Rankings Drop?
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Has to be remembered that these early rankings are all based on early context. They can’t make assumptions about who is good and who isn’t yet.
Hey, it’s good news for us though. If we get things moving we won’t be far away from our goals.
Right? Obviously if teams shut down the run their offense will have a tough time, as evidenced on Saturday. Thus far their defense has shown up and they may have the best group of special teams in all of football. Their punter will probably have a 20 year NFL career and the kicker drilled that 51 yarder (coverage was also outstanding).
Who do you argue is ahead of them based on schedules thus far? Tamu (who was overrated to beging with)? The other SEC teams with the typical early season second rate schedules? Thus far Oregon, Iowa, and Georgia have had the most impressive victories in college football. No surprise they have been justly rewarded.
I wouldn’t get my hopes up on Florida dropping.
The problem is this: The AP poll is supposed to be a ranking of playing strength, not a ranking of accomplishment.
If Team A beats three ranked teams and Team B beats the bottom three, but Team B is the stronger team, then Team B is supposed to be ranked ahead of Team A despite Team A's clearly stronger resume. In other words, the AP poll is supposed to predict the future, not judge the past. Accomplishments provide evidence that inform this judgment, but they aren't the whole story. So I am very hesitant to use the language of "deserve their ranking for now." Either they are correctly ranked now or they aren't. Nevertheless, I know what you mean: Given all the unknowns at this point, their accomplishments probably outweigh the other factors that go into estimating playing strength.
Realistically Florida shouldn’t drop and possibly move up. On the flip side Notre Dame (yes they are winning, which is what matters) would drop if I were ranking them. They have beaten absolutely nobody and Toledo, who should have won that game against them, got pummeled by winless Colorado State. Florida State gave them everything they wanted too and are 0-3 with back to back horrible losses.
They almost beat Alabama, so I doubt they drop more than a spot, if at all. I think they stay where they are and we move up one due to UCLA's loss.
Hate the hoks but have you watched Clemson this year..?Just as bad offensively as Iowa. Barely beat a bad Georgia Tech team last night.
Florida won't drop I don't think they will punish them for almost taking bama to OT
You lose you should drop in the rankings. The only exception to this is if the teams right behind you have one additional loss than you.
Actually makes perfect sense to me. We need to beat someone with a pulse. Maybe that starts next week.
