The Polls (AP, Coaches, & CFP, etc.)

[MaxBuck]

Depends on where that "neutral site" game actually is.

Well, not Indianapolis or Fort Worth.

 

[CFPBuckeye]

Well, not Indianapolis or Fort Worth.

So Houston then? San Antonio?

 

[Palpie]

All the people whining about aTm being ranked above Indiana: seriously, who would you bet on in a neutral site game?

Indiana. I'd take them straight up in college station.

 

[CFPBuckeye]

aTM wins this year:

USCe
The Mississippi schools
UTSA Roadrunners
Arkansas
Lamar
Texas State

Losses:

Alabama
Auburn
Clemson

The losses aren’t particularly bad.
The wins sure aren’t good.

It leaves a very large range of where aTm could fall but those wins alone don’t put anyone in the top 25. Being in the SEC gets you in the top 25.

 

[buckeyemania11]

aTM wins this year:

USCe
The Mississippi schools
UTSA Roadrunners
Arkansas
Lamar
Texas State

Losses:

Alabama
Auburn
Clemson

The losses aren’t particularly bad.
The wins sure aren’t good.

It leaves a very large range of where aTm could fall but those wins alone don’t put anyone in the top 25. Being in the SEC gets you in the top 25.

SEC teams usually get ranked based on who they lose to, not who they beat.

you can look deeper and see that A&M barely beat Arkansas and needed a late fumble and TD to beat a also bad Ole Miss team.' Their "most impressive win" is probably this past week over a reeling South Carolina team who is coming off getting blown out by Tennessee and losing to App State.

They arent going to beat anyone in the top 15 and they also arent a sure win over even the pit of the SEC. It's hard to rank teams after like 20 though. So naturally the SEC team if available will get placed.

 

[Systems_id]

All the people whining about aTm being ranked above Indiana: seriously, who would you bet on in a neutral site game?

Eye test says Ohio State would probably beat LSU by 2TDs, but that hasn't people from putting LSU ahead of Ohio State.

 

[OregonBuckeye]

All the people whining about aTm being ranked above Indiana: seriously, who would you bet on in a neutral site game?

I'd lean towards Indiana tbh

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

I'd lean towards Indiana tbh

Most years? aTm by 3 touchdowns
This year? Indiana by 10

 

[BigWoof31]

Eye test says Ohio State would probably beat LSU by 2TDs, but that hasn't people from putting LSU ahead of Ohio State.

That and their wins over Florida, Bama, Texas and Auburn..

 

[buckeyemania11]

Indiana and A&M are about the same, which makes it hilarious when people try to talk up A&M as a "great win" for SEC teams.

Imagine how ridiculous they would say we sound claiming Indiana as a awesome win.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

That and their wins over Florida, Bama, Texas and Auburn..

That's not the eye test, though.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

That and their wins over Florida, Bama, Texas and Auburn..

one of those things is not like the others

 

[Cratylus]

one of those things is not like the others

The bolded word aside, I'll take a swing at that one...

It's Auburn. Cuz that's the only team on that four-team list that appears to have a half-way decent defense.

 

[DaddyBigBucks]

The bolded word aside, I'll take a swing at that one...

It's Auburn. Cuz that's the only team on that four-team list that appears to have a half-way decent defense.

Florida's 9th in Scoring Defense, Bama 12th, Auburn 13th.

Texas is 84th

 

[buckeyemania11]

Florida's 9th in Scoring Defense, Bama 12th, Auburn 13th.

Texas is 84th

Florida's might be a little inflated. 2 games against FCS teams, both ended in shutouts.

LSU by far the best offense theyve faced put up 42

Kentucky scored 21 on them, South Carolina 27. Not exactly the most explosive of offenses.