2016 Football Polls (Coaches/AP/CFP)

[Jimdish255]

Aresco was right today about Houston and the AAC. What a flipping joke for 2 teams they dominated to be way ahead of them. Anyone think Clemson wants to play Houston now?

 

[huskymedic]

Amway Coaches Poll (week 14 - 11/27)

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Washington
5. Wisconsin
6. Michigan
7. Oklahoma
8. Penn State
9. Colorado
10. Oklahoma St.
11. USC
12. Florida State
13. West Virginia
14. Western Michigan
15. Louisville
16. Florida
17. Stanford
18. Virginia Tech
19. Auburn
20. Navy
21. LSU
22. Nebraska
23. South Florida
24. Utah
25. Iowa

Others Receiving Votes:
Boise State 93; Houston 58; Pittsburgh 56; Washington State 44; Texas A&M 34; Miami (Fla.) 34; Temple 26; Tennessee 23; San Diego State 18; Air Force 12; North Carolina 9; Georgia Tech 9; Minnesota 6; Tulsa 5; Appalachian State 3; Western Kentucky 2; Wyoming 1; Middle Tennessee 1; Troy 1.

 

[J187Money]

Does Wisconsin make it if they win on Saturday? I think they need Washington to lose.

 

[Brochacho]

Does Wisconsin make it if they win on Saturday? I think they need Washington to lose.

Just my opinion, but if Wisconsin/Penn State, Washington, Clemson, and Alabama (in no matter what) all win their conference championships I think that is the CFP field. Best case scenario for us, because I think that will lead to larger schools clamoring for an 8 team field. I've always felt that an 8 team field with each P5 champ getting an auto bid, the best G5 school/champion getting an auto bid, and two at large schools.

 

[huskymedic]

AP Top 25 Poll (Week 14 - 11/27)

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Washington
5. Michigan
6. Wisconsin
7. Oklahoma
8. Penn State
9. Colorado
10. USC
11. Oklahoma State
12. Florida State
13. Western Michigan
14. West Virginia
15. Florida
16. Louisville
17. Stanford
18. Auburn
19. Virginia Tech
20. Navy
21. LSU
22. Iowa
23. Nebraska
T24. South Florida
T24. Pittsburgh

Others receiving votes:
Houston 98, Boise St. 92, Utah 88, Washington St. 35, Texas A&M 33, Air Force 22, Temple 21, Tennessee 12, Troy 7, Miami 5, Georgia Tech 2, Tulsa 1

 

[shizzle787]

Does Wisconsin make it if they win on Saturday? I think they need Washington to lose.

Probably not. They lost to Ohio St. who only has one loss.

 

[huskymedic]

College Football Playoff (Week 12 - 11/29)

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Washington
5. Michigan
6. Wisconsin
7. Penn State
8. Colorado
9. Oklahoma
10. Oklahoma State
11. Southern California
12. Florida State
13. Louisvillw
14. Auburn
15. Florida
16. West Virginia
17. Western Michigan
18. Stanford
19. Navy
20. Utah
21. LSU
22. Tennessee
23. Virginia Tech
24. Houston
25. Pittsburgh

 

[jbdphi]

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WMU at 17 and Navy at 19 ... I think Mids eventually pull ahead if they beat 9-3 Temple and 6-5 Army. 11-2, AAC >>> MAC.

 

[whaler11]

Absolute garbage if they send Navy over WMU. Total and complete garbage.

 

[UConnDan97]

Absolute garbage if they send Navy over WMU. Total and complete garbage.

Exactly.

Don't get me wrong; I think we have at least 3 better teams in our league than WMU (Navy, Temple, Houston) and possibly even 5 or 6 better teams (USF, Memphis, Tulsa). But if a team goes undefeated, how the frig can you not invite them?? It would be shameful...

 

[whaler11]

Exactly.

Don't get me wrong; I think we have at least 3 better teams in our league than WMU (Navy, Temple, Houston) and possibly even 5 or 6 better teams (USF, Memphis, Tulsa). But if a team goes undefeated, how the frig can you not invite them?? It would be shameful...

FWIW the composite computer rankings have WMU ahead of all 6.

From 11 slots ahead of USF to 30 slots ahead of Memphis.

 

[UConnDan97]

FWIW the composite computer rankings have WMU ahead of all 6.

From 11 slots ahead of USF to 30 slots ahead of Memphis.

Yeah, that's nice and all, but I've seen WMU play. It would be tough to argue that they would win that game, and I'm guessing that Vegas would underdog them too.

Still, an undefeated team deserves to play...

 

[whaler11]

Yeah, that's nice and all, but I've seen WMU play. It would be tough to argue that they would win that game, and I'm guessing that Vegas would underdog them too.

Still, an undefeated team deserves to play...

Which game? They would def be favored over Tulsa & Memphis, probably over Temple and a pretty short dog against the other three.

They are better than you are giving them credit for.

 

[UConnDan97]

Which game? They would def be favored over Tulsa & Memphis, probably over Temple and a pretty short dog against the other three.

They are better than you are giving them credit for.

I'm not saying they're no good. I'm saying they'd likely be a dog to four teams in our conference (and you think they'd be a dog to three of our teams). In other words, the majority of people would share the belief that they are not the best G5 team.

