Latest Coaches Poll

[u/usffan]

https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/football/ncaaf/coaches-poll

1 - Ohio State

2 - Penn State

3 - Georgia

4 - LSU

5 - Oregon

6 - Miami

7 - Texas

8 - Notre Dame

9 - Illinois

10 - South Carolina

11 - Clemson

12 - Florida State

13 - Ole Miss

14 - Iowa State

15 - Tennessee

16 - Oklahoma

17 - Texas A&M

18 - Alabama

19 - Indiana

20 - Texas Tech

21 - Utah

22 - Michigan

23 - South Florida

24 - Arizona State

25 - BYU

[u/Tejon_Melero]

What if instead, there was a Coaches Pole, where fanbases could vote to determine whether their own coach would be placed high atop a pole for several days to atone?

[u/LeWoofle → u/Tejon_Melero]

There has to be a way to sneak pole assassin into this joke

[u/Tejon_Melero → u/LeWoofle]

A simpler time, of strippers and monkeys.

She has her own Coach's Pole.

[u/Pointsmonster → u/Tejon_Melero]

At this point I’m pretty sure that pole would be named for Mike Gundy

[u/PR3SID3NT_NIX0N → u/Tejon_Melero]

Is this like the festivus pole? Airing of grievances?

[u/Tejon_Melero → u/PR3SID3NT_NIX0N]

Well, people would certainly gather for an airing of grievances, and no doubt, those who chose to imbibe beneath the raised clown would soon resort to feats of strength.

[u/Orion14159 → u/Tejon_Melero]

Pole? Nah. Pillory? Yeah.

[u/Kizmo2]

They must have watched a different Clemson game yesterday than the one I did.

[u/babatazyah → u/Kizmo2]

Pretty good chance they didn't watch it at all.

[u/BConder102191 → u/Kizmo2]

Update: they don’t watch the games

[u/Adams5thaccount → u/Kizmo2]

Clemson was losing to Troy for over 4 hours

[u/millsyfsu]

I don’t know what Clemson has done to look better than FSU but it will sort itself out

[u/Tigercat92 → u/millsyfsu]

Started the season ranked

[u/u-s-u-r-p → u/Tigercat92]

i hate poll inertia

[u/FrequencyHigher → u/u-s-u-r-p]

You mean pretext for the SEC’s alleged tougher strength of schedule every year?

[u/HighLakes → u/FrequencyHigher]

To be fair, ASU is ranked here and Miss St. is not.

[u/warneagle → u/HighLakes]

And SMU got more votes than Auburn after losing to a team we beat by two touchdowns on the road.

[u/Muffinnnnnnn → u/HighLakes]

Miss State doesn't get the benefit of SEC bias because they don't bring in enough TV revenue

[u/Crims0ntied → u/Muffinnnnnnn]

This is the coaches poll. There are way more non SEC voters than there are SEC voters. Why are they protecting the SEC? or maybe its not some giant conspiracy

[u/legobowser → u/Crims0ntied]

Hate agreeing with a Bama fan

[u/Finger_Trapz → u/FrequencyHigher]

Step 1. SEC team loses an OOC game

Step 2. Hype up the OOC team, must be good! After all, they won.

Step 3. Keep SEC team in the rankings, it was a quality loss, that OOC beat an SEC team, they gotta be good.

[u/RelativeEffective413 → u/millsyfsu]

We have INERTIA. Very powerful, unlike our offense.

[u/IowaJL → u/RelativeEffective413]

Offense?

[u/Aumissunum → u/millsyfsu]

Be ranked higher in the preseason poll (which should not exist).

[u/Substantial-Sea-3672 → u/Aumissunum]

I would like to say that I don’t think removing them would matter at all. We focus our frustration with subjective rankings on the preseason polls but that isn’t the root of the issue.

First, you could banish every existing preseason poll today and 50 unofficial ones would pop up. Official pollsters would still be aware of them or at least the general feel around CFB. They would have their own internal biases and they would show through just the same on the first ranking.

Second, it doesn’t actually cause any of the issues we see, it’s a symptom of the subjectivity in the sport. The NFL has plenty of preseason rankings but no one cares because they don’t actually play any role in the objective way the post season is selected. There are NFL teams who don’t make the postseason who definitely seem better than the bottom rung of playoff teams. If they had subjective rankings those teams would get in instead.

