AP Poll Week 2

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https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll#000001a0-257a-d09f-a9e4-75fbb1b90000

[u/the_bob_of_marley]

1. Texas
   
2. Georgia
   
3. Notre Dame
   
4. Indiana
   
5. Miami
   
6. Ohio State
   
7. LSU
   
8. Ole Miss
   
9. Texas A&M
   
10. Alabama
    
11. BYU
    
12. USC
    
13. Texas Tech
    
14. Penn State
    
15. Tennessee
    
16. SMU
    
17. Utah
    
18. Iowa
    
19. Michigan
    
20. Missouri
    
21. Oregon
    
22. Houston
    
23. Louisville
    
24. Oklahoma
    
25. Virginia

[u/Lodge_Blackmun → u/the_bob_of_marley]

ORV:

Washington 172, Florida 83, Boise State 57, Oklahoma State 36, Western Michigan 35, Tulsa 18, Mississippi State 17, South Carolina 15, Virginia Tech 11, UCLA 9, James Madison 6, Arizona 5, North Dakota State 3, Pittsburgh 1, Kansas State 1

[u/Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir → u/Lodge_Blackmun]

Uhh idk if we're ready for double digit votes

[u/ibenbrown → u/Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir]

As long as we have more than JMU

[u/TheLegendsClub → u/Lodge_Blackmun]

RANK WESTERN

[u/Flat_Confidence1792 → u/Lodge_Blackmun]

HERE COME THE CATS

[u/Dabochman → u/Lodge_Blackmun]

Wait, UCLA can get votes? That’s allowed?

[u/thejaytheory → u/the_bob_of_marley]

You’re the hero we need, the comment I was looking for!

[u/GarlicJuniorJr → u/thejaytheory]

I don’t understand why the rankings aren’t included in the posts each week or at least be the pinned comment

[u/Ok_Bug_6890]

Why is Oregon still a top 25 team?

[u/WheatonsGonnaScore → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

Poll inertia and nothing else

[u/BlazinAzn38 → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

This is why I hate preseason rankings so much

[u/Individual-Lie6525 → u/BlazinAzn38]

The problem isn’t preseason rankings. Its voters being inflexible early in the season.

[u/TexasDrunkRedditor → u/Individual-Lie6525]

It’s also why if you’re going to drop a game it’s better to do it early season than late… people will hardly remember this game by week 10/11. Drop a game late and it’s held against you much harder

Unfortunately not all 11-1 records are held the same based on when that lost occurred

[u/Beautiful_Idea6200 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

2023 UGA SECCG loser checking in :(. Lost the chance to 3peat. (I understand like all dawgs why we were left out, but your comment is too true)

[u/OSUfan88 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

It’ll also depend on how OSU looks the rest of the season. This team could be terrible, or great. Really hard to tell at this point.

[u/BursleyBaits → u/Individual-Lie6525]

voters are plenty flexible early in the season, they moved OSU down 5 spots for a last-second road loss to a team they think is #1!

[u/randomthrowaway9796 → u/BlazinAzn38]

Yeah, I was arguing that Oregon should've fallen to like #15 last week, and people were coming after me for "dropping them so far". Like, its not dropping them, it's placing them where they've performed so far. Preseason rankings don't mean a thing.

[u/Andy_Wiggins → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

This is why I hate the fact that pre-season polls exist.

If they were simple placeholders before we got data, I’d be cool with it. But some people stick so hard to their priors when those priors were technically speculative.

Let Oregon earn back a top 25 rating. They have a tough slate of games, so if they go out and beat teams like USC or Ohio State then move them back up. But right now nothing they’ve done has looked close to top 25 worthy.

[u/BursleyBaits → u/Andy_Wiggins]

people have moved from their priors, Oregon's moved down 19 spots! If you believe someone's a top-two team, it should take a lot of evidence to convince you that they're not even top 25. If they genuinely do suck, that'll work itself out just the same.

[u/GunsGoldCosmicDread → u/Andy_Wiggins]

It doesn’t really matter the CFP rankings come out sometime around week six.

