Gopher Ranking Thread- Gophers ARE NOW RANKED #25 CFN Poll

[upnorthkid]

Of course the Gophers helped some teams get or stay under .500.

Sure. More is just that the resume will not look all that impressive to getting them ranked. Same as beating Rutgers this weekend won’t do much of anything to boost us further. Maybe we sneak in at say 24 or 25 if others around us lose but it’s a challenge for teams like MN to get big boosts without some splashy wins

 

[btowngopher]

Thanks and obviously the only poll that matters until another one ranks higher

This is the way.

 

[gophernut1]

Well sure, it's subjective but for example Oregon beat Ohio State ... a top 5 team.
Purdue 35 to zero
Illinois 38 to 9...certainly more convincing than we beat them.
and Michigan at Michigan 38 to 17. (we lost at Michigan to kick start our run)
That's their last 4.
For me to say the Gophers 4 game win streak is more impressive would be clouded in bias.

Other teams that have 4 game win streaks.

1.) W. Michigan - interesting PJ connection - but we are better than them.
2.) Georgia - OK - you may have me here, but then again they barely beat a not so good Florida team.

Still, you are probably correct that MN is not the best 4 win in a row team --> but we are easily the 2nd best.

So the correct statement is "outside of Georgia, we are easily the best 4 win in a row team in the nation."

 

[SeaBee_Gopher]

College Football News #25 Minnesota

CFN does a good job! Rank all 130 every week so you can see how all the teams move week to week. They have Iowa at 19 one spot below Iowa State which makes a lot of sense and probably why they can justify the Gophs at 25. They also have South Carolina in the teens and are not bothered by their three loses. They just put teams where they think they should be.

CBS Sports also ranks all 130+ every week which is why these are my two favorites.

Why do we even use the AP? Just seems like a bunch of lazy people hanging onto their preseason rankings and old biases.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Other teams that have 4 game win streaks.

1.) W. Michigan - interesting PJ connection - but we are better than them.
2.) Georgia - OK - you may have me here, but then again they barely beat a not so good Florida team.

Still, you are probably correct that MN is not the best 4 win in a row team --> but we are easily the 2nd best.

So the correct statement is "outside of Georgia, we are easily the best 4 win in a row team in the nation."

This works for me

 

[60's Guy]

This works for me

Why don't we add some more qualifiers....just to be sure we are the best...since we are eliminating anybody with more than four straight wins...we could just say best team from Minnesota in the Big Ten with a four game winning streak are the Gophers. Then we'd be all alone riding high with no possible arguments.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Why don't we add some more qualifiers....just to be sure we are the best...since we are eliminating anybody with more than four straight wins...we could just say best team from Minnesota in the Big Ten with a four game winning streak are the Gophers. Then we'd be all alone riding high with no possible arguments.

Maybe just enjoy bit and not very to be so precise or intellectual about it.

“Buy the ticket, enjoy the ride.” - Hunter S. Thompson

 

[Wally]

Minnesota is probably getting votes if they win next week and close if not ranked in going into Penn state game.

If we win this week we are ranked before Penn State, it's what the networks want. Ranked matchups