Um we gotta be ranked after this right?

[wildcatcoaster]

All of the eyes of the nation were on us, and for once we lived up to the moment, unbelievably impressive

 

[Catmandoo78]

I’d think so, unless the take away is that Penn State sucks. Which could also be true too.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

I’d think so, unless the take away is that Penn State sucks. Which could also be true too.

2 blowout wins against P4 teams and giving the defending champs a scare in a 1-score loss should count for something, no?

 

[freewillie07]

2 blowout wins against P4 teams and giving the defending champs a scare in a 1-score loss should count for something, no?

Yes but inertia is the strongest factor of all.

 

[TheC]

Depends how currently ranked teams do. We'd have to leap over a bunch of teams.

 

[Fanaticat98]

I’d think so, unless the take away is that Penn State sucks. Which could also be true too.

I do think PSU sucks but they were ranked last week and we are 3-1 with a last minute road loss to the national champion and kicked the crap out of 2 power 4 teams and well as a recent FCS national champion. And we did this on prime time network TV.

Just hope we can get healthy and TCB against Ball State to keep it going.

 

[prez77]

#25. We'll be in. And for a while I think w/ Ball and Mich St coming next

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

Depends how currently ranked teams do. We'd have to leap over a bunch of teams.

But we're better than those teams.

 

[Drilcat]

#24

 

[Fanaticat98]

Depends how currently ranked teams do. We'd have to leap over a bunch of teams.

#25 Missouri will probably lose. #23 UCLA plays #14 Oregon though who knows on that one, UCLA has looked better than Oregon. We’ve got Wisconsin at #26 who will probably beat MSU.

 

[GECat2]

#12.

 

[bringbacktherantboard]

#12.

I legit think we're a top 15 team (and I legit thought we had a chance at Indiana going into that game, which is why I created that thread), but I'm expecting 20s next week.

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

I’d think so, unless the take away is that Penn State sucks. Which could also be true too.

That is always the takeaway anytime we beat a team.

 

[Eurocat]

Somewhere between 20 and 25.

 

[Alaskawildkat]

Coaches poll our best chance for ranking since Penn State was still ranked in that poll when playing NU, albeit at #22.

 

[olsh]

I'm sure it would be helpful for ticket sales, but let's see after the Rutgers game. It's too early to know if Penn State is any good, but they sure weren't yesterday.

 

[Jaguar 88]

Depends how currently ranked teams do. We'd have to leap over a bunch of teams.

I think if a couple teams ranked in the bottom 10 of the top 25 lose, we should be in for sure. Especially due to our dominating performance. We just need to stay healthy and we will have a great season!

 

[kaTNap]

I think if a couple teams ranked in the bottom 10 of the top 25 lose, we should be in for sure. Especially due to our dominating performance. We just need to stay healthy and we will have a great season!

Mizzou (#25) plays Florida (#8) today, so it's a pretty good bet the #25 slot will be vacated.

 

[phatcat_rivals223240]

Thinking about this today. Think about how many voters saw the game. ALOT. New stadium, only game on, dominant performance. That might do it

 

[Jaguar 88]

Thinking about this today. Think about how many voters saw the game. ALOT. New stadium, only game on, dominant performance. That might do it

Enough teams in the bottom tier of the top 25 are going to lose to get us at least the 25 spot, perhaps higher.

 

[NJCat]

Wake Forest is going to be ahead of NU. They just pasted Stanford 57-3 after beating Louisville.

 

[Sheffielder]

Objectively, I think Minny's back to back conference wins over then-ranked Washington and now Michigan steal some of our thunder, especially after Colorado is almost certain to get walloped for the third week in a row later this evening.

Looking ahead, though...we should be favored in our next three, while Minny catches a break with Purdue next week but then has Iowa, Indiana, and UCLA.

 

[mickbula]

Objectively, I think Minny's back to back conference wins over then-ranked Washington and now Michigan steal some of our thunder, especially after Colorado is almost certain to get walloped for the third week in a row later this evening.

