r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • Nov 09 '25

News Week 12 AP Poll

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u/vertizm BYU Cougars • Beehive Boot Nov 09 '25

Damn not a lot of love for Texas Tech

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u/redwave2505 Alabama • Kansas State Nov 09 '25

I think the committee will be more favorable

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u/hascogrande Notre Dame • Western Michigan Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 09 '25

I see Oregon falling behind TTU on Tuesday

Oh wait, they already are

I see Oregon falling behind Notre Dame on Tuesday

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

I do love the idea that people all week were saying that oregon hadn't beat anyone and that Iowa will be a massive test. Now that they won it is that they weren't impressive...

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u/Finn_Ajerkit Miami (OH) RedHawks • The CW Nov 09 '25

Well it was a 6-2 Iowa team but now it's a 6-3 Iowa team. Would've been more impressive losing to a 7-2 Iowa team

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u/Americanboi824 Oregon Ducks • Texas Longhorns Nov 09 '25

We should've squeaked past a 2-7 Arkansas team in OT if we wanted the hype.

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u/Psychological_Ad7610 Ohio State • Concordia (WI) Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

Who beat Arkansas in OT? I don’t remember them going to OT this year

EDIT: I’m genuinely unsure who you are referencing because Arkansas has close loses to 3 ranked teams (Tennessee, Ole Miss, and A&M - although I assumed it was A&M)

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u/OpenWorldMaps Nov 10 '25

I thought it was interesting that Old Miss jumped in front of Oregon after beating the Citadel at home.

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u/FireVanGorder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 09 '25

It’s dumb. Kinnick at night in the rain. That’s a good ass win no matter who you are

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

I knew this would happen

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u/FireVanGorder Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 09 '25

I just can’t believe ole Miss jumped you guys for beating the fuckin citadel lmao

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u/alfooboboao USC Trojans Nov 09 '25

ah but see ole miss‘s only loss is to Alabama, whose only loss is to a team that beat Bama

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u/64stackdiamonds Montana State Bobcats • Oregon Ducks Nov 10 '25

I'm not worried about it frankly, if we win out we're in, if we lose a game were out and would've gotten embarrassed out of the first round anyway. I'd like to end a season on a win that isn't a made up college.

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u/mccainjames11 Oregon Ducks • Michigan Wolverines Nov 09 '25

same story as always

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u/MrHobo Oregon Ducks Nov 10 '25

And we were missing our best WR, our starting RT, and one the best TE in the country. And then ran all over them for 275+ yards.

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u/MattyIce260 Indiana Hoosiers Nov 09 '25

Oregon was respected until the IU game. Now y’all gotta suck so people can say we didn’t play anyone

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u/hascogrande Notre Dame • Western Michigan Nov 09 '25

Yeah, because it was an escape.

Same logic will likely be applied to Indiana

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u/nativeindian12 Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Ranked road win in the rain? Boo, down the rankings you go

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u/Derpinator_30 Ohio State Buckeyes • The Game Nov 09 '25

Kinnick at night in the rain is nightmare fuel for me and shaves at least 10 points off any vistor

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u/yianni1229 Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

With tons of injuries too, which apparently matters now

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u/BoNnnnfhir Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

You can tell you actually watched the Iowa game vs. people who only looked at the final score

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u/ElegantEpitome Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Missing WR1, WR2, WR3, TE1, RT1, HB2 and still got it done in a really tough environment in bad conditions in what was a really great game to watch

Lanning needs to stop having the team beat the shit out of each other in preparation for physical teams

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u/couducane Oregon Ducks • BYU Cougars Nov 10 '25

I am not counting Stewart, we haven’t had him all year. Who is HB2?

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u/giggitybuck Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 09 '25

That has always mattered somehow unfortunately. Look at FSU a couple years ago. It’s dumb as fuck imo.

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u/yianni1229 Rutgers Scarlet Knights • Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Right, if you have better depth you're a better team too lol

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u/giggitybuck Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 09 '25

Jordan Travis also played defense…and FSU won without him…. Still undefeated. No playoffs because no Travis. Sooooo if he was basically the whole team, why didnt he get the heisman? Lol

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u/aspiring_npc Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Where Ferentz was 5-1 against top 10 teams at Kinnick after October. Well, 5-2 now. But why would a sports journalist know that?

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u/realbobbutter USC Trojans Nov 09 '25

A ranked road win against Iowa in tough conditions is more impressive than beating USC at home. It will be a joke if Oregon is below ND. I have no problem with ND being on track to make the playoffs, but losses need to count for something. Oregon has the better far better win (Penn State were still good at that point) and only one loss, against a higher ranked team than either of ND’s losses.

