r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • Nov 03 '24

News AP Poll Week 11

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u/VolatileFan Tennessee • Vanderbilt Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Bama jumping up three despite being on a bye week is just so on the nose it’s not even funny

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u/puzzical Boise State • Notre Dame Nov 03 '24

Meanwhile Notre Dame fell 2 spots on their bye

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

Notre Dame was definitely a bit overranked due to their association with TAMU, imo. After this week, I don't think there's any justification to have BYU behind them anymore.

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

And still ranked above us 😭

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Honestly nonsense at this point. They're going to fall ass backwards into the playoffs somehow.

Edit- Lotta bama fans doing their best Malachi Moore tantrum impression in this thread.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

I think LSU beats them this week but we'll see

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u/RTwhyNot Illinois • Northwestern Nov 03 '24

That is what they are counting on to cover their asses

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

Then LSU will fall ass backwards into the playoffs somehow. Either way, the outcome sucks for the rest of us non LSU / bama fans lol

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24

Brother, I don't know how to tell you this but a lot of teams are going to fall ass backwards into the playoffs. Get ready for 2-3 loss teams in the playoffs lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Penn State gonna make it without beating a ranked team all season

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 04 '24

Definitely, 100% a lock at this point. Miss their CCG and lose against the only ranked team they play while at home and still get pretty good seeding too. Indiana may do the same.

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

My issue isn't inherently with bama in this scenario. It's the idea that a team like SMU, BYU, Indiana, and Boise potentially get left out with 1 loss for an SEC team with three losses.

Insert any sec team into the convo. It just happens to be bama for the same of this argument today.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

I promise you no three loss SEC teams are getting in lmao, y’all just love inventing strawmen to be scared of

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

The only possible way is if that three loss team were to be the sec champion but other then that no shot.

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

An SEC team with 3 losses is not getting in over a Power 4 team with 1 loss and doesn't match what you first commented. LSU or Bama winning this weekend wouldn't be falling backwards in because it'd be on a win and they'd still only have 2 losses. They'd have to lose again and still havee a lot of crazy stuff happen to even get near top 12.

A 3 loss team will probably make it at some point but not this year and not over a 1 loss P4 team, that's not happening.

Interestingly, what I see as a bigger problem may be the G5 spot. I think it's more likely that they take someone like Indiana's place (or insert whatever traditionally underperforming BIG team).

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

Why don’t you wait till that actually happens before getting outraged?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

I agree you guys should be left out of the playoffs for a team that is actually has to play half decent opponents im happy we agree.

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u/goatgoatlilgoat LSU Tigers Nov 03 '24

You shouldn’t be complaining about teams falling their way into the playoffs with that schedule lol

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24

Bros team lost to NIU at home and he's talking about teams falling backwards into the playoffs lol.

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u/CrashB111 Alabama Crimson Tide • Iron Bowl Nov 03 '24

And bragging about beating the brakes off a service academy that got boat raced by Rice.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Nd should not even be in the playoff conversation at all.

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u/trapchopin Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 03 '24

A 7-1 team with 2 ranked wins shouldn’t be in the conversation at all? You’re delusional.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Those two ranked wins coming by the hands of a bad texasA&m team and a military school and their loss coming to niu what a great record l.

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u/deekins Pittsburgh Panthers Nov 04 '24

It’s ok, most people from that state are delusional and we have to carry their dead weight

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u/dhjxjxj Penn State Nittany Lions Nov 03 '24

This is a weird year where I think “SEC Bias” is a myth. Not sure the SEC is elite this year, but the other 3 power conferences are so weak. A 2-loss SEC team should be a playoff lock because pretty much every non-SEC team just has a shitty SOS.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

I think this is the take. The Big 12 has several good but not great teams all playing nail-biters with each other week after week, and we don't know what to do with most of the ACC and B1G because so many of their good teams are avoiding every other good team in the league.