Looking ahead, though...we should be favored in our next three, while Minny catches a break with Purdue next week but then has Iowa, Indiana, and UCLA.

Minn is a tossup with us. They might lose all 3 in a row after Purdue. P might beat them too

 

[Darren72]

I think Wisconsin could end up moving up as well.

 

[Fanaticat98]

Minn is a tossup with us. They might lose all 3 in a row after Purdue. P might beat them too

Should be about equal. Washington road win decent but they’re really not good, pedestrian win over 1-3 WSU, 2 point win over Utah St. Between Mich and PSU I can’t decide who is worse than their recent baseline but we destroyed PSU all 60 minutes while they battled it out for a 1 score win. Mich has had more publicized problems this year than PSU.

 

[Fanaticat98]

Also #25 Missouri destroys Florida, the latest SEC top 10 entrant.

 

[mickbula]

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Also #25 Missouri destroys Florida, the latest SEC top 10 entrant.

That Simmons qb fellow for mizzou is really good. He is a legit nfl first round prospect

 

[Purple Pete]

Objectively, I think Minny's back to back conference wins over then-ranked Washington and now Michigan steal some of our thunder, especially after Colorado is almost certain to get walloped for the third week in a row later this evening.

Looking ahead, though...we should be favored in our next three, while Minny catches a break with Purdue next week but then has Iowa, Indiana, and UCLA.

CO 7 TT 3 at half.

 

[Fanaticat98]

Might have to take back my comment about Washington being that bad.

 

[Sheffielder]

CO 7 TT 3 at half.

"Nothing matters less than the score at halftime."

 

[Purple Pete]

It was fun while it lasted.

 

[hdhntr1]

But we're better than those teams.

Doesn't matter at this point in the season.

 

[hdhntr1]

Somewhere between 20 and 25.

More like 30 but a couple more wins should do it

 

[hdhntr1]

Enough teams in the bottom tier of the top 25 are going to lose to get us at least the 25 spot, perhaps higher.

We had all of one vote after last week. We would have to jump over about 15 other teams to get into the top 25 and many of them won,

Here is the list of others receiving votes

Others Receiving Votes (AP Poll)

• • Wisconsin Badgers — 102 points
  • Duke Blue Devils — 101 points
  • Penn State Nittany Lions — 98 points
  • Wake Forest Demon Deacons — 88 points
  • Virginia Tech Hokies — 86 points
  • Michigan Wolverines — 54 points
  • Pittsburgh Panthers — 52 points
  • Nebraska Cornhuskers — 36 points
  • Louisville Cardinals — 25 points
  • Cincinnati Bearcats — 20 points
  • James Madison Dukes — 10 points
  • Arizona Wildcats — 8 points
  • Minnesota Golden Gophers — 7 points
  • North Dakota State Bison — 6 points
  • Northwestern Wildcats — 1 point [1]

 

[EvanstonCat]

"Nothing matters less than the score at halftime."

That said, David Braun’s Wildcats are 16-1 when leading at the half (only loss was Duke).

 

[AdamOnFirst]

That said, David Braun’s Wildcats are 16-1 when leading at the half (only loss was Duke).

Whoa, impressive stat

 

[NJCat]

That said, David Braun’s Wildcats are 16-1 when leading at the half (only loss was Duke).

The flip side isn't as sweet as Braun hasn't had many comeback wins training or tied at the half....he has 19 losses to date. He has 22 wins so......

 

[wildcatcoaster]

Not sure we will make it. Although Penn State or Michigan with our resume would be about #14

 

[Styre]

Apparently not. #30 in both polls.

 

[Fanaticat98]

Apparently not. #30 in both polls.

Too many of the other teams won and hardly any of the 20-25 lost. At this point in the season it looks like somewhat of a long jam in the 20 to 30 range as teams who were extremely overrated like Michigan and PSU are making their way down while other teams with pretty good resumes like us are making their way up, but there’s not quite enough games been played to differentiate. We certainly couldn’t complain about any undefeated team ahead of us. So of the 1 loss teams, I’d say SMU’s resume is highly suspect. Houston’s is probably similar to ours.