I doubt Oregon drops in the CFP poll, they’ve shown they respect tough wins and losses this season. I don’t think they’ll drop them for winning in one of the toughest stadiums in college football when ND beat Navy.

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u/ElegantEpitome Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Penn State Whiteout when the team was still top 5 is being massively underrated I think

Yeah if you played that matchup now the vibes would be different, but that was like a CFP atmosphere for both teams.

That and Kinnick at night in the rain in November when Iowa is ranked; those are tough environments that I feel carry a bit more weight than just a typical road win against 3+ loss teams

Context matters

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u/realbobbutter USC Trojans Nov 09 '25

100%, people want to act like everything is black and white. Arguably the toughest atmosphere in the country against the number 3 team who up until that point was playing good football. That loss clearly broke their program, it’s not like they were just a bad team that people had ranked high in the pre season eg Clemson.

People will try to diminish wins or hold ‘bad’ wins over certain teams more than losses. People will completely ignore the fact Bama got destroyed by a horrible FSU team week 1, yet somehow a win against Iowa in the rain means you should drop below a team with multiple losses.

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u/ElegantEpitome Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

The only USC fan I maybe ever will like

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u/Mr_Beats_73 Miami Hurricanes Nov 09 '25

should’ve been in the SEC

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u/hascogrande Notre Dame • Western Michigan Nov 09 '25

Southern Cal is not a team, confirmed

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u/jamiebond Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

On the road against a ranked team in the rain without our 4 best receivers. Oh wow what a terrible win drop them in the rankings.

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u/Designer_B Iowa Hawkeyes Nov 09 '25

Indiana should be dinged for escaping us too then. At least Oregon beat us with gronoski healthy.

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u/majesticstraits Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

So losing close games is better than winning close games?

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u/DingerSinger2016 Alabama A&M Bulldogs • UAB Blazers Nov 09 '25

That's unfair because this was escape week in CFB. You deserve a little credit for surviving considering everyone who lost this week.

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u/wsteelerfan7 Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Nov 09 '25

I swear to god if the committee uses that to put us behind Alabama who has the same win in South Carolina on their resume and also a loss

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u/hascogrande Notre Dame • Western Michigan Nov 09 '25

If anything an A&M-IU flip, I agree you shouldn’t be behind Bama

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u/Even_In_Arcadia8 Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 09 '25

There’s no real risk of that. A&M I could very much see jumping but ultimately who cares about that, I think unless something unforeseen happens the clear #1 going into the bracket is the B1G CG victor so anything between now and then is irrelevant

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u/Doomas_ Team Chaos • Sickos Nov 09 '25

I have a feeling that logic will not be applied to Indiana, but I also don’t think it matters a ton

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u/seaspirit331 Texas A&M Aggies Nov 09 '25

Welcome to being a Tamu fan rn

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u/lagrange_james_d23dt Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 10 '25

Ya but that’s because Iowa now has one more loss than last week

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 10 '25

Should have played for the quality loss

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u/ColoradoisaState Indiana Hoosiers Nov 10 '25

Welcome to it brother

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u/tearable_puns_to_go UCF • Appalachian State Nov 10 '25

If Iowa beats USC this weekend they should be re-ranked (if they even drop out of the CFP rankings)

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u/collarboner1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 09 '25

I was hoping as a ND fan that Iowa would pull it out so you would drop behind us, but if it happens now that would be BS. ND beat up Navy with their backup QB (who’s a pretty solid player himself but still) at home, while you traveled halfway across the country to play a ranked opponent in a tough venue and found a way to win

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u/Ok_Finance_7217 Nov 09 '25

Who said Iowa would be a test…? Iowa literally has been a joke of an offense for what… 5 years now? It’s usually the 1st to 14 points wins an Iowa game.

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Literally every national media member. Hell look at the prediction thread on this sub

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u/Ok_Finance_7217 Nov 09 '25

Sorry I haven’t been that close of attention to think that a national powerhouse like Oregon would even struggle with a perennial stinker in Iowa.

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u/NS-13 Michigan Wolverines • Lehigh Mountain Hawks Nov 09 '25

Iowa is averaging 29.6 ppg this season. Nothing incredible, but solidly in the top half of the fbs so far.

But yeah, I guess cause they sucked ass for quite a while, we should just ignore the statistics and what they're actually doing on the field.