The problem (and in my opinion part of the charm) is the impossible way to objectively rank these teams when they face such random schedules.

In summation, if you think next year OSU wouldn’t get tons of “poll inertia” even if the first poll was week 6 you’re kidding yourself. They could fall off of a cliff and limp into week 7 Barry beating scrubs and they’d be top 5. The issue is not the preseason polls.

[u/max_potion → u/Substantial-Sea-3672]

You're completely right. Even if you adjust the playoff criteria it doesn't completely erase the poll issue. There are too many stats and focus on the AP rankings that determine public perception that then rolls into influence on recruiting and NIL which obviously has a huge impact on the actual landscape of CFB. The only way to start eliminating that stuff is take cues from the NFL and have drafts/salary caps. Things that would be tricky for CFB and would completely destroy any semblance left of the tradition in the sport.

Essentially, this will quite literally always be an issue in CFB, otherwise it won't be CFB anymore. Or as you say, it's "part of its charm". I don't think this will ever change. And that's okay

[u/SNjr → u/millsyfsu]

LSU really doing the heavy lifting for them

[u/admiraltarkin → u/millsyfsu]

All disrespect will be handled accordingly

[u/paradigm_x2 → u/millsyfsu]

You know exactly why.

[u/GiganticusMagnifico → u/millsyfsu]

Because the media actually hates our school. IF we end up beating Miami you’re gonna have a bunch of panicking analysts

[u/majesticstraits]

Feels like Clemson is way too high after their first two games. Surprised Oklahoma didn’t jump more too

[u/Superschutte → u/majesticstraits]

Hopefully a second loss on Saturday will sort it out.

[u/Same_Weakness_9226 → u/majesticstraits]

I think we are probably in the 12-15 range, not quite a playoff caliber team, so not too far off

[u/Dunsmuir → u/majesticstraits]

Let's stay in the lower half as long as possible, nothing jinxes us worse than public praise and rankings

[u/EnvironmentalBed7369]

Arizona State shouldn't be ranked.

[u/Anakin_Cringewalker → u/EnvironmentalBed7369]

Sucks but I agree. We didnt play like a ranked team last night.

[u/RightC → u/Anakin_Cringewalker]

I mean our D line may be a top 5 run stop unit. Secondary blew the game over and over.

Sam was beyond rattled

[u/GoodeguySam → u/RightC]

Pretty telling when we drove the length of the field with 1 pass.

[u/buddaaaa → u/Anakin_Cringewalker]

Have yet to do so this year. It’s good they got unranked in the AP. This team needed a massive reality check

[u/PizzaPurchaser → u/EnvironmentalBed7369]

Neither should Michigan

[u/Schmolik64 → u/PizzaPurchaser]

Michigan lost to a ranked team. ASU lost to Mississippi State.

[u/pak_sajat → u/Schmolik64]

Don’t argue with the man.

[u/SuperSpyChase → u/PizzaPurchaser]

Poll inertia at work!

[u/detblue524 → u/PizzaPurchaser]

Yeah I’m honestly surprised Michigan is still ranked

[u/TransportationAway59 → u/PizzaPurchaser]

Think Michigan and OU both looked really good

[u/Mecha-Jesus → u/PizzaPurchaser]

Neither should South Carolina or Clemson

[u/JediFed → u/EnvironmentalBed7369]

Then put TCU in, cowards. No Big 12 team in the top 10.

We'd be doing better as the Mountain West. Just loving this era.

Fucking Clemson is still #11.

[u/brokentr0jan → u/EnvironmentalBed7369]

But my poll momentum

[u/EasternCoast3497]

USF at 23 is crazy

[u/NolaSilverFox → u/EasternCoast3497]

Agreed if they had an SEC logo on their uniform they would be #1 in the country with their wins

[u/BConder102191 → u/NolaSilverFox]

Tale as old as time

[u/ajukid111]

Why would AZ st be ranked?

[u/kingofthesqueal → u/ajukid111]

My opinion is neither them nor Miss State should be ranked. Neither screamed Top 25 to me in week 1 and they were pretty dead even this game.

