11-16-2023, 02:06 PM
Not an NIU direct topic, but more adjacent...
Meanwhile Notre Dame is 7-3 and we're supposed to believe they're the 20th best program in the country with such illustrious wins over (checks notes):
Plus Oklahoma State is 7-3 and #24. After losses to Southern Alabama, Iowa State and UCF.
I know there is always ND bias, and the whole poll thing has been debated before, but dang this year seems genuinely way out of whack at the moment.
- Liberty is undefeated and holding at #25.
- Toledo is 10-1 and hasn't cracked the top 25.
- James Madison is undefeated and sitting at #18
- Troy is 8-2
- Iowa is 8-2 and not on the AP poll... somehow
Meanwhile Notre Dame is 7-3 and we're supposed to believe they're the 20th best program in the country with such illustrious wins over (checks notes):
- 4-5 Navy
- 6-4 FCS Tennessee State
- 5-6 Central Michigan (yeah... i know... save it)
- 2-8 Pitt
Plus Oklahoma State is 7-3 and #24. After losses to Southern Alabama, Iowa State and UCF.
I know there is always ND bias, and the whole poll thing has been debated before, but dang this year seems genuinely way out of whack at the moment.