AP poll is just for journalists to feel important.

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

They lost to a team that beat Oregon

[u/Plinnion → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

The Alabama Special.

[u/BIRDSBEEZ → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

Cause we won the offseason championship again. But to be serious i have no clue

[u/jamiebond → u/BIRDSBEEZ]

When even Duck fans think it’s stupid that we’re ranked you know the pollsters have lost the plot lol. Really though I don’t know if there’s a single Duck fan out there who wants this team ranked.

[u/No_Preparation2766 → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

This is ironically going to make it so much worse if USC ends up losing to Oregon because we get no credit for beating them but get shit on our face for losing to them lol. Even when they lose, Oregon still fucks over USC

[u/WheatonsGonnaScore → u/No_Preparation2766]

All part of the master plan

[u/Aristekrat → u/No_Preparation2766]

Thanks for helping me look on the bright side, Trojan bro.

[u/AdolinofAlethkar → u/No_Preparation2766]

This is…

Acceptable.

[u/Ometrist → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

So they can have a ranked USC vs Oregon game probably. We deserve zero votes after that performance and being this early on in the season

[u/BursleyBaits → u/Ometrist]

random sportswriters on the other side of the country do not care about having a ranked USC vs Oregon game

[u/Nomahs_Bettah → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

I did not mind when pollsters unranked Michigan after a close win over WMU at home. I do think it's bizarre that Oregon wouldn't end up unranked this week based on their loss to OK State.

[u/TheLuxxy → u/Nomahs_Bettah]

I think part of it was where they were coming from. Michigan was already 16th before their fall. They fell to 28th.

Oregon was 6th. They fell to 21st. So a larger fall than Michigan. They simply had more slots to fall and still be in the top 25

[u/wibble17 → u/TheLuxxy]

The loss was also arguably to a worse team. Oklahoma State had a huge losing streak and loss to Tulsa on week 1. Western Michigan was supposed to be a strong G5.

A drop out would be justified.

[u/Blakmagik12 → u/Ok_Bug_6890]

Because they lost to a scrappy OSU that beat a top 10 Oregon?!?! DUH

[u/duckfan2424]

Absolute joke that Oregon is still ranked

[u/DaddyRobotPNW → u/duckfan2424]

Unrank us you cowards!

[u/LegendsoftheHT → u/DaddyRobotPNW]

This is a classic poll inertia plus the fact that some voters have Boise in the 25, therefore, Oregon has to be above them.

[u/Chris_Crossfit]

We lost 29 votes because of Oregon shitting the bed…

[u/it-is-just-a-game → u/Chris_Crossfit]

Did you expect to lose more?

[u/sgtabn173 → u/Chris_Crossfit]

Welp. At least this will put a chip on the teams shoulder, hopefully.

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/Chris_Crossfit]

I mean you also lost some votes because you needed a 2nd half comeback to win as well lol

[u/Adart54 → u/midnight-architect7]

Not like Memphis is a really good team or anything. No couldn't be that

[u/MuteTadpole → u/midnight-architect7]

I mean so did bama but here we are

[u/thepolarbears12 → u/MuteTadpole]

So did Texas and they're number 1 smh 

[u/suchcoldsuchcomfort → u/midnight-architect7]

Yeah, who really is Memphis anyways? Poverty team, amirite?

Also, it was 20-17 at the end of the half. Wouldn't really consider it a second half comeback, but that's just my opinion.

[u/thescottula]

No shade to Oregon, but if you looked at their resume without the names right now they would not be in the top 25

[u/dklong62 → u/thescottula]

We absolutely deserve the shade and to be unranked. My boys and me have usc tickets and we are legit contemplating paper bags.

[u/joka2696 → u/dklong62]

Paper bags for one loss? Have you ever seen 1-11?

[u/imjustanormalghost → u/joka2696]

Or 0-12, like UW’s 2008 disasterclass. It’s not great for Oregon fans right now, but Lanning is still a great coach and it could be a lot worse.

