So where is PSU ranked next week?
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I think about 20, it helps that it was prime time and all eyes were on us
The whole country saw the difference it makes when your defense has its best linebackers playing since the first game of the season and the young guys on D improving from the beginning of the year. Without Bell and Cabinda we don't win, simple as that, might have even been a blowout if we can't shut down Ohio State's running game. We're not an elite team, but we are an improved, young and talented team with a lot of work to do, but not too far away.
OSU won't drop that fare and we'll get some votes. But who cares? The team is getting better every outing and that's what's important. Accolades come after the season, not during.
Guessing you will enter 20 or lower. As I recall you were not even receiving votes last week, voters have their pride...
ole Davey Jones would probably argue we shouldn't even be ranked. I know exactly what his next article is going to be like. Pointing out all the negatives from the game (offense couldn't get it going, Penn State got lucky, Ohio State lost the game as opposed to Penn State winning it, etc). He will forget to mention the fact that we had an easy chip shot FG blocked on first drive, then lost our TE for the rest of the half which really hurt, muffed a punt which gave OSU a free 3 points, snapped the ball in our end zone resulting in a safety and were without our best DE the entire first half) Also he will make it a point to mention the missed PI call at the end, but refuse to mention Ohio State's OL was holding basically the entire game. Both teams couldn't get much O going, played great defense and made some critical mistakes...just so happens that we were able to capitalize much better. OSU didn't dominate in aspect. They had one big long run on O and not much else. We didn't play even close to our best game, but with a few huge plays just found a way to win. The whiteout was a huge advantage.
Besides Ohio State and Texas A&M --- who have a 0% chance of completely dropping from the polls --- only 3 ranked teams lost this week:
(1) #11 Houston, which honestly should fall completely out of the polls, given the nature of their loss.
(2) #16 Arkansas. See the above note for Houston.
(3) #23 Ole Miss. Their 4th loss, and at #23, they were already pretty close to the precipice.
Colorado, Miami, OK State, Washington St and Virginia Tech were the Top 5 in "also receiving votes":
(1,2) VT beat Miami - that was the only loss among those 5. That win will definitely help VT, picking up Miami votes.
(3) CU beat Stanford today. Honestly, Colorado has probably done enough of late to get ranked.
(4) WSU won at Arizona State. A good win. WSU is pretty good and under the radar, but they do have the anchor of an FCS loss on their resume.
(5) OK State --- bleh. They're fairly decent, but beating Kansas, as they did today, doesn't exactly move the needle.
The next 4 teams in "also receiving votes" were South Florida, Stanford, Iowa, and Arizona State. They all lost. Beyond that, we're talking about teams that only have 5 points at most. Pittsburgh is among that bunch. They barely had support as is, and we'll jump all those teams.
It will be close. I could see us anywhere from #23 to unranked --- #23 seems to be the ceiling though. If I had to guess, I'd go with #24. Houston, Arkansas and Ole Miss dropping out. Colorado, VT and us moving in. Washington St and OK State remaining unranked.
(1) #11 Houston, which honestly should fall completely out of the polls, given the nature of their loss.
(2) #16 Arkansas. See the above note for Houston.
(3) #23 Ole Miss. Their 4th loss, and at #23, they were already pretty close to the precipice.
Colorado, Miami, OK State, Washington St and Virginia Tech were the Top 5 in "also receiving votes":
(1,2) VT beat Miami - that was the only loss among those 5. That win will definitely help VT, picking up Miami votes.
(3) CU beat Stanford today. Honestly, Colorado has probably done enough of late to get ranked.
(4) WSU won at Arizona State. A good win. WSU is pretty good and under the radar, but they do have the anchor of an FCS loss on their resume.
(5) OK State --- bleh. They're fairly decent, but beating Kansas, as they did today, doesn't exactly move the needle.
The next 4 teams in "also receiving votes" were South Florida, Stanford, Iowa, and Arizona State. They all lost. Beyond that, we're talking about teams that only have 5 points at most. Pittsburgh is among that bunch. They barely had support as is, and we'll jump all those teams.
It will be close. I could see us anywhere from #23 to unranked --- #23 seems to be the ceiling though. If I had to guess, I'd go with #24. Houston, Arkansas and Ole Miss dropping out. Colorado, VT and us moving in. Washington St and OK State remaining unranked.
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I'm thinking around No. 20. That win was over the No. 2 team. The Lions should jump into the poll with both feet after that.