Still, having said that, they should absolutely be the chosen representative if they stay undefeated...

 

[jbdphi]

I haven't seen any WMU games but it's hard not to notice that their biggest win of the year was against Northwestern to start the season (by a point) - that same Northwestern team went on to lose to FCS Illinois State the following week. The old mantra "they haven't played anybody" would certainly apply to WMU given the general weakness of the MAC. No disrespect intended to PJ Fleck or what his team has accomplished but the current scheduling realities don't allow the boundaries of their upside to be proven outside of a few non-conference games early in the season.

From an AAC / UConn perspective, isn't it in our best interest to have Navy pass them (rightly or wrongly) and play a NY6 Bowl? The American has had a good year (both in results and in perception) and if it is able to get rewarded for that with a New Year's Bowl, it is certainly better for us. Unfortunately, college football is all about the haves and have nots and the AAC needs to push to have as much as it can get, including this NY6 Bowl game.

 

[freescooter]

So let's see. Houston beat the #9 and number 13 both quite handily thank you very much but is ranked far below and Ohio State and Michigan might both be in thrvFinal Four yet neither is good enough to make the B10 championship. Eventually this mess will collapse of its own stupidity or expand to a real live tournament. I'm guessing ratings are on life support within 3-4 years.

 

[J187Money]

I think it goes to 8 soon - it has to.

 

[freescooter]

Ratings for the championship game were off 25% last year and will probably be down another 10% this year. Nobody cares about the first round and playing it on New Years Eve guarantees it will be a disaster. If it is the same teams year after year and It certainly looks like at least 2 of last year's teams wii be back and maybe 3, it won't help. Replays of previous game if say Michigan were to sneak in need live up to the hype either. This whole mess looks like a worse and worse idea every year. It started out as a solution in search of a problem and went from there.

 

[J187Money]

I would imagine that the ratings this weekend will benefit, no?

 

[BlueandOG]

Playoff with 4 sucks
Keep it fresh with 2 new teams
Ratings are our hope

 

[huskymedic]

AP Top 25 Poll (Week 15 12/4)

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Washington
5. Penn State
6. Michigan
7. Oklahoma
8. Wisconsin
9. USC
10. Florida State
11. Colorado
12. Western Michigan
13. Oklahoma St
14. West Virginia
15. Louisville
16. Stanford
17. Auburn
18. Va Tech
19. LSU
20. Florida
21. Iowa
22. Pittsburgh
23. Temple
24. Nebraska
25. South Florida

Others receiving votes:
Houston 101, Utah 99, Boise St. 95, Washington St. 31, Texas A&M 26, Air Force 20, Navy 15, Tennessee 12, San Diego St. 8, W. Kentucky 7, Miami 6, Georgia Tech 3, Kansas St. 2

 

[huskymedic]

Amway Coaches Poll (Week 15 - 12/4)

1. Alabama (56)
2. Ohio State
3. Clemson
4. Washington
5. Penn State
6. Michigan
7. Oklahoma
8. Wisconsin
9. USC
10. FSU
11. Colorado
12. West Virginia
13. Oklahoma State
14. Louisville
15. Western Michigan
16. Stanford
17. Auburn
18. Florida
19. Virginia Tech
20. LSU
21. Nebraska
22. South Florida
23. Utah
24. Temple
25. Iowa

Others Receiving Votes
Pittsburgh 56; Boise State 48; Houston 43; Navy 42; Washington State 39; San Diego State 33; Tennessee 33; Texas A&M 22; Western Kentucky 14; Miami (Fla.) 14; North Carolina 7; Kentucky 2; Appalachian State 2.

 

[huskymedic]

College Football Playoff Rankings:

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Ohio State
4. Washington
5. Penn State
6. Michigan
7. Oklahoma
8. Wisconsin
9. USC
10. Colorado
11. Florida State
12. Oklahoma State
13. Louisville
14. Auburn
15. Western Michigan
16. West Virgnia
17. Florida
18. Stanford
19. Utah
20. LSU
21. Tennessee
22. Virginia Tech
23. Pittsburgh
24. Temple
25. Navy

Semi-Finals:
Alabama vs. Washington in the Peach Bowl
Clemson vs. Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl

 

[J187Money]

That's a down year for the SEC. Auburn 2nd ranked SEC team at 14.

 

[huskymedic]

Final AP Top 25 Poll (1/10/17)

1. Clemson
2, Alabama
3. USC
4. Washington
5. Oklahoma
6. Ohio State
7. Penn State
8. Florida State
9. Wisconsin
10, Michigan
11. Oklahoma State
12. Stanford
13. LSU
14. Florida
15. Western Michigan
16. Virginia Tech
17. Colorado
18. West Virginia
19. USF
20. Miami (Fla.)
21. Louisville
22. Tennessee
23. Utah
24. Auburn
25. San Diego State

Others receiving votes: Kansas St. 83, Georgia Tech 47, Nebraska 38, W. Kentucky 32, Air Force 30, Pittsburgh 21, Boise St. 19, Iowa 14, Minnesota 12, Tulsa 10, BYU 9, Temple 8, Houston 8, North Carolina 8, Navy 1, Washington St. 1.