There's no final AP rankings after the playoffs and bowls?
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it was just released. We came in #5. Hard to argue with our ranking, honestly. I think TX and Oregon might beef with being ranked below ND though. We ended up playing 1, 2, 3, 8, 12, and 16th best teams in the nation. B1G ends up with 4 of the top 10. Five in the top 20.
another interesting takeaway. PSU didn't lose to a lower-rated team all year. Only Oregon can also make that claim.
Instead of "thinking" what others care or don't care about (i.e. projecting your opinion likely falsely onto others), try putting a poll thread out there and you would actually find out what "anyone cares"........
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I'm supposed to poll the players and coaches?
What's the impact of a poll after the season? Ohio State won the title beating ND. Penn State and Texas lost in the Final Four. Oregon, ASU, Georgia and Boise lost in the QFs. Clemson, Indiana, SMU and Tennessee lost in the first round--everyone else wasn't good enough. That's all that will be remembered--what happened on the field.
The entire purpose of the playoff is to make these polls irrelevant
I can’t imagine a single ND player/coach waking up this morning wondering where the Irish finished in the final AP Top 25.
I can’t imagine many people on the PSU campus chanting “We’re No.5” today, either.
I looked at the top ten, thought that’s about right, and quickly moved on.
I’d be more interested in knowing how many coaches who “vote” in the Coaches Poll never actually cast their vote themselves or even look at that poll. Guessing that percentage is up there.
I can’t imagine many people on the PSU campus chanting “We’re No.5” today, either.
I looked at the top ten, thought that’s about right, and quickly moved on.
I’d be more interested in knowing how many coaches who “vote” in the Coaches Poll never actually cast their vote themselves or even look at that poll. Guessing that percentage is up there.
Years from now, if people look back and see several years of top 5 finishes, they will say that was a good period for us. Not quite championship level, but very solid.
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apnews.com
What's this???
NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll
The official page for the AP Top 25 college football poll, a tradition since 1936. Keep up to date and view the latest ranking updates each week.
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I think we should be #4 over Texas. Notre Dame was better than Georgia, which beat Texas twice. We were just about as good as Notre Dame. Texas had to go to OT to beat ASU. We trounced both of our lower-tier CFP opponents. The only way you put Texas over us is if you look at the talent composite or pre-season rankings. On the field we were as good or better.
We had losses to #1,#2 and #3 by no more than 8 points.
Texas lost a game against #6 by 15, a game against #1 by 14 and a game against #6 with its backup QB who had to come in mid-game by 3.
And they'll see a Final Four appearance which is more meaningful than voters saying we were a top 5 team
I think we would beat Texas head to head and deserve a #4 ranking, but overall this season is a building block for further success next year.
