Polls and SBC teams
This week, no SBC team is receiving any votes in the AP poll but Buffalo seems to impress some voters. I think the overall perception of the conference really hurts some teams here (App St, Ark St, Troy). Not saying these teams should be ranked, but at least they shoud receive some votes.
What do you all think would it take for us to get ranked earlier in the season? Probably having two signature wins vs P5 teams and/or vs Top 25 teams would get an SBC team ranked at #24 or #25 by week 3 or 4 - but assume your top wins are against 0-3 Nebraska, Tulsa, UNLV, USM - in this case the SBC team probably would have to be 7-0, 8-1, 9-1, in order to get ranked.
Now, I think it's mostly about perception and publicity (sometimes just winning is not enough). So if your conference is holding you back, then you need to create some individual publicity by hiring a name coach (eg Kiffin and FAU) or add a big time transfer (think Moss/Marshall) so your team would be included in future Heisman discussions. In this case, I would argue being 3-0 or 4-1 would already get you ranked. Currently, this would be the only way for SBC teams to get ranked earlier in the season without beating top ranked P5 teams...
AP Top 25
Others receiving votes: Colorado 83, Boise State 58, Virginia Tech 55, South Florida 50, Oklahoma State 44, Texas A&M 41, Iowa 31, South Carolina 31, Florida 29, NC State 28, Syracuse 25, TCU 24, Cincinnati 10, North Texas 10, Utah 9, Missouri 7, Ole Miss 7, Maryland 6, Buffalo 6, San Diego State 5, Arizona State 4
(This post was last modified: 09-23-2018 04:31 PM by T2003.)
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