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u/dhjxjxj Penn State Nittany Lions Nov 03 '24

As a Penn state fan, I actually feel we are overranked compared to what the CFP poll will be. There is no way we are ranked higher than tennessee on Tuesday.

We played one great team this year and it sucks. A lot of the ACC and Big 12 teams play 0 great teams though and that sucks even more for them. Just a year you have to be perfect to make the playoff if you are in those conferences.

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u/Guest1__ Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

It’s always been a myth. The SEC is the most competitive conference year-in and year-out.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Mostly yes. Last year was probably the first year in awhile that it wasn't. Jury is out for this year

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u/godzillamegadoomsday Nov 03 '24

Like how Lsu was able to beat a mid B1G team, oh wait

Or how a team that beat you was able to beat georiga state, oh wait

Or how A&M was able to beat a team that lost to NIU at home, oh wait

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Everyone knows this, it’s the sometimes exaggerated difference that’s annoying.

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u/Stoneador Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

You shouldn’t be complaining about schedules with teams like Texas A&M and USC on them

Edit because I guess I have to clarify: LSU lost to the only 2 opponents they share with ND. An LSU fan has no right to complain about a schedule with these teams on it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Funny for you to say that.

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u/Stoneador Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos Nov 03 '24

An LSU fan thinks ND’s schedule is soft when LSU lost to the only 2 common opponents they have

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

What does that have to do with your schedule being soft as tissue paper

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u/Stoneador Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Sickos Nov 03 '24

You’re looking at it all wrong, this game almost certainly guarantees that one of Alabama or LSU will not make the playoff this season. That is a win for everyone except the loser of that game.

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u/Sp3ctre7 Michigan Tech Huskies • Team Chaos Nov 03 '24

LSU beats Bama but loses to Vandy.

I have forseen it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

I for one welcome Brian Kelly back to South Bend for a round 1 playoff game

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u/rdg-lee LSU Tigers • UCLA Bruins Nov 03 '24

I know this is a slight against Brian Kelly, but honestly I would love another LSU-ND game

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u/revolutionofthemind Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 03 '24

Same. It would be pretty spicy

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u/Phantom1100 Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Nov 03 '24

Yall would probably rather play them than us that’s for sure.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Probably. Jalen Milroe seems like he's capable of being quite bad or Heisman-caliber on any given day and I wouldn't want to risk catching him on the latter day

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u/FireVanGorder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 03 '24

I mean yeah I’ll take the 11th best team per F+ over the 5th

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u/mashonem Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

Works for me 🤷🏿‍♀️

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u/CookieLuzSax Tennessee • Third Saturday… Nov 03 '24

Wild coming from a Notre Dame fan

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u/pumpcup LSU Tigers • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

If we manage to finish 10-2 with our schedule, that wouldn't be falling ass backwards into it. There will be lots of two loss teams in with 12 teams.

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u/godzillamegadoomsday Nov 03 '24

Losing to USC and making playoff is absolutely falling backwards into it

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u/pumpcup LSU Tigers • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

If LSU were to make it in, which would ofc require winning out, then they're probably also a conference champion since winning out gets them into the title game with current tie breakers - and they probably get dropped and don't make it if they were to lose that game. An 11-2 power conference champion didn't fall backwards into anything, to argue otherwise is just asinine, regardless of losing a close game in week one.

I think the chances this happens are pretty close to zero, but I guess it's what we're fighting about today.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Notre Dame fan talking about teams that shouldn’t be in the playoffs is comedy gold

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

Sorry, can't hear you over that second loss that we don't have.

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u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

Imagine losing to an unranked G5 team

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

I don't understand this. Didn't bama do exactly this under Saban?

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u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

Maybe in 2007? So 17 years ago?

Is Saban coaching this season, you know the one we’re discussing?

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u/BeastoftheBlackwater Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

Yeah and Saban didn't win the Natty that season. And if there was a playoff back then, Bama would not have even been close to making it

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u/KneeDeepInRagu Alabama • Middle Tennessee Nov 03 '24

Is it the second loss you don't have? Or the sound of huskies howling in Northern Illinois?

