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Preseason and Regular Season Polls (2016)

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SEREbuckeye said:
Same could be said about Louisvilles victory over FSU, Wisconsins victory over LSU, etc.

All we have to judge teams on right now is the spot they were ranked at when played, who they've played, and win margin. Sure things will look different at the end of the year but right now Oklahoma can say they have only been beaten by two top 5 teams. Likewise, Houston and OSU can only say they've beaten a Top 5/Top 15 team.
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This is such a terrible metric to use. You're giving credit for teams being overrated by a preseason poll.
 
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cincibuck said:
When you consider that the Top 25 means 1/2 of the 50 teams in the big five conferences (including Notre Dame), and then look at the Mountain West, MAC and American what else can you expect? And when Iowa, Illinois, Purdue and Northwestern get whacked by Div 11 programs...
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for example, there are 9 teams in the Pac 12 alone that have a better record than Ole Miss.
Zurp said:
http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll-voter/scott-wolf

Scott Wolf. I'll keep an eye on this funny guy.
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He moved them up to his #1 over bama and OSU after what everyone saw vs Colorado

:lol:

He must just be wanting the attention

EDIT

He dropped OSU 2 spots??

:slappy:
 
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Jaxbuck said:
for example, there are 9 teams in the Pac 12 alone that have a better record than Ole Miss.



He moved them up to his #1 over bama and OSU after what everyone saw vs Colorado

:lol:

He must just be wanting the attention

EDIT

He dropped OSU 2 spots??

:slappy:
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Yeah...definitely looking for attention :slappy:
scott-wolf.jpg
 
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MililaniBuckeye said:
While the 2002 Bucks played in quite a few close games, they never came close to blowing a big lead.

Games in which they had a 18-point lead at any point:

Texas Tech, 45-21
Kent State, 51-17
Washington State, 25-7
Indiana, 45-17
San Jose State, 50-7
Minnesota, 34-3

In the remaining games, they never had more than a 10-point lead except at Northwestern:

Cincinnati, 23-19 (biggest lead, 4 points - final)
Northwestern, 27-16 (biggest lead, 15 points - 24-9 in the third)
Wisconsin, 19-14 (biggest lead, 7 points - final)
Penn State, 13-7 (biggest lead, 6 points - final)
Purdue, 10-6 (biggest lead, 4 points - final)
Illinois, 23-16 (biggest lead, 7 points - final)
Michigan, 14-9 (biggest lead, 5 points - final)
Miani, 31-24 (biggest lead, 10 points - 17-7 in the third)

Also note that in six of those eight close games, our largest lead was the final score. So, yeah, the 2002 Buckeyes have absolute zilch to do with almost blowing 29-points leads.
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*shrug* I thought that team almost blew a couple of big leads.

My point is though is that sometimes good teams let up off the gas. It doesn't mean they aren't good. Hell it doesn't necessarily mean they aren't one of the best teams in the country.
 
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SEREbuckeye said:
we would have been beating our chests if we beat Ole Miss in their stadium in a prime time matchup.
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Yea.... I'll take beating OU in their house and fresh off a playoff run over Ole Miss every single year. Other than playing in the SEC and being occasional free loss for Bama, what have they actually accomplished? No CCG appearances. 1-1 in P5 bowls getting embarassed by TCU and beating OU's little sister last year.
I'd take several conference foes over them too.

All we have to judge teams on right now is the spot they were ranked at when played
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What? As flawed as rankings are in general, the farther you go back the more flawed they are.
Cant stand it when people use this absurd logic to act like beating scrubs like Tenn, ND, etc. in week 4 is a top10 win. But not when they lose for the 4th or 5th time in November.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
for example, there are 9 teams in the Pac 12 alone that have a better record than Ole Miss.



He moved them up to his #1 over bama and OSU after what everyone saw vs Colorado

:lol:

He must just be wanting the attention

EDIT

He dropped OSU 2 spots??

:slappy:
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he didn't drop us.....that was our previous spot in the AP.

I mean....he could have, but that's not what that column means.
 
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