Hawks deserve to be ranked
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Beat the Badgers to crack 23-25.
Lose to UW and win the next two to break back to the same 23-25.
Lose to UW and win the next two to break back to the same 23-25.
They came in at around 39th in votes after week 2. Probably may move up to around 30-35 area. May need to hit around 6-7 wins with 1 loss before we are considered rankable.
the line play of iowa keeps them down a little, they need to step that up slightly
Votes, yeah. Ranked...don't think so. Crush, Kill and Destroy next week, then let's talk.
I personally think we are deserving (mainly because I was impressed with what ISU and Pitt threw at us and we still managed to win). But we won't be jumping any teams above us just by beating non-ranked teams even if they were P-5 teams. We need teams above us to lose.
Probably premature for them to be ranked, although I think they're better than a good number of ranked teams. That said, I think Pitt will prove to be a very good team. I think they'll be in the hunt to win the ACC. In hindsight, I think this will be a very, very good win. That Pitt team is for real on both sides of the ball and have some serious playmakers.
Handle North Texas and pull out a win against Wisky at Wisky and we'll crack the top 25. Won't do it before that though.
Agreed with above. No reason to think Iowa will be ranked unless we beat Wisky at their place....
Agree. The D-line will obviously get a boost with Ott in the rotation, but we need a better push on D and better protection from the O-line. CJ is playing great, but he'll struggle to get the ball out and get really beat up in the Big Ten if we can't give him better pass protection. That said, I do think this was a Big Ten level team we just played, so while we do need to shore up our line play, I don't think we have a real long ways to go in that area.
Side note: If the Hawks played in the SEC they would be around 20'ish next week by default. Doesn't matter if you played anyone of note, as long as you're in the SEC you get like a 10 spot on the ranking scale.
Don't be surprised if they are ranked in the coaches poll if they beat North Texas. Odds are wisconsin will be ranked and if they can get two ranked teams playing each other it will be good for tv and good for conference revenue.
Doesn't matter if you're favored. You're in the SEC, automatic 10 spot in the preseason polls.
Beat north Texas and the Badgers and we will be ranked. No real quality wins yet so I have no problem with us not being ranked yet.
They could, but nothing I saw the first 3 weeks makes me think they will. High end, 7-5 with a 5-3 ACC record, more realistically 6-6 or 5-7.
This thread is an amazing change of pace, are all the crazies still sleeping off their hangovers? Great to read posts with common sense and fact driven opinions.
Missouri. Struggled with Arkansas St and UCONN. Auburn would be favored for sure over us but they shouldn't be ranked. They are ranked because they are in the SEC and their name is Auburn. Arkansas no longer ranked but obviously over rated at the beginning of the year. ,
Pitt does play in the ACC coastal which is easier than big 10 west so you never know
After years of mediocrity it's going to take a lot more than 3 wins over middle of the pack to bad teams to get up there. A win over Wisconsin would start to get peoples attention.
I haven't seen them yet but two things I am hearing about rankings this week that pretty much sum up college football and how its an unfair playing field.
Stanford 2-1/USC 2-1. Stanford whips USC on their home field and I am hearing USC is still ranked ahead of them. Why? Because their name is USC.
Auburn is still ranked. They needed overtime to beat Jacksonville State and got destroyed by LSU on their home field. Still ranked. Why? Because their name is Auburn.
Stanford 2-1/USC 2-1. Stanford whips USC on their home field and I am hearing USC is still ranked ahead of them. Why? Because their name is USC.
Auburn is still ranked. They needed overtime to beat Jacksonville State and got destroyed by LSU on their home field. Still ranked. Why? Because their name is Auburn.
And this is the problem with the polls. It should have absolutely nothing to do with last year. They shouldn't even put polls out until mid October.
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