Um we gotta be ranked after this right?

wildcatcoaster · Friday at 10:16 PM

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

Catmandoo78 · Friday at 10:18 PM

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

bringbacktherantboard · Friday at 10:41 PM

Catmandoo78 said:
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 · Friday at 10:43 PM

bringbacktherantboard said:
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 · Friday at 10:44 PM

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

Fanaticat98 · Friday at 10:44 PM

Catmandoo78 said:
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 · Friday at 10:45 PM

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

bringbacktherantboard · Friday at 10:48 PM

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

But we're better than those teams.

Drilcat · Friday at 10:52 PM

Fanaticat98 · Friday at 10:53 PM

TheC said:
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 · Friday at 11:07 PM

bringbacktherantboard · Friday at 11:10 PM

GECat2 said:
#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 · Friday at 11:18 PM

Catmandoo78 said:
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 · 2026-10-03T01:29:17-0500

Somewhere between 20 and 25.

Alaskawildkat · 2026-10-03T04:13:39-0500

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

olsh · 2026-10-03T07:06:12-0500

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 · 2026-10-03T08:06:28-0500

TheC said:
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 · 2026-10-03T08:49:22-0500

Jaguar 88 said:
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 · 2026-10-03T12:55:13-0500

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 · 2026-10-03T13:03:02-0500

phatcat_rivals223240 said:
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 · 2026-10-03T15:18:09-0500

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

Sheffielder · 2026-10-03T15:30:50-0500

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 · 2026-10-03T16:37:48-0500

Sheffielder said:
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 · 2026-10-03T17:34:46-0500

I think Wisconsin could end up moving up as well.

Fanaticat98 · 2026-10-03T17:53:49-0500

mickbula said:
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 · 2026-10-03T17:54:53-0500

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

mickbula · 2026-10-03T18:03:14-0500

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Fanaticat98 said:
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 · 2026-10-03T20:04:18-0500

Sheffielder said:
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 · 2026-10-03T20:36:13-0500

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

Sheffielder · 2026-10-04T00:43:21-0500

Purple Pete said:
CO 7 TT 3 at half.

"Nothing matters less than the score at halftime."

Purple Pete · 2026-10-04T01:30:40-0500

It was fun while it lasted.

hdhntr1 · 2026-10-04T02:11:45-0500

bringbacktherantboard said:
But we're better than those teams.

Doesn't matter at this point in the season.

hdhntr1 · 2026-10-04T02:13:19-0500

Eurocat said:
Somewhere between 20 and 25.

More like 30 but a couple more wins should do it

hdhntr1 · 2026-10-04T02:16:17-0500

Jaguar 88 said:
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 · 2026-10-04T06:56:39-0500

Sheffielder said:
"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 · 2026-10-04T09:21:32-0500

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

Whoa, impressive stat

NJCat · 2026-10-04T10:52:56-0500

EvanstonCat said:
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 · 2026-10-04T11:39:25-0500

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

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