Link below. Talks about three underrated teams and three overrated teams in this week's ranking. Like most sportswriters' opinions, it proves nothing and means nothing, but still.
Personally, I'm perfectly happy with a #9 ranking at this point of the year. I don't see anyone in the current top-10 that we should be ranked ahead of...except possibly Oregon, which is trading on its preseason status but has looked underwhelming at times during its first few games:
Throughout the first month of the season, Penn State has remained an ever-present part of the College Football Playoff picture. Not once have I thought about moving them outside of the top 12. My thought is Penn State is way too talented on both sides of the ball and at all levels of its coaching staff to be any lower than a top-eight team in the country. They may be the Big Ten's second best!
Bret Bielema is flexing on other quality coaches during this impressive start to the season. Luke Altmyer continues to impress at quarterback with every passing game. While I am not sure what this team's ceiling is, the Illini are comfortably a bowl team, one that should have staying power in the top 25 throughout the season. They need to be closer to No. 15 than closer to No. 19 sitting at No. 20.
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Personally, I'm perfectly happy with a #9 ranking at this point of the year. I don't see anyone in the current top-10 that we should be ranked ahead of...except possibly Oregon, which is trading on its preseason status but has looked underwhelming at times during its first few games:
No. 9 is way too low for Penn State Nittany Lions
The Penn State disrespect needs to stop. Of course, if the Nittany Lions lose at home next week to the upstart Illinois Fighting Illini, that will be a moot point. But after wiping the floor with Kent State, who might be the worst team in FBS, that close call with Bowling Green shouldn't feel so punitive. After all, the Falcons took what I think is a halfway decent Texas A&M team to the brink on Saturday.Throughout the first month of the season, Penn State has remained an ever-present part of the College Football Playoff picture. Not once have I thought about moving them outside of the top 12. My thought is Penn State is way too talented on both sides of the ball and at all levels of its coaching staff to be any lower than a top-eight team in the country. They may be the Big Ten's second best!
No. 19 is way too low for Illinois Fighting Illini
I had a feeling that at least one team in the Big Ten was going to emerge as a serious threat to the perceived top five. Through the first month of the season, that team would undeniably be the Illinois Fighting Illini. Although Kansas seems to have fallen on hard times since the Week 2 defeat, as well as Nebraska not looking quite ready just yet, Illinois is playing with a ton of momentum up to this point.Bret Bielema is flexing on other quality coaches during this impressive start to the season. Luke Altmyer continues to impress at quarterback with every passing game. While I am not sure what this team's ceiling is, the Illini are comfortably a bowl team, one that should have staying power in the top 25 throughout the season. They need to be closer to No. 15 than closer to No. 19 sitting at No. 20.
AP Top 25: 3 teams ranked way too high, 3 teams ranked way too low entering Week 5
What a weekend it was in major college football! While most people will be talking about Michigan pulling off the home upset of USC, Kansas State lost to BYU wh
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