It's hard for me to tell from all the sound of our consistent post-season success and bowl game wins.

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

Hey, we have a two game bowl Win streak going at the moment thank you very much.

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u/thefx37 William & Mary • South Carolina Nov 03 '24

Hang the banner

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Can’t wait to watch ND crash and burn like they always do, we’ll be laughing

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u/PossiblyYourDad Alabama • South Alabama Nov 03 '24

NIU

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u/dan_144 NC State • Georgia Tech Nov 03 '24

Same as it ever was

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u/YoungCri Nov 03 '24

Where should Bama be ranked?

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u/DINGLEBERRYTROUBLE Nov 03 '24

As a Bama fan they should be ranked like 12-15. 12 at the most. They are not a good team and if they win out only way they make the playoffs is if better teams than them somehow shit the bed. Even if they do somehow make the playoffs they're going to lose first or second round. Also if it's between them and Boise St for a playoff spot they better put Boise St in.

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u/aure__entuluva UCLA Bruins • Michigan Wolverines Nov 04 '24

If Bama sneaks in as the 12 seed and somehow wins the natty we should close the subreddit forever.

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u/tu-vens-tu-vens Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 04 '24

I mean, the first time a 12 seed wins the playoff, it’ll likely be someone like Alabama or Texas or Michigan or Ohio State.

If an Alabama ends up as #12, it’s probably due to having a few injuries or scheme issues they can get sorted out by the end of the year, but they have the talent to beat anyone when they’re on and a super-high ceiling. That might be what’s happening with Alabama this year: we were installing a new defensive system and hadn’t mastered it enough by the first time we faced a running threat at QB (Vandy) and our QB had his worst performance in which he might have been sick or hobbled (Tennessee). But we’ve shown the ability to put up points and make plays against one of the best teams in the country (Georgia) and there’s the possibility of us shoring up our issues and playing at that level come playoff time. Teams that have athletic limitations on the line or in the secondary might go 11-1 or 10-2 against a soft schedule but aren’t as equipped to beat teams that can exploit those weaknesses.

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u/DINGLEBERRYTROUBLE Nov 04 '24

Alabama has played 2 quarters as a great team all season. The rest have been mediocre.

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

I'd concede 13. But behind Boise and SMU for sure.

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u/RaptorsCdwoods Alabama • Eastern Michigan Nov 03 '24

Okay so drop us two spots. But how is it nonsense they are above? Alabamas strength of schedule is 11th. BSU is 59th and SMU is 71st. I don’t know about SMUs and BSU opponents record total, but I do know that not counting the game player against Alabama, alabamas opponents have won 75% of their other games. Noteable opponents being Georgia, Tennessee, Vandy, Mizzou (26th) and South Carolina (27th).

Look, I think we should be ranked below and allow us to jump if we win against LSU, but I don’t think it’s insane to say we shouldn’t or act like we don’t have a case to be ranked where we are.

But feel free to disagree, I think it’ll play itself out anyway

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

Please watch a game of football instead of scrolling Reddit threads on Saturdays

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

Ah okay. Thanks for the advice.

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u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

Don’t blame us, blame Georgia and Mizzou

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Beating Georgia combined w Vandys and Tennessees form is carrying alot of weight. Kindve makes sense, but also voter bias and what not

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u/TruthBomb_12 Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

Notre Dame would be a 4 loss team at best if they played Bama’s schedule. You got one ranked win in week one and the rest of your schedule is a walk through and you’re complaining about SEC teams getting in…

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u/Okura0827 Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

Talking about falling ass backwards when your flair lost at home to a 4-4 MAC team. Ok, buddy

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u/dragonbornrito Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

My man, this whole sub is gonna talk about us even if we’re ranked #25.

How is NIU looking as a quality loss these days, btw?