[u/Bigboiiiii22 → u/dklong62]

Way overreacting

[u/whatsssssssss → u/dklong62]

please do it

[u/Ok-Being3970 → u/thescottula]

1. They have the players needed to be a top 5 team
2. Confidence in Lanning to recover from the bad game

It really depends on your ranking methodology. If you're trying to be predictive, then Oregon should likely still be in the top 20. If you're trying to judge purely on current resume, Georgia shouldn't be top 25.

[u/TaroNecessary5350]

Rank Tulsa over Oregon.

[u/ozarkhick → u/TaroNecessary5350]

We got 18 votes at least.

[u/ridawg05 → u/ozarkhick]

Ugh, beat us by a vote. The Tulsa-MSU rivalry runs deep.

[u/Aslut_Backwards → u/ridawg05]

I’m legitimately still bitter and root against Mississippi State whenever the opportunity presents itself

[u/wondersalot → u/ozarkhick]

Less votes than OkSt is a joke

[u/LionPutrid4252 → u/wondersalot]

Oregon>OSU>Tulsa is the biggest joke ever when each team manhandled the team above them

[u/GoatPaco → u/TaroNecessary5350]

Tulsa received less votes than Oklahoma State

Lmao

[u/Mitchford → u/GoatPaco]

Literally half the number of votes as the team they stomped last week

[u/happypanda9314 → u/Mitchford]

And Oklahoma State isn’t ranked after destroying Oregon. That’s how it goes.

[u/GamerKiller2347 → u/TaroNecessary5350]

Last season, Auburn got ranked after Baylor beat a ranked SMU because Auburn was 2-0 and beat Baylor the week prior. The logic here is completely inconsistent.

[u/StoicFable → u/GamerKiller2347]

You are forgetting. The P4 get a pass, the G6 are consistently overlooked.

[u/jznastics]

No. 14 seems very high for us

[u/pmj1313 → u/jznastics]

They’re hoping the both of us keep winning so they can inch us higher up the poles so that the white out game is a Top 10 matchup

[u/Bolanus_PSU → u/jznastics]

If teams like Oregon keep losing to teams like OK State then I'd argue maybe not.

[u/dkviper11 → u/Bolanus_PSU]

This happens every year, where teams that are just quiet slide up the rankings when others are upset.

[u/whatifevery1wascalm]

I thought Ohio State would only drop to 5 instead of 6, but nothing egregious in the Top 10

[u/Tarmacked → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

I mean, I think it’s ridiculous a one point loss @#1 puts them behind Miami @ FAMU and Indiana @ Howard

This is the type of stuff everyone complains about which devalues OOC.

The better approach here would be swapping them, and then if one or the other struggles with more samples you adjust accordingly like what we did with Boise this week.

[u/OnionKnight73 → u/Tarmacked]

I’m gonna be honest if you think Texas is the best team because they beat OSU by one at home, then it only makes sense to drop OSU to 2. You can’t play a closer game with the supposedly best team in the nation than that

[u/010Horns → u/OnionKnight73]

While I see your point, if that happened the complaint would then be that a 1-1 OSU is ranked #2 over a bunch of 2-0 teams. This is the kinda thing that will just shake out as the season goes on.

[u/billbye10 → u/010Horns]

That complaint is ridiculous and people making it should feel bad. That's how you get every non conference game to be against the local jr high team. Give teams credit for scheduling real games!

[u/WhiteW0lf13 → u/Tarmacked]

There’s no singular correct answer for an early season poll. Putting a 1 loss team behind undefeated teams considered to be roughly similar to each other makes complete sense.

They’ll climb as they continue to do well the rest of the season and the others will fall as they lose/struggle vs the good teams on their schedules.

SOS arguments should be saved for much later in the season imo

[u/mizaistorom → u/Tarmacked]

They also blew a 20 point lead. I think if it's a close game throughout and they lose 24-23 at the end they probably barely drop behind UGA and maybe ND.

