in their conference either, and their only real tests - the Buffs have lost both so far (Cincy is okay … but 5-3… similar to a VT imo). Kansas State is also interesting - they should be ahead of us imo
Thoughts?
I know we’re all angry right now - rightfully so. Took a peak at some of the other teams with 2 losses and personally, I have a hard time saying we should be ranked ahead of them. But hopefully I’m being petty and someone can talk some sense to me
Undefeated Teams:
Oregon, Miami, BYU, Indiana, Army
One loss Teams:
Ohio State, UGA, Tennessee, Texas, Penn State, Notre Dame, Boise State, Washington State, SMU, Pitt, Iowa State, Louisiana
Two Loss Teams:
Texas A&M, LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss, Mizzou, Tulane, Navy, Memphis, Clemson, Syracuse Colorado, Kansas State, Arizona State, UNLV
Other “strong” teams:
Vandy, USCjr, Texas Tech Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, , Louisville, Duke
Note - I was pretty considerate with this list
Resume comparison:
Clemson - loss at home to Louisville, loss neutral site vs Top 5 UGA; no quality wins
Alabama - loss @ Vandy and @ Tennessee; quality wins @ Wisconsin, Top 5 UGA, and home wins vs USCjr and Mizzou
Mizzou - loss @A&M and @Bama; quality wins Vandy (and BC if you want to count that)
A&M - loss first game of the season vs Top 10ish ND and @USCjr (with A&M RB injury) quality wins vs and LSU
Ole Miss - loss at home vs Kentucky and @LSU in OT… beat Wake 40-6 (common opponent)
Colorado - loss at Nebraska and fringe Top 25 @Kansas State
Kansas State - loss @BYU (potential Top 10 team) and a bad loss to @Houston; wuality wins bs Tulane and Colorado
All that to say … vs other 2 loss teams, I think we only have a better resume than maybe Ole Miss and Colorado, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re ranked below Ole Miss. The Colorado argument is interesting because they don’t play the best teams in their conference either, and their only real tests - the Buffs have lost both so far (Cincy is okay … but 5-3… similar to a VT imo). Kansas State is also interesting - they should be ahead of us imo
Thoughts?
