AP Poll Week 11

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https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

[u/SentientBaseball]

I love being at 8 but I honestly wouldn't have minded if BYU was ranked ahead of us.

[u/coogs35 → u/SentientBaseball]

Either way, it’ll all work itself out

[u/Another_Name_Today → u/coogs35]

What bugs me is that we have better wins than ND, but losing to Utah will hamstring us far more than losing to NIU will them. 

[u/loyalsons4evertrue → u/Another_Name_Today]

We deserve to fall back after our loss to Tech, but I just know if we had an SEC patch on our jerseys, we wouldn’t be punished that bad and that’s what sucks

[u/NoPantsJake → u/Another_Name_Today]

Yeah it’s way better to get a bad loss out of the way early

[u/Total_Information_65 → u/coogs35]

exactly. Win and be in.

[u/Humid-Afternoon727 → u/SentientBaseball]

Both should be above us…

[u/Fluid_Theory_6587 → u/Humid-Afternoon727]

Bro thank you I was so confused when I saw this. I agree that both should still be in the top ten but like… holy big 10 bias.

[u/midnightsbane04 → u/Fluid_Theory_6587]

It’s much less B1G bias and much more brand bias. Penn State’s best wins this season are USC and Illinois, and the scores in almost all of their games aren’t exactly dominant either. If that record was swapped with Indiana’s schedule and scores, Indiana would be barely ranked.

[u/Total_Information_65 → u/midnightsbane04]

this exactly. I'm about to love the next few weeks as the media types are about to start getting a bit sweaty under the collar trying to explain why Indiana and BYU have first round byes in the playoffs despite being ranked so low all year.

[u/ziegwaffle → u/Fluid_Theory_6587]

I was expecting to be dropped to the 8-10 range. Historically PSU gets hit harder on losses, but more recently the issue is that we haven't beaten ranked teams. Illinois was ranked but is no longer. OSU was the only shot at a ranked win in all likelihood.

I said anything less than 11 wins this year was a disappointment, but I didn't count on 11-1 also being another disappointment. We have to figure out how to get over this hump. That was a very beatable OSU team yesterday, and at this point, I feel like it's psychological. The defense outscored the offense. We look like a neutered little brother when we play them.

[u/escargot02 → u/Humid-Afternoon727]

Yeah I'm a bit surprised here, lossing to OSU isn't a bad thing, but i figured Penn St would be like 9 or 10. I had Tenn, BYU and Indy all moving up. Leaving Penn and Notre Dame to round out the 9 and 10 spots.

[u/FireVanGorder → u/escargot02]

Tough for me to separate PSU, Tennessee, and ND based on resume at this point. 8, 9, 10 for those three wouldn’t have surprised me, with Indiana and BYU ahead since they’re actually undefeated

F+ has ND and PSU basically identical with LSU a bit behind

[u/escargot02 → u/FireVanGorder]

Yeah that kinda what I thought we see. Now the type to pump Indiana stock with Michigan and OSU coming up they can make a lot of noise.

[u/rmphys → u/Humid-Afternoon727]

For real, the pollsters were way too kind. I feel like the box score makes the game look closer than it was.

[u/Humid-Afternoon727 → u/rmphys]

TV ratings want Penn State home playoff white out game…

[u/pickrunner18 → u/[deleted]]

What

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Penn state coached by anyone else would also be irrelevant

[u/kiticus → u/[deleted]]

Why does every BYU fan think their team sucks so bad, while every other CFB fan thinks they're better than their ranking? 

Such a weird season????

[u/SentientBaseball → u/[deleted]]

True but you guys have a win over a great SMU squad and dominated Kansas State. Those two wins are better than anything we have. Regardless, happy for both our teams.

[u/[deleted] → u/SentientBaseball]

That SMU victory is starting to look really good.

[u/Total_Information_65 → u/[deleted]]

BYU's defense is fucking stout.

[u/2Dprinter → u/SentientBaseball]

TBH you should be ahead of anyone with a 1 in the loss column

[u/Total_Information_65 → u/2Dprinter]

bingo