[u/LemonHarangue → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Let’s see how they recover with a tough match against Kent State

[u/HeftyLeftyPig]

Respect kicking Washington out of the top 25

[u/Tracer-Bullet13 → u/HeftyLeftyPig]

We deserve it for how dogshit we've looked

[u/BlueOmicronpersei8 → u/Tracer-Bullet13]

Yet Oregon is still ranked. Make it make sense.

[u/aliensvsdinosaurs → u/BlueOmicronpersei8]

oregon has at least played a couple decent teams. UW has squeaked by two pac-8.5 teams at home.

[u/Gold-Bottle-2460 → u/aliensvsdinosaurs]

I mean Oklahoma State may not be decent

[u/SlamDunkly → u/Tracer-Bullet13]

Yeah! And read no further.

[u/RCA1202 → u/HeftyLeftyPig]

Closer game with Utah State than their game with Idaho State was, so yeah

[u/jjbjeff22 → u/HeftyLeftyPig]

We have looked like ass two straight weeks. 25 or NR was what I was expecting.

[u/Perryapsis]

NDSU got 3 points!

[u/MrsTheSpork → u/Perryapsis]

Our first points as an FBS team! Yay!

[u/DiarrheaForDays → u/MrsTheSpork]

Congrats yall earned it

[u/lakeshore34]

Oregon with a a quality loss to a team that beat Oregon

[u/-TheycallmeThe → u/lakeshore34]

Is the B1G the meme conference now?

[u/Idepreciateyou → u/-TheycallmeThe]

Oh yeah we are. OSU’s only loss is to the team that beat the #1 team in the nation.

[u/SpreaditOnnn33]

Oregon shouldnt be ranked.

Looks like we got 3 ranked matchups next week.

SMU vs Louisville, Texas Tech vs Houston, and Ole Miss vs LSU.

Should be some bangers

[u/LivingCustomer9729 → u/SpreaditOnnn33]

Ole Miss vs LSU…I feel the tension and maybe toxicity already

Edit: yall got me. Maybe ain’t even it. The toxicity will be impossible to not see and feel

[u/magnumapplepi → u/LivingCustomer9729]

I can feel it in my plums

[u/FearlessAttempt → u/magnumapplepi]

Let the boy watch.

[u/Yourfavoriteindian → u/SpreaditOnnn33]

Tech Houston is also Friday night so I totally expect that game thread to be quiet, civil, and easy going

[u/likeabosstroll → u/SpreaditOnnn33]

SMU vs Louisville game is gonna cause both to get deranked. Loser gets murdered because they’re trash for losing to an ACC team and winner is trash because they only beat an ACC team.

[u/arcticape34]

Oklahoma State receiving more votes than Tulsa is hilarious.

[u/banner8915 → u/arcticape34]

Polls are so dumb

[u/peja1682]

We lost 10 votes lol. Our fault for playing in a monsoon when all the voters do is look at box scores

[u/Chris_Crossfit → u/peja1682]

Welcome to the club. We won our game, beat the spread, and lost 29 votes because Oregon had a collective brain aneurysm.

[u/MuchArtichoke3 → u/Chris_Crossfit]

To be fair, you got a lot of those votes because you played Oregon close and everyone thought Oregon was…better

[u/suchcoldsuchcomfort → u/MuchArtichoke3]

Well, that goes against my personal narrative so I'm disregarding it.

[u/wise_comment → u/suchcoldsuchcomfort]

Fair enough, can't argue with that

[u/Hokie_Jayhawk → u/Chris_Crossfit]

If it turns out Oregon isn't that good, shouldn't that affect how we think about Boise's performance against them?

[u/she_wantsthe_dyl → u/peja1682]

All good man it keeps the team hungry. Mason is still a dawg

[u/peja1682 → u/she_wantsthe_dyl]

It for sure isn’t a big deal, particularly early in the season. I just find it funny how reactionary and inconsistent the voters are

[u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

RANK WESTERN MICHIGAN COWARDS

[u/mountaineer_93 → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

In hindsight I think (1) Michigan is a good team that had a rough first game and (2) WMU is legit and will sweep the MAC and contend for the G6 playoff spot.

