Preseason AP POLL Out. Gophers = No Votes

[MaxyJR1]

NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll

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[Tech Machine]

Amazing that Illinois is 12 and Minnesota gets no votes.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

They received some votes (11) in the Coaches Poll posted on ESPN.

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Didn't even have to click the link to know that "Nebraska is going to have votes". Sure enough. Gameday to Lincoln!

 

[chestrockwell]

Not much of a surprise. Pretty much all they did was take last years top 25 and move them around a little bit. Lazy. Not much research done here. Typical

 

[MaxyJR1]

Unfortunately it sets the narrative for the whole season of rankings and bias.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Unfortunately it sets the narrative for the whole season of rankings and bias.

You would think that you would be used to this by now. I would rather be like Minnesota than like Nebraska or Maryland, teams who are ranked prematurely some years but fail miserably to reach that status. At least on those rare occasions where we are ranked, we earned it by our play to that point in the season.

There is no really good reason to rank Minnesota right now. They haven't been a strong offensive team since 2019, they are starting the season with a RS freshman QB, lost some critical linemen, and lost their top two receivers from last season. In short, they are a classic "let's wait and see" team. As I mentioned, they did get 11 votes on the Coaches Poll.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

New QB, lots of question marks. I can't say the Gophers should get a vote.

Some other dubious votes too, but Gophers ... if they got one I'd wonder about the voter.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Unfortunately it sets the narrative for the whole season of rankings and bias.

Last year LSU almost beat USC ... and rode that ranking for an ABSURDLY long time ...

 

[Border Gopher]

1. Alabama
2. Georgia
3a-3n. Rest of the SEC
17. Nebraska
18. Iowa
19- The rest of the pack

 

[Ope3]

NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll

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Haters gonna hate.

 

[BilldGopher]

Haters gonna hate.

Some of our opponents would say "goophers gonna goof..."

The number that actually think this way is going down, which is a good thing.

Progress.

 

[chestrockwell]

You would think that you would be used to this by now. I would rather be like Minnesota than like Nebraska or Maryland, teams who are ranked prematurely some years but fail miserably to reach that status. At least on those rare occasions where we are ranked, we earned it by our play to that point in the season.

There is no really good reason to rank Minnesota right now. They haven't been a strong offensive team since 2019, they are starting the season with a RS freshman QB, lost some critical linemen, and lost their top two receivers from last season. In short, they are a classic "let's wait and see" team. As I mentioned, they did get 11 votes on the Coaches Poll.

Agreed. It's a meaningless poll. That said at this point it's better to be underrated than overrated

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[jonnyganas]

Boise St, Kansas St, and SMU are in the rankings.

 

[cheeseheadgophfan]

Dinks

 

[STPGopher]

Amazing that Illinois is 12 and Minnesota gets no votes.

Must be high on Altmeier (sp?).

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

The cracks on the shoulders keeps getting bigger and bigger.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Must be high on Altmeier (sp?).

I think (according to ESPN) that Illinois leads the Big Ten in productive players returning (something like 75% overall). That coupled with the fact that they won 10 games last season is why expectations are high.

 

[Gopherchase]

Unless I’m mistaken we have finished one of PJ’s years ranked in the top 25?

 

[mggoph]

Unless I’m mistaken we have finished one of PJ’s years ranked in the top 25?

#10 in the 2019 season