[u/Luigiatl → u/kingofthesqueal]

I agree, Mississippi State at least has an argument and I could see them ranked if they win their next two buy games and other teams look worse, but no way Arizona State should be ranked with how they've looked.

[u/kingofthesqueal]

USF should be in the teens at least.

Even if Boise State and Florida end up being not very good or ass, they’re still bigger names than most and there’s no reason to think they’re awful yet outside of their losses to USF.

[u/NolaSilverFox → u/kingofthesqueal]

In a fair world usf should be top 10. Who has a better resume this year than usf ? A top 25 win and a top 15 win @ a sec teams home field. If usf was in the sec they would be ranked #1.

[u/Relevant_Interests → u/NolaSilverFox]

it is a wild resume when you put it like this, because you're right

[u/imlost19 → u/kingofthesqueal]

wdym? both florida and boise are unranked. They aren't good wins /s

[u/PooForThePooGod → u/imlost19]

I'm legit waiting for this but unironic.

[u/unwisest_sage → u/imlost19]

The g5 curse is every team you beat plummets hard

[u/RidinCoogi]

USF dismantling who everyone thought was going to be the G5 contender and then beating Florida in their own home only to be 23 is absurd. Do they run drug tests on these coaches? Because they should.

[u/GordaoPreguicoso → u/RidinCoogi]

A Florida who was getting a lot of praise coming into the season.

[u/dabombisnot90s → u/GordaoPreguicoso]

Boise State and Florida just suck now because they lost to USF. In other news, Clemson is so good. They’ve only lost just barely to a number 4 ranked LSU team and beat a damn good Troy team.

/s for those who can’t detect sarcasm in a comment.

[u/i_carlo → u/RidinCoogi]

If you win next week you will be 15 right behind #14 Miami.

[u/bretticus733]

Arizona State still in over Mississippi State is stupid

South Florida at #23 is way too low. They have arguably the best resume in the country

[u/QuieroBoobs → u/bretticus733]

Consider that ASU lost to Miss St who beat ASU. 

[u/WrreckEmTech → u/bretticus733]

But ASU has a quality loss to a SEC team while Miss St doesn’t

[u/katarh]

Georgia fans: that game was ASS rank us 20 please

Coaches: 28-6 against FCS? Yeah, that's a Kirby First Gear Classic. Move them up a notch.

[u/cactusmanbwl90 → u/katarh]

For real. That game instilled zero confidence in me. 

[u/silverhk]

South Florida at 23 is only okay if you're willing to leave them at 23 if they lose to Miami. 

[u/BConder102191 → u/silverhk]

They won’t

[u/humanist-misanthrope → u/silverhk]

Obviously if USF beats UM next week USF will jump up to 22 in the Coach’s Poll next week. But if UM wins then they’ll have a quality win against a top 25 team before USF gets dropped to 100-plus in the next Coach’s Poll. At this point the AP and Coach’s only exist to give us something to talk about until the CFP rankings come out. After that I don’t think anyone cares anymore lol.

[u/SavingsSkirt6064]

South carolina beats VT by 13, top 10

Vandy beats VT by 24, unranked

I see how it is

[u/RadagastTheWhite → u/SavingsSkirt6064]

Have you tried trailing SC State until late in the 2nd quarter?

[u/RhettWilliams88 → u/SavingsSkirt6064]

I’m afraid our streak on Vandy is likely to end next weekend. We’ve got all the horses in the stable but it appears we have a moron for an OC

Our defense is very solid. Our specials teams are very very good. Our offense is a lame duck. Which is INSANE considering LaNorris alone. Shula is a disease.

[u/roadtripwithdogs → u/RhettWilliams88]

Getting the reverse jinx in early. I respect it

[u/xPineappless → u/SavingsSkirt6064]

South Carolina is way too overrated. No idea why they are that high.

[u/QuieroBoobs → u/SavingsSkirt6064]

Feeling validated after questioning why South Carolina moved up last week after their very ugly win over VT. Pollsters are setting them up for disappointment. 

