Rankings week 2

[KVN638]

http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings

OU still at 1, LSU up to 2.


Auburn drops out of hte top 25 in an ugly win.

[Jayhawker]

I guess the voters aren't falling for the Notre Dame bug again. I figured they'd tumble, but not quite all the way down to almost no points in the poll.

[KVN638]

They shouldn't have been ranked at all...


Surprised Auburn fell out after an ugly win, but Missouri didn't.

[Sherlock]

Miami (OH) won the MAC and had 11 wins last year.

Utah St is a bottom feeder in the WAC

[KVN638]

Miami (OH) won the MAC and had 11 wins last year.

Utah St is a bottom feeder in the WAC

Auburn went 13-0 and won the national title. Your point?

[Joe Norris]

Auburn went 13-0 and won the national title. Your point?

not to side with sherry...BUT

I think his point was that mizz, a lesser team than auburn had a better win (perhaps arguably) over a better opponent and auburn, a greater team than mizz, had a worse win over a worse opponent

and if that wasn't his point then I don't know what was

[Sherlock]

You made it for me.

[KVN638]

how about the point that 2010 finishes does not equate to a team being good in 2011??? Does that point not translate? By Sherlock's standard, Auburn should be the best team in the country this year...


Miami (OH) lost it's top 3 RB's from last season. Their most experienced back has 21 attempts for 87 yards throughout his career.

They also lost their top WR, and their Kicker (new kicker missed 2 FG's and an XP against Missouri).


PS. Missouri beat them 51-13 last year. If you want to compare drop off. They only had 10 wins.


edit - didn't even look to see what they lost on defense.

[Sherlock]

Well, since no one had played a game yet in 2011, what else did they have to go off of but last year's results and reputations. Miami (OH) has been a strong member of the MAC in the past and USU hasn't done much in a while. Voters aren't necessarily rational.

[Joe Norris]

how about the point that 2010 finishes does not equate to a team being good in 2011??? Does that point not translate? By Sherlock's standard, Auburn should be the best team in the country this year...


Miami (OH) lost it's top 3 RB's from last season. Their most experienced back has 21 attempts for 87 yards throughout his career.

They also lost their top WR, and their Kicker (new kicker missed 2 FG's and an XP against Missouri).


PS. Missouri beat them 51-13 last year. If you want to compare drop off. They only had 10 wins.


edit - didn't even look to see what they lost on defense.

didn't say he was wrong or right, just clarifying what I thought his point was

[ono]

I'm pretty sure that it's more because Mizzou is in flyover country and no one gives a crap about what happened. You guys give these writers too much credit for their critical thinking skills when it comes to their votes.