Iowa comes in at #20 in the New AP Top 25

[JerseyCityHawk]

https://br.app.link/0jX3MaW7X6b

about where most expected

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Good for now.

 

[eyesofhawk]

4-1

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Next year imagine a 24 team field. Lots of teams would still be in the mix.

 

[85Bears]

ESPN/SEC monopoly projecting a trash Florida team as a playoff team, lol

 

[DuddyB]

https://br.app.link/0jX3MaW7X6b

about where most expected

It’s actually a few spots higher than I expected. It tells me the perception of the team is still favorable.

 

[52317Hawk]

ESPN/SEC monopoly projecting a trash Florida team as a playoff team, lol

Actually its Miss St that is being protected. Run out at home by #7 Bama and drop one spot. #14 Iowa gets beaten up at home by fOSU and drops 6 spots.

 

[Jonesy5960]

Actually its Miss St that is being protected. Run out at home by #7 Bama and drop one spot. #14 Iowa gets beaten up at home by fOSU and drops 6 spots.

Yeah. Losing by 33 POINTS cost them all of... check that... ONE SPOT down to 16th in the rankings. That's unbelievable.

 

[nu2u]

Yeah. Losing by 33 POINTS cost them all of... check that... ONE SPOT down to 16th in the rankings. That's unbelievable.

Terrible loss for sure but probably seen as an unusual aberration….. and I agree because MSST is very good IMO. Still, a one spot decline IS indefensible given the MOV.

 

[85Bears]

Actually its Miss St that is being protected. Run out at home by #7 Bama and drop one spot. #14 Iowa gets beaten up at home by fOSU and drops 6 spots.

It’s both. Circular over ranking claiming higher SOS. Higher SOS to justify over ranking. Etc.

espn/sec is a monopoly

 

[Jonesy5960]

Terrible loss for sure but probably seen as an unusual aberration….. and I agree because MSST is very good IMO. Still, a one spot decline IS indefensible given the MOV.

I'm the last guy to be sounding off about SEC bias, but Florida's move last week and now the lack of a move in this case is really baffling. It also highlights the difficulty that a 10-2 B1G team might have getting into the CFP this year. A 10-2 SEC team will definitely get the nod over a 10-2 B1G team and there's a real possibility that a 9-3 SEC team could as well.

 

[nu2u]

I'm the last guy to be sounding off about SEC bias, but Florida's move last week and now the lack of a move in this case is really baffling. It also highlights the difficulty that a 10-2 B1G team might have getting into the CFP this year. A 10-2 SEC team will definitely get the nod over a 10-2 B1G team and there's a real possibility that a 9-3 SEC team could as well.

You may be right. I really don’t have much interest in media polls until roughly half of conference games are played …near the end of October …..which roughly corresponds to the initial CFP rankings release date ( the only poll with significant weight ).

 

[WeBeHerkin]

Don't tell me money doesn't change hands in any of this.

 

[IowaCityLit]

miss st has wins over Minnesota and Missouri. Better than other teams wins below them, including Iowa They’re ranked where they deserve.

Don’t let one game result cause you to avoid looking at the bigger pic.

Besides these rankings are mostly useless anyway. They may or may not resemble the first CFP rankings. Which are the real rankings. And once the field expands to 24, will be even more important obviously.

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

It’s actually a few spots higher than I expected. It tells me the perception of the team is still favorable.

And it should be right NOW. NO ONE in the media or here thought we'd win and we were a 14.5 dog, which is almost exactly what happened.

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

I'm the last guy to be sounding off about SEC bias, but Florida's move last week and now the lack of a move in this case is really baffling. It also highlights the difficulty that a 10-2 B1G team might have getting into the CFP this year. A 10-2 SEC team will definitely get the nod over a 10-2 B1G team and there's a real possibility that a 9-3 SEC team could as well.

Wait, just a few days ago, many disagreed when I said the SEC is getting a variable ranking over B1G like they do every year, pre season and throughout. Did this just change?

 

[Jonesy5960]

Wait, just a few days ago, many disagreed when I said the SEC is getting a variable ranking over B1G like they do every year, pre season and throughout. Did this just change?

No. As I recall you were mostly talking about preseason bias. The SEC is better than the BIG this year. There's no doubt in my mind or the minds of most voters. I'm sure that's being factored in, but some of these anomalies seem questionable for sure.

 

[Kceasthawk@77]

No. As I recall you were mostly talking about preseason bias. The SEC is better than the BIG this year. There's no doubt in my mind or the minds of most voters. I'm sure that's being factored in, but some of these anomalies seem questionable for sure.

That fine. I'll just disagree that the SEC gets a bias pretty much every year. They may have a year where they should have a leg up, but its pretty much the same every year regardless.