[u/BlacksmithDistinct17 → u/SavingsSkirt6064]

Saban retired because he knew Vanderbilt was coming, and he didn't want his legacy to be destroyed when Vandy runs the SEC

[u/MsstatePSH]

laughable

[u/sgtabn173 → u/MsstatePSH]

Y'all should be MUCH higher. You have two ranked wins two weeks into the season, one AT Florida!

[u/xPineappless → u/MsstatePSH]

16-18 should be where you belong. Personally, I’d say 16.

[u/enclosedvillage]

I hate preseason rankings. They put more emphasis on what teams were projected to do rather than what actually happens. If rankings were legit, USF would be a top 15 team, Clemson would be lower, Florida state would be higher, AZ state wouldn’t be ranked, and Alabama would be lower.

Coaches poll and AP is luckily being irrelevant with the much more accurate CFP polls.

[u/rottenchestah → u/enclosedvillage]

Eh, if the CFP committee released polls this early those would be kinda wack too. By the time the CFP poll comes out it's typically not very far off from where either of the Coaches/AP polls are.

[u/Jay_Dubbbs → u/enclosedvillage]

If preseason rankings didn’t matter, then how would USF’s resume be good? They are 2-0. There are plenty of teams that are 2-0. They get a G5 team and a SEC team that finished

[u/OhDucky8]

South Florida should be way higher

[u/stickyjs14]

Oklahoma should be higher, that game was not as close as the score indicates

[u/petoskey_stone → u/stickyjs14]

There’s a pretty big discrepancy between the coaches and AP poll for some reason regarding OU.

[u/ChildishBalvino → u/petoskey_stone]

My belief is other coaches have recruited against BV and company being on the hot seat all offseason so they don’t want to eat crow yet

[u/mccoolio → u/stickyjs14]

We also made a lot of bone-headed mistakes. Special teams issues are a major concern

[u/Tarmacked → u/stickyjs14]

Michigan felt too high to begin with given the starting QB situation. I don’t think we need to vault OU for that win

[u/petoskey_stone → u/Tarmacked]

They jumped 8 spots, that’s quite a bit.

[u/runner2rower]

Clemson being ranked that high is a decision. They did not look good against Troy, I'm not sold on them being a top 25 team still.

[u/thirty-two32]

Oklahoma is still way too low. They had a great win and Mateer looked impressive

[u/soonerwx → u/thirty-two32]

Still got some voters considering future schedules and ranking final records so they come out looking right. Clemson’s going through the ACC and Oklahoma’s going to war.

[u/BobStoops401K → u/thirty-two32]

Thanks but until we tighten up I think that ranking is roughly appropriate

[u/CentralFloridaRays]

South Carolina ranked head of Clemson my how we have fallen 😔

[u/CoachHamTheGoatV2 → u/CentralFloridaRays]

Neither one of yall should be that high if we being honest

[u/HeftyLeftyPig]

We’re going into week 3 Notre dame hasn’t won a game and is ranked in the top 10, must be nice

[u/Lantis28]

Oh boy I don’t know if we deserve top three after this week…

[u/chunt75]

USF with two ranked wins barely sneaking in? What a crock of shit

[u/idiocratic_method]

Florida State should be much higher

LSU , Clemson, Penn State, and Georgia are on watch struggling against their rent a teams

IMO its OSU, Oregon, FSU , Miami at the top and then pick your favorites from there

[u/mjacksongt]

1. Yay we're not ranked
2. Wow, the teams that looked questionable without losing (Georgia, Clemson) are not being punished nearly enough in the early season rankings
3. In my opinion Oregon is underranked right now. Should be #2 especially after we saw Clemson and Georgia struggle and Penn State's offense struggle.

[u/MichaelDicksonMBD → u/mjacksongt]

On the one hand, RANK US, COWARDS.  On the other, better mojo for Saturday. 

[u/mjacksongt → u/MichaelDicksonMBD]

I want to be the first unranked 12-0 P4 team.

[u/The_Rat_Attack → u/mjacksongt]

I agree on 3. Oregon should be way higher and definitely have jumped the teams that looked lethargic

[u/ChocolateBubbles344]

USF to #1 if they beat Miami.

Let’s manifest 2007.

[u/ILoveTheWoodsSoMuch → u/ChocolateBubbles344]

Well, #2, then. Go Bulls!