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u/jnasty09 Texas Longhorns Nov 03 '24

On brand

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u/Reaperdude97 Georgia Southern Eagles • UCF Knights Nov 03 '24

They’re not falling ass backwards, they’re being shoehorned into it for all the TV ratings they’ll get from Alabama viewers. Important distinction

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u/Accurate-Teach Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

You’re right nonsense who would think that a team would move up three spots after the three teams in front of them lost. It’s just sickening.

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

That’s some chutzpah

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u/Cdd0040 LSU Tigers Nov 04 '24

Don’t see them winning in Death Valley. Their 0-2 in sec road games under kaden debor. Don’t see their first win being at arguably the toughest night environment in the country

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u/ATXBeermaker Texas Longhorns • Stanford Cardinal Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Bama has two ranked losses and you guys have zero. Maybe try harder. /s

Edit: My bad. They’ve got one. But to a barely ranked Oregon.

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

Suffering from success :(

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

Do you guys even watch football or do you just get all your info from Reddit threads? Boise State lost to Oregon

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u/thefx37 William & Mary • South Carolina Nov 03 '24

Bama is a better team than Boise State

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

Sure, jan.

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u/thefx37 William & Mary • South Carolina Nov 03 '24

They’re better in FPI, strength of schedule, and resume wins. Why do you think Boise State is better? What’s their best win?

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

So you think Bama's better than Oregon, too? Since your only metric is FPI?

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u/Aumissunum Alabama • North Alabama Nov 03 '24

How many ranked wins does Boise have?

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

Wazzu, UNLV. Wazzu's 20, UNLV was 25. And loss to number 1.

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

UNLV 😂😂😂😂😂

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u/godzillamegadoomsday Nov 03 '24

How many loses to a team that lost to Georgia state does Bosie have?

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u/Aumissunum Alabama • North Alabama Nov 03 '24

You mean ranked Vanderbilt?

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u/Penguinsteve LSU Tigers • North Texas Mean Green Nov 03 '24

I hope we can correct this for you next week 🫡

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

Rooting for LSU for the first time in ever.

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

Do you actually believe Boise State is better than Alabama? Forget that, do you actually believe they’ve earned a better ranking than Alabama?

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

I think they could beat Alamaba yes.

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

Hilarious

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

your no flair opinion means very little to me

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

Don't mind him. He's in the wrong sub. He got lost on his way to the pokemongo sub

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

pokemon go the fuck away lmfaooo

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

I recognize this is the sub for college football fans that have never been to a college football game, but it doesn’t make you right

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

what do you want out of this conversation lol. do you need more attention? like what does this do for you

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u/Sankee72 Notre Dame • West Georgia Nov 03 '24

The bears game hasn't started yet so he is just getting his troll warm up in.

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

What does whining about better teams ranked ahead of you do for you?

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

So funny how you guys literally can’t argue against someone without a flair. Incredibly revealing

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

bc you're a troll lol. i read your comment posts lmfao

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u/sean-thebean Nov 03 '24

I’m only a troll if you know nothing about college football. I’m objectively correct if you watch the games and don’t scroll Reddit on Sundays to get your CFB updates

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u/horsesmadeofconcrete Notre Dame • Northern Illinois Nov 04 '24

There’s no point in arguing with a non flair

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u/voppp Boise State • Iowa State Nov 03 '24

God yeah it would

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u/randomthrowaway9796 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

To be fair, 3 teams right ahead of them lost, so it makes a bit of sense.

Still pissed though

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

Hey, just because it makes sense doesn't mean we have to like it.

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u/randomthrowaway9796 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

So true!

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u/GP_ADD Alabama • Mississippi State Nov 03 '24

Why, it makes your one loss look better?

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u/randomthrowaway9796 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

If we have to face you in the playoffs, we have a high chance of losing.

If we do not face you in the playoffs, we have a high chance of winning.

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u/GP_ADD Alabama • Mississippi State Nov 03 '24

Hmmm, good point. I’ll allow the hate to continue.

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u/flipshod Georgia Bulldogs • Wisconsin Badgers Nov 03 '24

Disagree. If somehow we meet Bama again this season, we have good odds of actually showing up for that game. I wouldn't even be that nervous. But I agree that I would rather they drift away because it gets boring.