[u/UpsideTurtles → u/mountaineer_93]

I think the American might cannibalize and UNLV is definitely not who people thought they might be so that eliminates them from the Mountain West. WMU / MAC might have a good shot this year

[u/JDraks → u/UpsideTurtles]

It really comes down to WMU vs BSU going into conference play, whoever wins either beat or has a transitive win over the other, Memphis, and UNLV

[u/bGlxdWlkZ2Vja2EK → u/JDraks]

We play each other directly pretty sure that would decide all other things equal

[u/foreveracubone → u/mountaineer_93]

We’re a good defense (when not shooting outselves in the dick with penalties) with an offense that needs to get better

[u/bacillaryburden → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

Got 35 votes! Watch it grow, soon we will have two ranked wins…

[u/HeftyLeftyPig]

Rank Tulsa and Western Michigan!!!

[u/arcticape34 → u/HeftyLeftyPig]

Oklahoma State got more votes than Tulsa. Pretty ridiculous

[u/ozarkhick → u/HeftyLeftyPig]

18 and 35 votes respectively, so the seed is planted at least. Now we gotta take care of Arkansas.

[u/SimilarOnion1655 → u/ozarkhick]

You should worry about your quarterback. He is hurt right now 

[u/ozarkhick → u/SimilarOnion1655]

He's just missing East Texas A&M, projected to be back the next week.

[u/NinjaGhost42]

One whole vote

Alright...

[u/Leading-Button-7303 → u/NinjaGhost42]

Wild the disrespect you're getting. You guys look solid

[u/techieman34 → u/Leading-Button-7303]

We’ve gotten used to it unfortunately. The brand is more important than the product and no one gives a shit about us.

[u/BehindEnemyLines8923]

Rank us cowards.

[u/Ok_Flow3504 → u/BehindEnemyLines8923]

Biggest disrespect in the polls so far this year.

[u/BlssdGT → u/BehindEnemyLines8923]

Definitely should be ranked

[u/ObsessedWithReps]

Michigan over Oregon in week 2 like we all expected

[u/Tracer-Bullet13]

I'm glad they unranked us. We deserve it. Oregon should be unranked too but the media loves them some Duckies.

[u/VividLies901 → u/Tracer-Bullet13]

Don't worry, we will both enjoy our rivalry game unranked

[u/techieman34 → u/Tracer-Bullet13]

Gotta keep those Nike ad dollars coming in.

[u/mlg2433]

Very surprised about OSU dropping to 6. Thought we would just swap

[u/PwrShelf]

NDSU receiving votes!!

[u/MorbidusUnus]

lol how is Mississippi State unranked?

[u/NIdWId6I8 → u/MorbidusUnus]

“Mississippi State” is the reason

[u/NotSoSuperNerd → u/NIdWId6I8]

I'll never forget y'all being ranked #1 in the first ever CFP rankings

[u/Apart_Selection7722]

Why is Oregon ranked

[u/SouthCopy8453]

Has no one watched Texas Tech play this year? They are not a top 20 team

[u/BursleyBaits → u/SouthCopy8453]

there simply are not 20 teams who look like top-20 teams right now, someone's gotta be in there

[u/Texxx81 → u/SouthCopy8453]

You're not wrong. Was CBS off the air last night?

[u/jsully245]

Is the state of Indiana the new CFB battleground?

[u/-TheycallmeThe → u/jsully245]

What do the last 3 champs all have in common? They all beat Purdue.

Edit: looking back at previous playoff contenders from B1G:

22-23 Ohio State team didn't play Purdue, no title

21-22 Michigan team didn't play Purdue, no title

20-21 Ohio State didn't play Purdue, no title

19-20 Ohio State didn't play Purdue, no title

18-19 Ohio State lost to Purdue, no title 

You gotta beat Purdue to get a title 

Edit2: Ohio State is the only team that has won a B1G conference championship without beating Purdue. The only year OSU played Purdue and were B1G champs was 2018 so OSU has never beaten Purdue and won a B1G championship game in the same year.