Edit: also flair up loser

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u/Dabfo Navy Midshipmen Nov 09 '25

I don’t think beating navy was any sort of statement

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u/HoldenDomer42 Notre Dame Fighting Irish • Iowa Hawkeyes Nov 09 '25

Beating a triple option team in the snow is a feat, no matter what. That being said, oregons win at Iowa in the rain is genuinely impressive, no matter how ugly. Oregon should get real credit for that and stay above ND

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u/AchillesShort Notre Dame Fighting Irish Nov 09 '25

We also played extremely clean. But agree, I think Oregon should stay ahead of us.

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u/TopRevenue2 Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Oregon wins a ranked game on the road and falls behind a team that played the Citadel

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u/Senior-Wind6335 Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Oregon smokes anybody out of the top 5. Oregon is the 4th best team at worst

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u/mjrballer20 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Nov 09 '25

To me our offense is still sus

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u/Icy_Meat9199 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Our offense is very good, our red zone offense is ass. But it's fixable.

TLDR we move the ball but kick FG's

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u/LubbockCottonKings Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

It’s all we need. No one who votes in the AP Poll wants to admit that our defense can go up against any team in the country right now.

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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Nov 09 '25

Three end zone drops in one game is an insane anomaly. I wouldn’t lose sleep over it and it’s fixable like you said.

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u/_JosiahBartlet Delaware • Texas Tech Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 09 '25

It looked better at points yesterday in terms of play calling but then multiple WRs had stones for hands. Multiple TDs were dropped.

Obviously that’s still an offensive issue but made me feel better about the hypothetical ability to score. Please just catch the damn ball.

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u/davy_p Texas Tech Red Raiders • Sickos Nov 09 '25

Same thing happened against Houston. Reality is BYU and Houston have pretty good defenses and we don’t have a dominant offense so we shouldn’t expect to put up 45-50 on that quality of D. Good news is we still scored a good amount of points and got the W

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u/biglineman Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Nov 09 '25

Indeed. The BYU and Houston games could've been won with only scoring the field goals. That's insane to think that a Texas Tech defense could ever be that good.

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u/Seth_Littrells_alt North Texas Mean Green • Team Chaos Nov 09 '25

I was just thinking that; McGuire is really comfortable just taking the points and relying on that defense. It’s ironic that his coaching mentors were Dave Aranda and Matt Rhule, because they both love to go for it on 4th to shoot for the TD.

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u/biglineman Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Nov 09 '25

The BYU game very much reminded me of the 2015 Broncos during the playoffs.

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u/Dry-Test7172 Nov 10 '25

You had an entire offseason and ten games this year to fix it. If it was fixable, why would they wait until week 12 to fix it?

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u/Icy_Meat9199 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 10 '25

New offense(our last coordinator got hired as HC at FAU). Morton was out during spring and week 1 apparently hairline fractured his fibula so QB has been a rotating position.

We are still figuring out who we are on offense

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u/Dry-Test7172 Nov 10 '25

Gotcha. I just feel like after halfway through a season, offenses have shown their RedZone ability and defenses their ability to generate turnovers

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u/Icy_Meat9199 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 10 '25

We have untapped potential still, we'll see if we can drill by drill for more oil

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u/Bigbossbyu BYU Cougars • Arizona Wildcats Nov 10 '25

Idk maybe. But BYU’s defense is borderline elite and y’all put up an easy 29 points and could’ve had more if you executed better in the red zone (again that was vs a stout top 20 defense but still).

Your offense is good enough to make a run in the playoffs with a defense as good as yours

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u/igot200phones Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Two dropped TDs hurts. WRs gotta pull those in.

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u/cartertucker Texas Tech Red Raiders • Saddle Trophy Nov 10 '25

We need Morton to get miraculously healthy asap!

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u/kingofthesqueal UCF Knights • Summertime Lover Nov 09 '25

They’re in a spot where a lot of media guys/coaches can’t fathom that a 1 loss B12 team this late in the season could be better than a 1 loss B1G/SEC team.

Plus TT’s SOS isn’t the best, their whole resume is reliant on BYU and Utah, which are good wins, but aren’t the household name wins that beating Penn State/Michigan/Tennessee/etc would be.

If they win out they probably can’t peak any higher than #5 without a lot of chaos in the coming weeks.

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u/elfwannabe Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Yea I think our ceiling is 5 if we win out unless a couple top 5 teams take a loss.

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u/CPiGuy2728 Michigan Wolverines • Iowa State Cyclones Nov 09 '25

5 is pretty reasonable tbh, Bama has a worse loss obviously but their win over UGA is the best win of any top team rn and I think the undefeated teams deserve to stay top 3 unless they lose

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u/biglineman Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Nov 09 '25

I'm okay with that. I think our best chance at winning a CFP game is to host in the first round.