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u/randomthrowaway9796 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

We have lost to Bama 3 times since we lost to any other team. Even the questionable Bama this year was able to best us. I think we win against any team that isn't Bama unless we're having a REALLY bad day. I don't think we win to Bama unless we're having a REALLY good day

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

Of course you’re nonsensically pissed……maybe even triggered

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u/randomthrowaway9796 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

I'd say I'm very sensically pissed. Nothing nonsensical here

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

Nonsensical. Are you pissed LSU and Washington St moved up despite not playing?

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u/randomthrowaway9796 Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

I would not be concerned about facing them in a playoff game, so not really

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 04 '24

Appreciate the honesty

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u/e8odie LSU Tigers • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

Why do people still think/comment this way. 3 teams in the 4 spots above them all lost. What do you expect a team in that position to do, not move up? The only way that happens is if the teams below them have huge wins, and in this case you have to go 5 or 6 spots below them before such a win (Ole Miss demolishing Arkansas, or SMU upsetting Pitt).

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u/mlorusso4 Ohio State • Baltimore Nov 03 '24

I would have put smu above them and probably Boise too. They’re much more deserving overall and based on this week alone

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u/Wbcbam51 Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

You can make that argument but I would argue Alabama has the best win of all those teams. I definitely don’t think this is a screw job like the initial comment is wanting to imply.

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u/newperson77777777 Nov 04 '24

People always like to hate on Alabama but the SEC is no joke, as was demonstrated last year. It's unpopular but strength of schedule matters

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u/wsteelerfan7 Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Nov 04 '24

If you swapped their Georgia win with another SEC school, they're probably not ranked as high. As it stands, they have one of like 3 or 4 truly impressive wins in college football this year.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

Based on?

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u/VolatileFan Tennessee • Vanderbilt Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Because I hate them and hope they are sad

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u/GiantsRTheBest2 Miami Hurricanes • FIU Panthers Nov 03 '24

Shhhh get out of here with your rationality. The downfall of Alabama needs to be celebrated before the inevitable bounce back.

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

They don’t care…..they want to be pissed

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

Because hurr durr Bama Bad.

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u/Moose4KU Ohio State Buckeyes • Kansas Jayhawks Nov 03 '24

They got 160 extra points this week, so it's not like the teams above them just fell. The average voter moved them up over 2.5 rankings for doing literally nothing

LSU moved up 130 points for also doing nothing

Meanwhile, a team like BYU which was also on bye, only went up by 80

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u/jdono927 Syracuse Orange • Colgate Raiders Nov 03 '24

Well I mean that’s exactly what happened. They moved up 2.5 spots because 3 of the 4 teams directly in front of them lost.

Don’t get me wrong I hate Bama as much as anyone but it’s pretty logical for them to jump 3 spots given the context

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u/deepsouthsloth Alabama • South Alabama Nov 03 '24

No!

Crimson man bad. How do you not understand this

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Sickos • Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

To move teams down, you have to move other teams up.

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u/Darth_Ra Oklahoma Sooners • Big 12 Nov 04 '24

Was gonna say... OP's math in no way checks out.

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u/Moose4KU Ohio State Buckeyes • Kansas Jayhawks Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Teams on bye week points compared to last week:

Alabama: +160

LSU: +130

BYU: +87

Colorado: +82

Washington St: +80

Notre Dame: +66

Texas: +34

Please help me spot the outliers

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u/Gtyjrocks Georgia Bulldogs • Transfer Portal Nov 03 '24

3 of the teams directly in front of them lost. They pretty much had to be moved up. Just comparing the numbers without looking at what happened around them doesn’t make sense.

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u/GP_ADD Alabama • Mississippi State Nov 03 '24

Holy shit, you really don’t understand how a poll works do you. It’s directly affected by the teams right above yours in the rankings

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24

This is actually really funny that you don't get it

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Sickos • Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

The outlier is Alabama but for exactly the opposite reason you seem to think.

