For what it's worth, USA Today rankings has Toledo at #55. Illinois comes in at #52

Others of note and from the MAC:
#57 - Ohio
#59 - Michigan State
#62 - Missouri
#65 - Eastern Michigan
#66 - Nebraska
#68 - Cincinnati
#78 - Buffalo
#80 - Marshall
#89 - Rutgers
#91 - Purdue
#93 - Indiana
#96 - Iowa State
#97 - Miami (Ohio)
#100 - Northern Ill
#109 - Bowling Green
#110 - Central Michigan
#116 - Boston College (puts a damper on the NIU win)
#119 - Ball State
#120 - Western Mich
#123 - Akron
#131 - Kent State

Interesting, but meaningless for the most part. Ranked ahead of 5 Big Ten teams and 41 spots ahead of Iowa State.

(09-05-2023 08:05 AM)MotoRocket Wrote:  For what it's worth, USA Today rankings has Toledo at #55. Illinois comes in at #52

Others of note and from the MAC:
#57 - Ohio
#59 - Michigan State
#62 - Missouri
#65 - Eastern Michigan
#66 - Nebraska
#68 - Cincinnati
#78 - Buffalo
#80 - Marshall
#89 - Rutgers
#91 - Purdue
#93 - Indiana
#96 - Iowa State
#97 - Miami (Ohio)
#100 - Northern Ill
#109 - Bowling Green
#110 - Central Michigan
#116 - Boston College (puts a damper on the NIU win)
#119 - Ball State
#120 - Western Mich
#123 - Akron
#131 - Kent State

Interesting, but meaningless for the most part. Ranked ahead of 5 Big Ten teams and 41 spots ahead of Iowa State.

Ahh the MAC, a couple borderline t50 schools and a couple bottom of the barrel schools, great parity we have!

ISU had a bunch of guys suspended for gambling, played a solid UNI team and pummeled em more than the 8 or 9 win ISU teams have. I think ISU beats Iowa 20-10 and then beats Ohio 31-17

Marshall struggles at home to beat a school called Albany and is #80.

App State needs the 4th qtr to pull away from a school called Gardner-Webb and is #38.

Ohio loses to SDSU and beats a FCS and they are #57.

There are many more in this ranking that are off but this is why rankings need to be based off who you have beat and not what you did last year or the name of your school.

(09-05-2023 12:07 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  Marshall struggles at home to beat a school called Albany and is #80.

App State needs the 4th qtr to pull away from a school called Gardner-Webb and is #38.

Ohio loses to SDSU and beats a FCS and they are #57.

There are many more in this ranking that are off but this is why rankings need to be based off who you have beat and not what you did last year or the name of your school.

That's right otherwise stuff like #18 ND beating BC(3-9) 44-0 in 2022 might be taken into account.

(09-05-2023 08:24 AM)PrettyGoodRocket Wrote:  

(09-05-2023 08:05 AM)MotoRocket Wrote:  For what it's worth, USA Today rankings has Toledo at #55. Illinois comes in at #52

Others of note and from the MAC:
#57 - Ohio
#59 - Michigan State
#62 - Missouri
#65 - Eastern Michigan
#66 - Nebraska
#68 - Cincinnati
#78 - Buffalo
#80 - Marshall
#89 - Rutgers
#91 - Purdue
#93 - Indiana
#96 - Iowa State
#97 - Miami (Ohio)
#100 - Northern Ill
#109 - Bowling Green
#110 - Central Michigan
#116 - Boston College (puts a damper on the NIU win)
#119 - Ball State
#120 - Western Mich
#123 - Akron
#131 - Kent State

Interesting, but meaningless for the most part. Ranked ahead of 5 Big Ten teams and 41 spots ahead of Iowa State.

Ahh the MAC, a couple borderline t50 schools and a couple bottom of the barrel schools, great parity we have!

Actually the Rockets are ranked higher than 6 big ten teams…
You forgot Northwestern !!

seems like once you get past top 25 or 30, the rest is pretty much a meaningless tossup-especially after just 1 game into season for most teams

An 0-1 Toledo at 55 is massive respect from voters.

(09-07-2023 07:19 PM)toledobigmike Wrote:  An 0-1 Toledo at 55 is massive respect from voters.

Rockets need to maintain that respect.

Yes by all means, roll on Rockets !!!