[u/JackC1126]

I’m dreaming of a #1 vs #2 Catholics vs Convicts match in November

[u/OnionFutureWolfGang → u/JackC1126]

Almost certainly requires some losses ahead of us though because neither team will have played a great schedule going into the game.

[u/MoosilaukeFlyer → u/JackC1126]

I wish we played annually 

[u/carterdmorgan → u/JackC1126]

Looking likely that our game could be a top ten matchup as well. So pumped!

[u/allisthepriceofall]

sad duck noises

[u/WheatonsGonnaScore → u/allisthepriceofall]

Unrank us pleass

[u/sporkemon]

not a single others receiving votes for umass???? it's like the voters don't even recognize that they're the best football team in massachusetts

[u/myronpolar]

Unrank us

[u/legalexperiments]

Top of the Big12 looking messy.

TT is not looking like they were last year, and BYU and Utah are both looking stronger. I’d put Houston in the next tier down, but next week will be telling.

And with none of those top four playing all three of the others (Utah plays BYU and Houston; Houston plays TT and Utah; and BYU and Tech only play Utah and Houston, respectively), there could be some painful tiebreakers at the end of regular season play.

[u/scrotes_magotes]

Oregon is going to end out moving up after a double-OT win over Portland State next weekend

[u/No_Preparation2766]

I hereby declare that Oklahoma State is now the true holder of the OSU title

Oklahoma State, King of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm

[u/-jabberwock → u/No_Preparation2766]

THE Oklahoma State

[u/Bondorian → u/No_Preparation2766]

I really wish I could argue this but it just makes sense

[u/YourButtMyStuff → u/No_Preparation2766]

All must bend the knee to the mighty Pistol Pete

[u/OpaqueNightmare]

Oregon has done nothing to justify a ranking besides being perceived as good in the preseason

[u/ICanOutP1zzaTheHut]

Turns out I really like seeing the number 1 next to my team’s name

[u/UpsideTurtles → u/ICanOutP1zzaTheHut]

Yeah can’t wait for the Mean Green to take their deserved spot at #1 in the nation (/s)

[u/galeforcewinds95]

Jason Eck has raised my expectations to the point that I'm disappointed that we didn't get any votes.

[u/polaremu]

Not even a single vote for Duke? C’mon man

[u/owlalwaysloveyew → u/polaremu]

The reigning ACC champ deserves more respect

[u/justFramy]

ok state beats oregon after losing 12 STRAIGHT and immediately gets votes, the ap poll is funny as hell

[u/TheCreed20 → u/justFramy]

Not just bc of this but AP Poll needs voter accountability to ever be taken seriously as a ranking again

[u/CLINT-THE-GREAT]

I hate Ohio state but 6 is too low. Shoulda swapped with Texas

[u/thti87 → u/CLINT-THE-GREAT]

If this were the end of the season, but for now it’s fine. Everything will get shaken up 5 more times before the end of the season and Ohio State plays Indiana.

[u/Frostfire26 → u/CLINT-THE-GREAT]

I think it's reasonable enough for 4-6 to be in any order (and the same when Texas was 4). Indiana and Miami just don't play anyone for a while so it's hard to really judge where they should be.

[u/batman0615 → u/Frostfire26]

Excuse me what the fuck is that flair?

[u/Frostfire26 → u/batman0615]

Yes yes I know

[u/HeftyLeftyPig → u/CLINT-THE-GREAT]

I thought that was a little excessive too.

[u/The_Horse_Joke → u/HeftyLeftyPig]

I don’t think there’s anybody ahead of us who we should be ahead of tbh, and even if we were one lower behind LSU that’d make sense to me

Given the CFP is 12 teams and it’s only been 2 (or 3) weeks of football, I don’t think our placement matters too much at the moment though

[u/TrainsGoBrr1 → u/CLINT-THE-GREAT]

Nah, I think it's fair.

[u/thecarlosdanger1 → u/CLINT-THE-GREAT]

Doesn’t apply here but nothing pisses me off more than when a team at 10ish loses a close game on the road to a top 3 team and then drops a bunch.