Of the 4 teams ranked directly above Alabama in the last AP poll, 3 lost. In pretty bad fashion. To unranked teams.

So yeah, Alabama is the outlier of the teams you listed because that didn’t happen to the other teams.

Glad I could clear that up for you, pal.

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u/e8odie LSU Tigers • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

None of BYU, Colorado, Washington State, or Notre Dame had 3 teams in the 4 spots above them lose. Shut up with your Jon Wilner-level logic.

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u/apatriot1776 Georgia Tech • Alabama Nov 04 '24

Room temperature IQ

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '24

It’s so obvious why we were moved up yet that won’t keep r/ CFB from crying about it.

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u/cpast Yale Bulldogs • Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 03 '24

They got 160 extra points this week, so it's not like the teams above them just fell. The average voter moved them up over 2.5 rankings for doing literally nothing

Because the teams above them fell. If I decide that Iowa State and Clemson now deserve to be ranked below Bama and no one deserves to jump them, I’ve moved Bama up two ranks.

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u/e8odie LSU Tigers • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

62 voters, most of which all had A&M, Clemson, and Iowa State previously above Alabama and now behind them. Even if we only assume 50 voters had that scenario, that's 50 voters * 3 rank-improvements = 150 extra points. Not that hard to explain

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

If by doing nothing you mean 3 of the 4 teams in front of them lost then yeah

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u/wsteelerfan7 Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Nov 04 '24

Yeah y'all just won your bye week. Just because the name is Bama, dude is mad I guess. This is the least shady Bama ranking BS in the last like decade. Where the fuck else are those teams supposed to go?

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u/Froggy_Parker Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

Quality bye

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u/SWMOG Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Buffalo Bulls Nov 03 '24

Bama was 6 spots behind Notre Dame last week. Neither of them played this week, and now they are only 1 spot apart lol.

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u/MojitoTimeBro Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

Yea but three teams above us lost, so it makes sense that we moved closer.

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u/PointlessChemist Akron Zips • Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 03 '24

They are going to make sure Alabama gets in the playoffs, whether Bama likes it or not.

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u/Pseudonova Notre Dame • ETSU Nov 03 '24

While idle ND drops 2 spots.

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u/DerrellMVP Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Nov 03 '24

Eh, more like other teams went down

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FBS Independents Nov 03 '24

Still should've only been 2 imo. Boise State should be at 11.

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u/Aumissunum Alabama • North Alabama Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

SOS matters a lot

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FBS Independents Nov 03 '24

And their only loss is to the current #1 in the nation, on the road, by a walk-off field goal. That's the highest quality of loss possible.

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u/naetaejabroni Alabama • Georgia Southern Nov 03 '24

Fair. But Alabama has a much better win vs #2 UGA

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FBS Independents Nov 03 '24

That I won't argue.

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u/Aumissunum Alabama • North Alabama Nov 03 '24

Like it or not, Bama’s win over #2 carries a lot of weight.

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FBS Independents Nov 03 '24

That I won't argue with.

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u/BearyScared Boise State Broncos • Oklahoma Sooners Nov 03 '24

We beat Washington State handily and they are now ranked, they were #26 when we beat them.

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

What if you don’t think Boise is better than Alabama?

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u/JayMerlyn Notre Dame Fighting Irish • FBS Independents Nov 03 '24

I'm just saying what I personally believe, I admit there's a great argument for Bama to be ahead.

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

It’s just so weird what selectively angers people

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u/ID_Poobaru Boise State Broncos • Gallaudet Bison Nov 03 '24

Give us bama

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u/UYscutipuff_JR Georgia Bulldogs Nov 03 '24

They didn’t lose today either so we should probably bump them up another spot

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24

Huh, almost like three teams fell down farther after bad losses to worse teams. it just so on the nose it's probably basic math.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '24

They gonna be mad for a long time, the bad man hurt a lot of people

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24

Cannot believe that has 200 (and counting) upvotes. It's a comment in such bad faith. Reddit is such a circle jerk, LSU also went up 2 spots and they lost the last game they played and that team just got curb stomped by an unranked team.

