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The Athletic: Ranking 136 college football teams entering 2025, from Penn State to Kent State

GM fans! Today's update from TA. Ten of TA's top 25 lost last week.

UConn up to 3rd place among opponents.

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CBS Sports - and some notables

67 UConn -10
35 Duke +8
59 Temple +22
78 Cuse -8
80 Rutgers -8
92 Rice +15
93 Delaware +6
96 UNC -5
101 WVU -9
102 FAU +4
105 Air Force
106 bcu -9
107 FIU -12
113 UAB +2
114 Buffalo -10
129 Ball State -4
 
A quick Sunday update before the rankings are released tomorrow. UConn is the first of the group to become bowl eligible. Let's see how close we get to Syracuse because, lol.

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ZooCougar said:
Syracuse can't be that high anymore.
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Yep, however both teams would need to move a minimum of +/-12 spots for UConn to surpass Syracuse (assuming my math is correct), and I don't see that happening.
 
This week's update. UConn ranked 2nd among opponents, moving up 6 spots. Ok sure. Five top25 ranked teams from this list lost. Four undefeateds left. Syracuse is the big loser of the week. BCU moves up 2 spots by only getting beat 15 pts to ND. Sure Jan.

Note that I'll be away and sans laptop for the next two weeks, so not sure I can do all this fancy copypasta stuff on an iPad. We'll see how it goes.

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BRS24 said:
This week's update. UConn ranked 2nd among opponents, moving up 6 spots. Ok sure. Five top25 ranked teams from this list lost. Four undefeateds left. Syracuse is the big loser of the week. BCU moves up 2 spots by only getting beat 15 pts to ND. Sure Jan.

Note that I'll be away and sans laptop for the next two weeks, so not sure I can do all this fancy copypasta stuff on an iPad. We'll see how it goes.

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The SOS is not our Strength

UConn has the Paul Lynde square

 
In Europe, no laptop, and just an iPad, and I’m not paying Microsoft $$ for the Office 365, so this and next weeks’ posts will be super abbreviated. Apologies in advance for any typos.

For the first time ever, UConn is at the top of the list of all opponents, and finally recognized for its body of work, even if the other teams are not cream of the crop.

48 UConn (+28), 7-3
49 Duke (-10), 5-4
88 Syracuse (-3), 3-7
95 Delaware (+5), 5-4
96 Rice (+6), 5-5
105 Buffalo (+2), 5-4
109 Air Force (+7), 3-6
110 BC (-4), 1-9
113 Florida Atlantic (+1), 4-5
115 UAB, 3-6
122 FIU (+1), 4-5
129 Ball State (+7), 4-5
 
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BRS24 said:
In Europe, no laptop, and just an iPad, and I’m not paying Microsoft $$ for the Office 365, so this and next weeks’ posts will be super abbreviated.

For the first time ever, UConn is at the top of the list of all opponents, and finally recognized for its body of work, even if the other teams are not cream of the crop.

48 UConn (+28), 7-3
49 Duke (-10), 5-4
88 Syracuse (-3), 3-7
95 Delaware (+5), 5-4
96 Rice (+6), 5-5
105 Buffalo (+2), 5-4
109 Air Force (+7), 3-6
110 BC (-4), 1-9
113 Florida Atlantic (+1), 4-5
115 UAB, 3-6
122 FIU (+1), 4-5
129 Ball State (+7), 4-5
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That’s a beautiful thing to see.
 
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BRS24 said:
In Europe, no laptop, and just an iPad, and I’m not paying Microsoft $$ for the Office 365, so this and next weeks’ posts will be super abbreviated.

For the first time ever, UConn is at the top of the list of all opponents, and finally recognized for its body of work, even if the other teams are not cream of the crop.

48 UConn (+28), 7-3
49 Duke (-10), 5-4
88 Syracuse (-3), 3-7
95 Delaware (+5), 5-4
96 Rice (+6), 5-5
105 Buffalo (+2), 5-4
109 Air Force (+7), 3-6
110 BC (-4), 1-9
113 Florida Atlantic (+1), 4-5
115 UAB, 3-6
122 FIU (+1), 4-5
129 Ball State (+7), 4-5
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BRS24 said:
This week's update. UConn ranked 2nd among opponents, moving up 6 spots. Ok sure. Five top25 ranked teams from this list lost. Four undefeateds left. Syracuse is the big loser of the week. BCU moves up 2 spots by only getting beat 15 pts to ND. Sure Jan.

Note that I'll be away and sans laptop for the next two weeks, so not sure I can do all this fancy copypasta stuff on an iPad. We'll see how it goes.

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No update? I know you said you are away for 2 weeks

UConn up to the Top 10 in G6. I think Navy, SDSU, UConn should be 6-8

 
Kolumbo said:
No update? I know you said you are away for 2 weeks

UConn up to the Top 10 in G6. I think Navy, SDSU, UConn should be 6-8

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It's so tempting to think about what might have been without the three OT losses.

But I like steady growth over a lightning bolt year where we go undefeated and make the playoff unprepared to face the top 10 team against which we'd be slotted. We don't need a replay of the Fiesta Bowl being used to denigrate the progress being made.

Let's win out and put together another good team next year and go in with a higher preseason rating and go from there.
 
Scrutineer said:
It's so tempting to think about what might have been without the three OT losses.

But I like steady growth over a lightning bolt year where we go undefeated and make the playoff unprepared to face the top 10 team against which we'd be slotted. We don't need a replay of the Fiesta Bowl being used to denigrate the progress being made.

Let's win out and put together another good team next year and go in with a higher preseason rating and go from there.
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You can’t calculate how immensely valuable being 10-0 would be right now.
 
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huskymedic said:


“UConn is up to No. 45 and ahead of Clemson because the Huskies beat Duke, which Clemson didn’t, and UConn had a closer loss to (healthy) Syracuse than Clemson did.”
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If my math is correct, there are 32 P4 ranked lower than UConn in this weeks 1-136 ranking. In other words, UConn is playing like a middle of the pack P4 team. And doing it with a bunch less re$ource$.

In other words, UConn is plug and play ready to be a competitive team in the P4 conferences. Probably not going to go 9-0 in a P4 but also not going to go 0-9.
 
Personally, I think the more modest computer rankings are more in line with reality than some of these human rankings. Does Clemson (or other P-4 teams close to us in the Athletic's rankings) have two losses anywhere near as bad as Rice and Delaware? But no question -- if you only take our 3 games against P-4 opponents, and ignore our 6-2 record against crap, then the human rankings make some sense.

Don't get me wrong -- I'll take being overrated for once. I just think we have further to go to be competitive with the Top 50 over the course of a season than these rankings would have you believe.
 
Chin Diesel said:
If my math is correct, there are 32 P4 ranked lower than UConn in this weeks 1-136 ranking. In other words, UConn is playing like a middle of the pack P4 team. And doing it with a bunch less re$ource$.

In other words, UConn is plug and play ready to be a competitive team in the P4 conferences. Probably not going to go 9-0 in a P4 but also not going to go 0-9.
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UConn is ranked ahead of Clemson and FSU. The ACC can let them go now, collect a hefty exit fee and replace them with a superior program.
 
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I don't believe we're actually a top 50 FBS program just yet, but to be put in at 45 and to get an AP top 25 vote, even just one, is just... wow.
Even if it's not accurate, it still counts because the same logic would apply to any team on the list.

So, I take the win!
#45... wow wow wow.
 
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