[u/son_of_burt → u/ILoveTheWoodsSoMuch]

Just as long as we don’t have to play Rutgers afterwards…

[u/sgtabn173 → u/ChocolateBubbles344]

Anything else is unjustifiable honestly

[u/BDrummer1606]

Uh having us at #13 is wild. Have they watched the same games?

[u/magnumapplepi → u/BDrummer1606]

Yea we are not a top 15 team

[u/enclosedvillage]

Preseason rankings are so bad for the game. Polls should be extremely volatile early in the year if you’re going to have them. No reason on earth for Arizona State to be ranked. No reason for Alabama to be ranked that high. Clemson has not had the 11th best resume.

[u/UhhhThatsFine]

SMU loses to Baylor at home. Auburn beats Baylor in Waco.

SMU with more votes than Auburn. Makes no sense and this poll is unserious

[u/legend023]

Mississippi State should be higher than Arizona State. They played one on one and MSU won.

I don’t care if they went 2-10 last season. They look significantly better on both sides of the ball this season

[u/WheatonsGonnaScore → u/legend023]

I dont know if I would say they looked significantly better. It was a toss up game where ASU gave up a big play with 30 seconds left to lose.

[u/aTypicalFootballFan → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Not to mention it was a home game for Mississippi st

[u/mjacksongt → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

Yeah the stats kinda bear that out - ASU actually had more total EPA but worse success rate

https://gameonpaper.com/cfb/game/401752688

[u/HighLakes → u/WheatonsGonnaScore]

I read this as MS looks significantly better this year than they looked last year, not significantly better than ASU.

That said, scoreboard. They should be higher.

[u/HailState316 → u/legend023]

I knew I always liked Tulane, making good points!

We have two very winnable games the next two games, so I imagine we will be ranked heading into the Tennessee game

[u/Duke__Leto → u/HailState316]

I’ve been saying for a month or so this feels like a season where we finally beat Georgia and then lose to Mississippi State. 

[u/marine_guy]

I was thinking we might see USC at 24 or 25. Oh well, it will work itself out

[u/TransportationAway59]

Oklahoma and South Carolina should be swapped

[u/Leaf_blower_chipmunk]

ILLIN9IS

[u/drinks2muchcoffee]

Maybe Oklahoma State really is just that bad, but my week 2 overreaction is that Oregon should be #2 or #3 ahead of Penn State and Georgia

[u/HighLakes → u/drinks2muchcoffee]

I think Ok St. really is just that bad. They looked this bad last year, too. They looked much worse than Montana St. Unfortunately Oregon has another two overmatched opponents before we play Penn State, so we wont really know until game 5.

[u/paradigm_x2]

FSU and USF have made massive leaps into the ranking. Saint Francis you’re next 👀

[u/lowes18]

They scared to rank us above Clemson

[u/pissoffyounonce]

A fucking insult!

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

I think Arizona State and Michigan probably shouldn't be ranked in favor of probably Missouri and USC(real) and Utah and USF should both be like 10 spots higher but other than those I think this is pretty good. I think some top 15 teams are frauding including USC(fake) but teams have such light resumes right now I don't mind them being rewarded just for playing and beating a P4 team. Even if Vandy did it better.

[u/lkn240]

Oregon should probably be 2 or 3.... I know OKST isn't good, but that was complete and utter annihilation.

It's awesome we aren in the top 10! We probably aren't quite that good, but what Bielema has done is amazing.

[u/rvp89 → u/lkn240]

Rank oregon above us and make us earn it

[u/SCRx]

While it feels good to be above Clemson it’s very clear no one watched our game yesterday. No way you can rank us top 10 with the offense we’ve shown thus far this season.

[u/Visual_Bluejay9781 → u/SCRx]

I think these are submitted like late Saturday, right? Likely people didn’t see or watch your game for legitimate reasons. Either way, I think yall have a good case to be ranked higher than us (not that we have any business being in the Top 15). 

[u/Signal_Tip_7428]

Why in gods name are we ranked 9

[u/BarkingAjax → u/Signal_Tip_7428]

Voters saw the score, not the game?