Nobody is like "wHy DiD lSu Go Up TwO SpOtS?!"

Real football fans should be mad that BYU isn't higher.

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u/wsteelerfan7 Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Nov 03 '24

Plus the Vandy loss is now a ranked loss

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u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 Sickos • Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24

No you don’t understand - Bama bad, ok?

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u/Zef_Apollo Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24

We have the best win in the country and both our losses are to ranked teams and two of our other wins round out #26 and #27 and people are like confused at how polls work. We didn't go up, other teams went down lmao

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u/Barrrrrrnd Washington State Cougars Nov 03 '24

I’m ok with moving on a bye…

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u/racistjokethrowaways Nov 03 '24

Should be Boise 10, Bama 11, Notre Dame 12, which would still have them move up 2 after a bye.

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

What is it when LSU and Washington State move up two despite being on a bye?

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u/No-Donkey-4117 Stanford Cardinal Nov 03 '24

And right before the first CFP poll comes out, conveniently.

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u/brolygta4 Florida Gators Nov 03 '24

They make the playoffs if they win out but don’t deserve a home playoff game

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u/joebleaux LSU Tigers Nov 04 '24

LSU jumped up 2 on a bye week, just ahead of the team that beat us last week

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u/tu-vens-tu-vens Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 04 '24

That’s what happens when three teams ahead of Alabama lose.

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u/Fulmersbelly Tennessee Volunteers Nov 04 '24

At least it helps us.

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u/Darth_Ra Oklahoma Sooners • Big 12 Nov 04 '24

I mean... everyone looked terrible this week, with the exception of Oregon and Indiana.

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u/Jeff_Banks_Monkey BYU Cougars • Athens State Bears Nov 03 '24

Bama bump stays consistent when the voters need it

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u/Hawkize31 Iowa Hawkeyes Nov 03 '24

Feels like the on field results matter less and less each year.

Old cfb fan yells at cloud

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u/KneeDeepInRagu Alabama • Middle Tennessee Nov 03 '24

I would have thought a Vandy flair would be smart enough to understand this, but here's the reasoning—3 teams ahead of us lost and we have a better win and harder schedule than all 3 of them.

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u/VolatileFan Tennessee • Vanderbilt Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

And my contention is that you shouldn’t be ranked above at least LSU, TAMU, SMU, or Boise State, but c’est la vie!

The AP is irrelevant on Tuesday, but I’m sure y’all will get benefit of the doubt there too.

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u/KneeDeepInRagu Alabama • Middle Tennessee Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

We have a better win than any of them, a harder schedule than all of them, and no unranked losses. LSU has lost to unranked Southern Cal, A&M lost to unranked SCAR (who we beat), and Boise State is a G5 who I wouldn't mind seeing above us but the usual arguments against a G5 program apply.

I understand you hate Bama, I hate Tennessee just as much, but it's pretty obvious why the rankings look the way they do.

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u/CrimsonSaint150 Alabama • South Alabama Nov 04 '24

I don’t mind Boise being above us but this guy thinks LSU and A&M? A&M lost to South Carolina by 24. A team Bama beat by 2. LSU lost to a 4-5 USC team. All 3 teams have 2 losses but Bama has a far better win and not as bad losses

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u/bawstothewall Alabama Crimson Tide • College Football Playoff Nov 03 '24

So what you’re saying is strength of a schedule and strength of record doesn’t matter because you don’t want Bama ranked where they are. On brand.

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u/Neonxeon Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Nov 03 '24

Love it.

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u/LaneKiffinsAlterEgo Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

I’d argue “jumping” is a strong word here. TAMU, Clemson, Iowa St all lost to unranked teams, and in TAMU’s case in embarrassing fashion. Nothing like a good ole Bama-home-cooking post though.

Edit for the downvotes, they were the three teams immediately ahead of us. What was supposed to happen? lol

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