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[Joe Hardy]

Minnesota gets one vote in the AP Top 25. Here we go!!

 

[Gopher Mac]

Does Sid still have a vote?

 

[mngg11]

Woooooo!

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Does Sid still have a vote?

I lol’d

 

[Gopher Mac]

10 SEC teams only 5 Big Ten. SEC teams only lose to ranked teams so they never leave the top 25.

 

[MaxyJR1]

Coaches like Iowa and Writers like MN.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Coaches like Iowa and Writers like MN.

Interesting that Iowa got 17 votes in the Coaches poll but none in the AP poll. The loss to Minnesota was so devastating to Nebraska that they no longer have any votes in either poll.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Josh Furlong from Utah is a smart man

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Josh Furlong from Utah is a smart man

Weird that one often can get support in these things from unusual places.

 

[BilldGopher]

Minnesota gets one vote in the AP Top 25. Here we go!!

It was Patrick...

 

[lrgeek]

Does Sid still have a vote?

He does from the great beyond!

 

[WAGopher]

Coaches like Iowa and Writers like MN.

I’ve always felt the coaches poll was more of a popularity vote than reality. The writers are usually more informed.

 

[Some guy]

I would figure the winner of the Iowa Minnesota game will find themselves ranked

 

[Some guy]

I’ve always felt the coaches poll was more of a popularity vote than reality. The writers are usually more informed.

I’ve always felt that the coaches basically rank the teams with the fewest losses from major conferences whereas the media does whatever they want

 

[WAGopher]

I’ve always felt that the coaches basically rank the teams with the fewest losses from major conferences whereas the media does whatever they want

You are probably closer to the truth!

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Josh Furlong from Utah is a smart man

Anti-dink

 

[stocker08]

Raise the banners.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Josh Furlong from Utah is a smart man

Confirmed college football genius!

 

[Schnauzer]

10 SEC teams only 5 Big Ten. SEC teams only lose to ranked teams so they never leave the top 25.

Exactly. The latest on line argument for the SEC faithful is the B1G teams suck because they don’t have as many ranked wins. Ironic, considering that is the whole point of the B1G argument, that everyone in the SEC gets ranked preseason and then pretty much only have ranked losses. An SEC team with two losses by this time is ranked. A B1G team often is NOT, even if there may be head to head results that suggest the two loss B1G team may be better than the ranked two loss SEC team.

 

[MNVCGUY]

I’ve always felt that the coaches basically rank the teams with the fewest losses from major conferences whereas the media does whatever they want

Very few coaches probably even bother to do the rankings week to week and probably have someone on their staff do it. Coaches are laser focused week to week on their team and the teams they are playing and don't really have time to look at the overall picture of college football.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Texas is still ranked despite ... that horrendous game vs Kentucky. It was a win but man ...

 

[Some guy]

Very few coaches probably even bother to do the rankings week to week and probably have someone on their staff do it. Coaches are laser focused week to week on their team and the teams they are playing and don't really have time to look at the overall picture of college football.

Correct
So basically sort by losses