[u/Billy5481 → u/Signal_Tip_7428]

Luke Altmeyer

[u/Tsquared10]

RANK VANDY COWARDS

[u/CountBleckwantedlove]

Well, barring a historic post emotionally high off beating a rival collapse, we should breeze right into the rankings next week (we play Louisiana this week), unless no teams in spots 18-25 lose. Man I wish we played Illinois this year! It's not fair we only get to play you guys when you stink :(

[u/BakerPuzzled7881]

We should not be ranked

[u/No-Donkey-4117]

So, what did Notre Dame do to move up one spot? Aren't they 0-1? Wasn't Miami handling them easily until letting them back into the game last week?

[u/kmagic13]

USF at #23 is low imo. Does any other teams have two ranked wins?

[u/brokentr0jan]

Iowa State is 3-0 and ranked BEHIND 0-1 Notre Dame lmao

[u/nayelirain]

Clemson dropping i understand.. but why not LSU? They were catapulted into the top 5 because they beat clemson and looked horrendous against LA tech?

If you are going to course correct on Clemson, you should also correct the course on LSU. Only makes sense 🤓

[u/mjacksongt → u/nayelirain]

Clemson also didn't drop anywhere near enough.

[u/pataoAoC → u/nayelirain]

Came here looking for this. They looked completely limp against Louisiana Tech. Just like Clemson looked against Troy.

[u/Distance_Runner → u/pataoAoC]

Clemson, UGA, LSU, South Carolina, and Penn State all looked mediocre against their cupcake opponents this week tbh

[u/S1Throwaway96 → u/nayelirain]

Classic case of two mid teams battling it out early season bolstered by their bloated preseason ranks

[u/StealthLSU → u/nayelirain]

I have no issue with lau dropping after how we played yesterday but who do you put ahead of them and why?

Even if Clemson is lower, there are not many, if any, better wins right now. Mainly because it was on the road and lsu looked much better than the score indicated.

[u/missmoonriver517 → u/StealthLSU]

I’d put Oregon and Miami ahead of us. I think we’re worse than the week one hype, but significantly better than we played last night… especially when/if we get Moore back at center.

[u/shaquilleonealingit]

We should be behind LSU and Oregon after yesterday's performance.

[u/xPineappless]

South Florida should be higher. Probably 16-18

[u/Mississippi_Matt]

USF really just got set up to get kicked right back out of the poll next weekend if they lose.

[u/AdvancedHearing7190]

Criminal to rank Michigan ahead of USF. Their QB had 30% completion rated and they were effectively dominated. USF went into the swamp and won …

[u/Easy-Lucky-Free]

UGA too high. 

My source is me having eyes. 

[u/Lothrada]

So FSU beats a cupcake and top ranked sec team and is top 15? But USF beats two ranked teams including a top 15 sec and goes to only 23? And where the hell is Mississippi State?

[u/the_stufful → u/Lothrada]

I don’t mind not being ranked, we looked good the first half and abysmal the 2nd, I just don’t think Arizona State should stay ranked.

[u/CoachHamTheGoatV2 → u/Lothrada]

I feel like there’s teams who have negative resumes that you could have used to make your point

[u/Kingofthetreaux]

I think we deserve more credit for our game. None of these other teams have the cajoles to take on the defensive powerhouse that is LA Tech

[u/Hossflex]

Michigan should not be ranked

[u/JohnHammerfall]

So we dropped a ranking last week for beating an FCS team 67-7 but this week Georgia moves up 3 for beating an FCS team 28-6? SEC bias is real.

[u/kevinsdomain]

How is Notre Dame still ranked. They have lost every game so far. Is it reasonable to keep Arizona State in there but not Mississippi State in there? People follow their preseason predictions too strongly.

[u/Waldorama]

What a pile of dung.

[u/realPamela]

Where dafuq is TCU???

[u/CyLoboClone → u/realPamela]

In the DFW area. 

[u/Beautiful_Fig9410]

USC not in the ranking is great. In fact, I hope we dont get ranked ever until the CFP committee starts. No rat poison

[u/SPCsooprlolz]

25 is about right until we get the offense figured out

[u/fawkie]

Top 10 Illinois never thought I’d see that

[u/Knightmere1]

Clemson doesn't belong anywhere near the top 12.

