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Up to #27 and just a few votes out of 25.

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Here's some keys - top ranked G5 conference members...

26 Marshall
27 Appy St / Cincinnati
37 Air Force

10 Arkansas

We're right where we want to be in terms of taking the top G5 conference spot. Hopefully, Indiana beats WKY at home Saturday and we play them 3-0. The longer/more Arkansas keeps winning helps us too. That ND win won't turn out so good for Marshall in the end - ND's remaining schedule is just brutal. Appy St lost at home to North Carolina even though that was a huge win in College Station. A lot of football to go but not too shabby as long as we keep winning at a good clip.

Tons of teams ahead of us with loseable games this weekend

13 Miami vs. 24 A&M
16 NC State vs. 2-0 Texas Tech (though they'd likely jump in with a win)
22 Penn State at 2-0 Auburn
25 Oregon facing off against 12 BYU

I think my prediction of us being back in the rankings at 3-1 still wins out.

(09-11-2022 01:45 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Here's some keys - top ranked G5 conference members...

26 Marshall
27 Appy St / Cincinnati
37 Air Force

10 Arkansas

We're right where we want to be in terms of taking the top G5 conference spot. Hopefully, Indiana beats WKY at home Saturday and we play them 3-0. The longer/more Arkansas keeps winning helps us too. That ND win won't turn out so good for Marshall in the end - ND's remaining schedule is just brutal. Appy St lost at home to North Carolina even though that was a huge win in College Station. A lot of football to go but not too shabby as long as we keep winning at a good clip.

At this point we need to root for SMU to keep winning and Marshall to stumble. We need that quality win, and right now it looks like Marshall could be the only G5 team who could take that NY6 spot away. SMU beating Maryland and TCU in the next 2 weeks would be huge. Marshall is going to get a bump if they beat App St. later in the season.

(09-11-2022 04:42 PM)Cat-Man Wrote:  

(09-11-2022 01:45 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Here's some keys - top ranked G5 conference members...

26 Marshall
27 Appy St / Cincinnati
37 Air Force

10 Arkansas

We're right where we want to be in terms of taking the top G5 conference spot. Hopefully, Indiana beats WKY at home Saturday and we play them 3-0. The longer/more Arkansas keeps winning helps us too. That ND win won't turn out so good for Marshall in the end - ND's remaining schedule is just brutal. Appy St lost at home to North Carolina even though that was a huge win in College Station. A lot of football to go but not too shabby as long as we keep winning at a good clip.

At this point we need to root for SMU to keep winning and Marshall to stumble. We need that quality win, and right now it looks like Marshall could be the only G5 team who could take that NY6 spot away. SMU beating Maryland and TCU in the next 2 weeks would be huge. Marshall is going to get a bump if they beat App St. later in the season.

Bolded so true. But can we count on any team in the American not named UC to go beat P5 teams? SMU has folded in the big games in conference in recent years.

While I think UC will climb back into the rankings as early as next week with a drubbing of the Redhawks, it's just way too early to try sorting out the G5/NY6 leaders after week two.

We probably are a top 25 team (if Arkansas is 10 we certainly are) but we're in a reasonable spot right now and we get a ton of respect from the polls. Win the next few weeks and we'll be on the move.

AP and coaches have us at 27
CBS has us at 24

Arkansas at 10 and 11

Take care of Miami an UC should rejoin Top 25

#12 BYU BEATS #25 OR
#13 MIAMI BEATS @ #21 TX

Pitt is at Western Michigan

(09-13-2022 05:21 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Pitt is at Western Michigan

They'll probably lose anyway.

You have to imagine Tennessee starts getting beatup in SEC play. We need them and UK to get a few conference losses.

I don't like seeing UK ahead of us in football given that we have some recruiting battles with them.

28 Appy St
31 Cincinnati

We need to really take Indiana to the woodshed on Saturday. That would help make a statement to the voters and get us to 3-1.

(09-18-2022 01:45 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  28 Appy St
31 Cincinnati

We need to really take Indiana to the woodshed on Saturday. That would help make a statement to the voters and get us to 3-1.

Computers love us. Vegas still has us as a top 20 team. Voters are behind because of early loss

(09-18-2022 02:31 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(09-18-2022 01:45 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  28 Appy St
31 Cincinnati

We need to really take Indiana to the woodshed on Saturday. That would help make a statement to the voters and get us to 3-1.

Computers love us. Vegas still has us as a top 20 team. Voters are behind because of early loss

It feels like the voters want someone else to take the G5 mantle. I get that Appy St beat TXAM but they really should've had their second loss at home to Troy. The good news is there's a lot of football to play...

(09-18-2022 02:35 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(09-18-2022 02:31 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(09-18-2022 01:45 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  28 Appy St
31 Cincinnati

We need to really take Indiana to the woodshed on Saturday. That would help make a statement to the voters and get us to 3-1.

Computers love us. Vegas still has us as a top 20 team. Voters are behind because of early loss

It feels like the voters want someone else to take the G5 mantle. I get that Appy St beat TXAM but they really should've had their second loss at home to Troy. The good news is there's a lot of football to play...

I don't have a huge issue with uc's ranking. Uc is probably somewhere between the 15th-25th best team in the country. They'll get there eventually if they play like it. The polls have mostly been good to us under Fickell

Beat IU and climb; thrash IU and make a splash for the pollsters. The Hoosiers get sprinkled with that magic pixie dust wearing that B10 logo on the jersey. It didn't impress Washington yesterday when they took down a ranked MSU from the B10. Here's hoping the Nipp provides the usual lift Saturday.

Through Games SEP. 25, 2022
RANK
SCHOOL
POINTS
PREVIOUS
RECORD
1 Alabama (25) 1,523 2 5-0
2 Georgia (28) 1,521 1 5-0
3 Ohio State (10) 1,488 3 5-0
4 Michigan 1,348 4 5-0
5 Clemson 1,345 5 5-0
6 Southern California 1,233 6 5-0
7 Oklahoma State 1,182 9 4-0
8 Tennessee 1,129 8 4-0
9 Ole Miss 1,068 14 5-0
10 Penn State 959 11 5-0
11 Utah 884 12 4-1
12 Oregon 872 13 4-1
13 Kentucky 832 7 4-1
14 NC State 691 10 4-1
15 Wake Forest 627 22 4-1
16 BYU 604 19 4-1
17 TCU 514 NR 4-0
18 UCLA 510 NR 5-0
19 Kansas 476 NR 5-0
20 Kansas State 417 25 4-1
21 Washington 180 15 4-1
22 Syracuse 173 NR 5-0
23 Mississippi State 164 NR 4-1
24 Cincinnati 134 NR 4-1
25 LSU 108 NR 4-1
Others receiving votes: Washington State 91, Baylor 88, Florida State 78, Arkansas 76, James Madison 39, Florida 37, Maryland 25, Coastal Carolina 17, Minnesota 14, Tulane 9, Illinois 6, North Carolina 5, Texas A&M 4, Purdue 2, Oklahoma 2

26th in the Coaches

Back in at 24 in AP!

The AP is the one that matters until the CFP poll comes out.