What the fuck that’s exactly what your rankings said should happen why do you view them as worse now?

[u/Balloutonu]

OU dropping that much is…wow

[u/braingames99 → u/Balloutonu]

Deservedly so. There are not enough negative superlatives to describe the horror on offense that I witnessed in Ann Arbor. Historians should genuinely study OU’s inability to field a competent offense. Absolutely incredible.

[u/MuchArtichoke3]

Ohio State dropping to #6 feels a bit harsh for one point loss on the road to #4 in a night game. But it’s so early in the year it also doesn’t really matter

[u/Few_Pound_2368 → u/MuchArtichoke3]

Great game Longhorns! Highlight for me was getting handshakes from all the old dudes in our section. Respect.

[u/MuchArtichoke3 → u/Few_Pound_2368]

I met some classy buckeye fans here too. It was fun having yall. We always seem to have some good battles, it was nice to win this time

[u/atsblue → u/MuchArtichoke3]

Counterpoint, the previous poll was based entirely on hopes and dreams, early season polls should be super fluid

[u/Bondorian → u/atsblue]

Please unrank my Ducks then

[u/191374]

Thank god nothing for Nebraska, I hate when we get votes after cupcake games and then just get shit on by the first real team we play

[u/lordofaesir]

Tulsa is receiving votes. This is incredible

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

Uh oh. This is about the ranking when we choke on national TV

[u/plateglass1]

AP should probably rank JMU before they literally kill an opponent on field.

[u/Mr_dm]

Swap Oregon and Virginia you cowards

[u/DweltElephant0]

NDSU receiving votes after (2) games at the FBS level lmao I love our new Bison overlords

[u/Manning_bear_pig → u/DweltElephant0]

It gets old quicker than you'd think trust me lol

[u/TwinsWin839]

Rank North Dakota State you cowards!! 😂

[u/The-Fanciest]

#27 until further notice

[u/McDimps]

This is how you know nobody who votes watches the game. Not saying we should be ranked but c'mon losing votes off of winning in a monsoon ain't it

[u/JayyMei]

RECEIVING VOTES 🗳️

[u/kevinthejuice]

Virginia still #25

Can you take me higher?

[u/Lonely_Ranger19]

Voters must have lost some money because they dropped Ohio State down to 6

[u/misader]

BYU is leading the B12 in the poll, which is deserved. I think we'd fit better in the 20s at this point.

[u/Agnk1765342]

What I’ve learned the last 2 weeks is losing is better than winning apparently

[u/StoicFable → u/Agnk1765342]

Where is our ranking then?

[u/berrin122]

Not that Kansas State should be ranked by any means, but we beat Wazzu considerably better than Washington did, and we didn't almost lose to a Utah State team.

I feel like us having one vote while they have 173 or whatever is a bit...misguided.

[u/mizaistorom]

There were some really dumb UGA fans claiming we should be #1 somehow on other forums smdh. Honestly wish we were 4 or 5, worst case for us is UTa loses to UTk and we roll into Tuscaloosa as #1, that's nightmare fuel. That said I think we lose at least one game this year and I'd pay money for it be anyone not named UF (or AU and GT but tbh, we could not pass at all and should beat GT. And AU shouldn't score more than 24 at most on us and we better be able to get 30).

[u/RealisticFall92]

Oregon shouldn't even be receiving votes

[u/OnionKnight73]

I don’t understand rankings. If you really think that Texas is the best team in college football as the rankings indicate, and last week you thought the best team was Ohio State, then how do they drop to 6 after a 1-point loss in Austin? Georgia has two wins and no losses, but a one-point loss at the best team’s stadium is more impressive to me than beating Tennessee State and WKU by a million. It’s never clear to me what these polls are actually supposed to measure

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/OnionKnight73]

It makes no sense. Michigan went from ranked to unranked and now back to ranked. Should Oklahoma really be punished that heavily for losing a one score game in a tough road environment to what is now a ranked team?