Re: Rankings

[skiodie]

I have no problem with the Big Ten getting the top 2 spots in the Rankings maybe the order but no problem with it.
I do have a problem with the writers and their love fest with SEC OLE MISS jumping 12 spots to 3 just because the beat the MIGHTY BAMA in Bama come on now.

Am I correct or am I losing it.

[Deleted]

Losing it. Miss looked great against a great team on that teams home turf. I actually like that they're willing to shift the board so much early on. It makes it seem more like they're paying attention rather than going through the motions.

[keln]

I dunno, Ole Miss looked pretty good, but Bama looked just plain awful. It's hard to say if Ole Miss is really that good or if it was just Alabama laying a stinker. Knowing their history, they'll probably drop their next game against a decent opponent (Texas A&M most likely). I do think ranking them #3 is way too premature when you still have teams like TCU, Baylor, and Notre Shame to consider, but they deserve maybe #5 or 6 for now.

[Deleted]

This is why ranking should not come out until week 4 or so. If they did it that way, the top 5 would look something like this

LSU
MSU
Ole Miss
TCU
OSU

I still think OSU has the ability to play like the top team, but they have played one good half of football so far, and it was against a back up QB

[mikeytbuckeyes]

As has been said earlier, I like that they are willing to make dramatic shifts in rankings based on on-the-field performances. Since it is week 3 and we really don't know who the actual contenders are yet, being flexible with the rankings (which are irrelevant anyways) is good.
As far as Ole Miss is concerned, I don't think they are as good as people are saying right now. Here is why:
1) They won the turnover battle 5-0 and still almost lost.
2) The things that won them the game cannot be relied upon week in and week out (carelessness in handling the ball by the ball carriers of the other teams, fluke plays)
3) Their QB was a gamer but showed when pressured he's still prone to chuck it up and pray (like he did at Clemson). Luck will eventually run out.
4) Their secondary is suspect as it allowed Bama to get back into the game multiple times.

What I took from that game is Alabama still hasn't addressed their issues in the secondary. That was a big part of why they lost (and the 5 turnovers).

With all that said, I don't know a team in the top 7 or 8 that hasn't shown flaws in its game. We all know of tOSU's issues, TCU doesn't seem to have a legit D, MSU still seems to have issues in its secondary, Baylor doesn't play D,FSU has unpredictable play at QB. Really we could dissect pretty much every team right now. It's not like Texas in 05, USC in 04,or teams like those where they were solid all around.
So, bottom line for me is I'll wait to be upset about any rankings until week 8 or 9 when we see teams for what they really are.

[angrybaldman]

Ole Miss moving up that many spots is pretty dumb, but so are polls this early.

I posted Sagarin rankings last year, but I can't even deal with his idiocy this year.

He has 4! SEC teams in his top 5. Miss, Bama, Georgia, OSU, LSU. USC is sixth despite their lose.

[WANG]

Sept 20, 2015 17:17:05 GMT -5 @cincycanesfan said:

This is why ranking should not come out until week 4 or so. If they did it that way, the top 5 would look something like this

LSU
MSU
Ole Miss
TCU
OSU

I still think OSU has the ability to play like the top team, but they have played one good half of football so far, and it was against a back up QB

Their OFFENSE has played one good half of football.

Their D has been stellar all season.

[WANG]

Sept 20, 2015 17:37:36 GMT -5 angrybaldman said:

Ole Miss moving up that many spots is pretty dumb, but so are polls this early.

I posted Sagarin rankings last year, but I can't even deal with his idiocy this year.

He has 4! SEC teams in his top 5. Miss, Bama, Georgia, OSU, LSU. USC is sixth despite their lose.

According to Sargarin himself, the rankings are NOT supposed to be an early season measure of team strengths. They require data from a whole (or at least most of) a season to be accurate. He would probably say his top 5 right now aren't truly the best 5 in CFB.

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Sept 20, 2015 17:30:52 GMT -5 mikeytbuckeyes said:

As has been said earlier, I like that they are willing to make dramatic shifts in rankings based on on-the-field performances. Since it is week 3 and we really don't know who the actual contenders are yet, being flexible with the rankings (which are irrelevant anyways) is good.
As far as Ole Miss is concerned, I don't think they are as good as people are saying right now. Here is why:
1) They won the turnover battle 5-0 and still almost lost.
2) The things that won them the game cannot be relied upon week in and week out (carelessness in handling the ball by the ball carriers of the other teams, fluke plays)
3) Their QB was a gamer but showed when pressured he's still prone to chuck it up and pray (like he did at Clemson). Luck will eventually run out.
4) Their secondary is suspect as it allowed Bama to get back into the game multiple times.

What I took from that game is Alabama still hasn't addressed their issues in the secondary. That was a big part of why they lost (and the 5 turnovers).

With all that said, I don't know a team in the top 7 or 8 that hasn't shown flaws in its game. We all know of tOSU's issues, TCU doesn't seem to have a legit D, MSU still seems to have issues in its secondary, Baylor doesn't play D,FSU has unpredictable play at QB. Really we could dissect pretty much every team right now. It's not like Texas in 05, USC in 04,or teams like those where they were solid all around.
So, bottom line for me is I'll wait to be upset about any rankings until week 8 or 9 when we see teams for what they really are.

Well said, and yet another reason why they should wait a few weeks before the rankings come out.