Ranking projection

[reckrider]

We will be number 10.

We should be #9. Jump LSU, UTenn and Texas Tech, maybe, but doubtful, Ole Miss.

 

[GoJacketsInRaleigh]

I think we will be #8 behind Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Oregon. Not sure the order of those teams. I think the teams just behind us will be Vandy, Mizzou, BYU, Oklahoma, Miami, and Texas Tech.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

I think we will be #8 behind Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Oregon. Not sure the order of those teams. I think the teams just behind us will be Vandy, Mizzou, BYU, Oklahoma, Miami, and Texas Tech.

Back in the day pollsters were reluctant to put teams with losses ahead of undefeated teams. Even if the teams with losses appeared to be better teams it was just kind of unsportsmanlike.

 

[WreckinGT]

I think we will be #8 behind Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M, Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Oregon. Not sure the order of those teams. I think the teams just behind us will be Vandy, Mizzou, BYU, Oklahoma, Miami, and Texas Tech.

Notre Dame will either be right behind us or right in front of us.

 

[apatriot1776]

We should be #9. Jump LSU, UTenn and Texas Tech, maybe, but doubtful, Ole Miss.

Add Miami to that second category

 

[57jacket2]

Rank 10, 15, 20.. who cares, and why??

 

[The Doddfather]

Notre Dame will either be right behind us or right in front of us.

At some point the committee has to quit valuing “good” losses over actual wins on the field. It keeps getting back to preconceived preseason rankings. Winning games on the field actually matters.

 

[YoungSting]

Rank 10, 15, 20.. who cares, and why??

Because a better ranking means better tv slots. Better tv slots means more viewers. And more viewers means more money for us. More money equals getting to afford better players. Better players means more wins. And more wins means higher rankings.

And finally, because we deserve respect.

 

[apatriot1776]

Rank 10, 15, 20.. who cares, and why??

Better rankings earlier = better rankings later = better odds at getting into playoff = better chance at a championship…

 

[The Doddfather]

After this week, Tech at 9 sandwiched between Miami and Ole Miss. Gut feeling.

 

[WreckinGT]

At some point the committee has to quit valuing “good” losses over actual wins on the field. It keeps getting back to preconceived preseason rankings. Winning games on the field actually matters.

In a way I agree but Notre Dame is a weird case. They are 4th in the country in Overall FEI. They are 5th in the ESPN power index. Sararin has them as the number 2 team in the country with the 5th hardest schedule. The top 25 is a mix of what teams deserve and how good they project to be. Notre Dame still projects to be one of the best teams in the country and they would be favored over everyone except a handful of teams.

 

[jeffgt14]

Vandy will jump us. Ole Miss and Miami will stay ahead of us. Miami beating ND will keep them ahead and ND behind us. Likely will end up #10 depending on what they do with Texas Tech. I can see them keeping Texas Tech 10 and us 11 though. Vandy is going to be sitting around 7 because SEC and Pavia.

 

[The Doddfather]

Vandy will jump us. Ole Miss and Miami will stay ahead of us. Miami beating ND will keep them ahead and ND behind us. Likely will end up #10 depending on what they do with Texas Tech. I can see them keeping Texas Tech 10 and us 11 though. Vandy is going to be sitting around 7 because SEC and Pavia.

I know you’re kidding.

 

[jeffgt14]

In a way I agree but Notre Dame is a weird case. They are 4th in the country in Overall FEI. They are 5th in the ESPN power index. Sararin has them as the number 2 team in the country with the 5th hardest schedule. The top 25 is a mix of what teams deserve and how good they project to be. Notre Dame still projects to be one of the best teams in the country and they would be favored over everyone except a handful of teams.

I'll just add, I think CJ Carr may be the best QB in the country. If he's not the consensus #1 pick in 2028 I'll be shocked. I can see him declaring 2027 though and still being a top 5 pick. One of the best QB prospects I've seen in a while.

 

[jeffgt14]

I know you’re kidding.

About which part? Vandy will absolutely be ranked ahead of us.

 

[cpf2001]

In a way I agree but Notre Dame is a weird case. They are 4th in the country in Overall FEI. They are 5th in the ESPN power index. Sararin has them as the number 2 team in the country with the 5th hardest schedule. The top 25 is a mix of what teams deserve and how good they project to be. Notre Dame still projects to be one of the best teams in the country and they would be favored over everyone except a handful of teams.

But what would the problem be in waiting to move ND up until teams lose?

Would they be favored over Miami in a rematch, and does that matter more than what actually happened on the field?

Computer models won’t care much about close losses to good teams but playoff selections absolutely should.

 

[The Doddfather]

No chance vandy is ahead of us. I also think T Tech falls behind us.

 

[cpf2001]

Moving Notre Dame up would be a beauty pageant move that assumes a linearity that doesn’t exist in football. Beating down a bunch of mid teams doesn’t reliably imply being able to win the biggest games, and CFB doesn’t have enough games to grant mulligans for two “big game” losses.

Fans of GT under Key should find this particularly important because Key’s style of football is not one that lends itself to maximizing perception in the beauty pageant or margin-of-victory type modeling. Even compared to, say, Duke’s style.

 

[cpf2001]

ND also could’ve lost today to a not-exactly-top-5 team but for three critical turnovers in the final 17 minutes of the game including a truly head scratching trick play attempt. SC gave that game away.

 

[billga99]

2 projections this morning had GT at number 9. Vandy is projected at 7 in both predictions. OK 3 years ago (Pre-Key) who would have predicted Indiana at number 2, Vandy at number 7 and GT at number 9?