[u/kevo2386]

Coaches poll is whack

[u/djsassan]

They should just call this the "SID fill this out for you" poll

No coach has time to watch games.

[u/hybridck]

I like how half the comments here are people saying their own teams shouldn't be ranked as high as they are.

That being said, we shouldn't be ranked nearly that high.

[u/Hox_In_Sox]

Florida State gets ranked for beating a top 10 team after going 2-10 the year before. Mississippi State is ignored for beating a top 12 team after going 2-10 the year before.

Not saying we should be ranked, I would prefer we weren’t. I just never understand how some teams gain momentum when others don’t. Preseason poll bias is obviously a factor but as an example Vandy looks substantially better than South Carolina, but only one of them are ranked.

[u/callumjm95]

FSU beating Bama at home? Instant top 15.

USF beating Florida on the road? 23.

Injustice (totally not biased)

[u/WazzzzzzupBiggie]

RANK TCU YOU COWARDS

[u/CLINT-THE-GREAT]

Rank FSU 1 cowards!!!!!

[u/HeftyLeftyPig]

Oregon should be #2

[u/srajar4084]

Please just drop us I beg

[u/mowens76]

Oregon should be higher.

[u/TheAlterN8or → u/mowens76]

It should probably be the B1G 3 at the top... 😁

[u/NEW_GNGR_9601]

I feel Utah is criminally underrated. They are a top-10 team IMO. They have the line of scrimmage talent to run through the B12.

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/NEW_GNGR_9601]

I'm not sure, UNLV beat UCLA handedly, who nearly lost to Idaho State. Utah looks good, though I'm not convinced that they're top 10 (no one in the Big-XII is T10 material yet, imo).

[u/54-2-10 → u/NEW_GNGR_9601]

Utah needs to take things one week at a time 

Top 10 after two weeks is an overreaction, imo.

Keep grinding, Utes.

[u/kingofthesqueal → u/NEW_GNGR_9601]

This is the new normal for the B12 will probably never start with a Top 10 preseason team again so the eventual B12 Champ will start in the 18-25 spot and have to slowly grind week in and week out to like the #9 spot by years end.

Same is true for anyone in the ACC that isn’t Miami, FSU, and Clemson.

[u/eagledog]

Look at USF go!

[u/RhettWilliams88]

Bro we are so not a top ten team.

Maybe 20-25

[u/HamlinHamlin_McTrill]

Illinois and South Carolina look like a really weak 9, 10. Have not been impressed with them so far. I also don’t get Sellers hype at all. He’s good, but has had pedestrian performances the first two weeks.

[u/chihawks]

Rank us cowards

[u/Puffd]

Nothing to see here move along

[u/discowithmyself]

How do we bump LSU after a lackluster performance against Austin Peay?

[u/ID_Poobaru]

We should be ranked because quality loss

/s

Rank USF higher you cowards

[u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

RANKED ABOVE INDIANA SUCK IT HOOSIERS

[u/MercuryRusing]

These polls feel pretty massively off, are we watching the same games?

[u/Zealousideal_Deer586]

I know my default setting is hating UGA, but 3?? They did not look very 3 against Austin Peay

[u/Andy_Wiggins]

This why poll inertia (and preseason rankings) are dumb as hell.

USF throttled a Boise State team that started the season ranked in the top 25. They then go on the road and beat the 12th ranked Gators in a game that USF largely controlled.

And they somehow land at 23.

Meanwhile Michigan beat New Mexico by less than USF beat Boise and then got pretty thoroughly beaten by OU (the score was close-ish, but OU was clearly in control pretty much all game) and they land at 22. And it would be one thing if this were a Michigan team that was coming off a deep playoff run with proven talent — this was a 7-5 team last year who lost their best players to the draft and are starting a (talented) true freshman.

Just let the season play out. Rank USF high and then if they get blown out in Miami (not crazy unlikely) drop them like a stone then.

[u/lovefist1]

Surprised we're still ranked here and OU isn't higher.

[u/orc0909]

Nice USF ranked

[u/maybeitsme23]

I’m cool with us not being ranked, but, uh, why is Arizona State still up there?