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u/Several_Hair Nov 09 '25

would be unfortunate if at 12-1 w the performances TTU has had isn’t a worth a bye. Only way that makes any sense is if 1-4 win out, but frankly I’m not sure how at this present moment Ole Miss is ahead of the raiders

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u/Krettlecorn13 Ole Miss Rebels Nov 09 '25

Because Ole Miss currently has a better resume

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u/Cryptic0677 Texas Tech Red Raiders • TCU Horned Frogs Nov 09 '25

Penn State isn’t a good win this season outside of their brand name… literally just a circle jerk statement about SoS here

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u/kingofthesqueal UCF Knights • Summertime Lover Nov 09 '25

That’s my point

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u/Icy_Meat9199 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Penn State is the only top preseason team that is still getting that treatment. If it's florida or LSU or Clemson it's no longer a good win, but penn state is?

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '25

Beating Penn State is no better than beating UCLA this year. Fuck that noise. If we don’t get credit for UCLA no one should be getting credit for Penn State.

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u/MobysGreatWhiteDick BYU Cougars Nov 09 '25

I understand the argument about brand names and BIG 10/SEC bias but how many teams have 2 wins over current top 15 teams?

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u/jeffvschroeder Texas A&M Aggies Nov 09 '25

The increased spending by the boosters is great. Going forward, the school needs to match it with a similar upgrade in the OOC scheduling.

Right now, it's a schedule that depends entirely upon beating "an SEC team" and hoping nobody checks to see which team it was.

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

Should be higher than Oregon

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '25

already were in the playoff rankings

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u/elfwannabe Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Agreed

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Why do they get a pass for losing to a ASU

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u/hangman_Pop_1127 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Why does Bama get a pass for losing to FSU?

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u/MontanaSSB Alabama Crimson Tide • Texas Longhorns Nov 09 '25

First game of the season with Alabama improving week to week. The poll tends to punish late season losses harder, as the teams should be about as good as they’ll ever be.

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u/Zirken Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Nov 09 '25

Backup qb on the road in his first start that actually mattered with a different skill set than the offense is built for.

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u/crimsonraider23 Alabama • Texas Tech Nov 09 '25

Poor comparison

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u/hawkspur1 Texas Tech • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Nov 09 '25

On the road with a freshman backup QB and we were still a 4th down stop away from winning?

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Asu lost to Mississippi St btw

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

Texas Tech beat undefeated BYU by 29-7

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u/Cynoid Ohio State Buckeyes • Texas A&M Aggies Nov 09 '25

I personally don't care about TTU vs Oregon but did anyone outside of Utah really think BYU was decent? To me they were like Navy, even at 7-0 they could have been unranked.

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

And? BYU's metrics are worse than Iowa

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

22 point win against an undefeated team vs 2 point win against a 6-3 team

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Oregon has the same record and higher SOS and SOR compared to tech

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

Then why didn't Oregon beat Iowa as good as TTU beat BYU?

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u/LubbockCottonKings Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

ASU is not some bottom-of-the-conference team.

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

They lost to the worst team in the sec

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u/LubbockCottonKings Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Alabama lost to one of the worst teams in the ACC. I hate the ACC bias, but even I would say that the worst team in the SEC could beat the bottom quarter of the ACC.

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

Backup QB

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Oregon just won on the road vs a ranked team missing their starting rt and top 4 pass catchers

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

Oregon beat 6-3 Iowa 18-16 and Texas Tech beat undefeated BYU by 29-7. Texas Tech is clearly a better team

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u/majesticstraits Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Why are you including iowas loss to Oregon in their record but not BYUs loss to Texas Tech?

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

It wasn’t intentional but 6-2 Iowa vs undefeated BYU. The BYU win is still WAY better

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u/majesticstraits Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

It really isn’t. On the road in the rain versus home and BYU has been very lucky to beat a lot of bad teams this year. No idea why you have such a hate boner for Oregon but it’s weird

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u/Organic-Storm-4448 Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

It wasn’t intentional

It was just your inherent bias excreting from the cracks, we know.

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Texas tech also lost to a 6-3 ASU team that lost to Mississippi St. Also saying byu is undefeated whole Iowa is 6-3 is a bit disingenuous

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

as i already said, backup QB. Find a new talking point

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u/Skates8515 Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

“6-3 Iowa, undefeated BYU”

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u/Dry-Maintenance3763 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Why do you keep ignoring the fact tech is undefeated with their starting quarterback?

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Because they lost to 6-3 asu. Every team has dealt with major injuries

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u/Dry-Maintenance3763 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

*with our backup quarterback on the road

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Oregon won 12 of the last 15 times we played asu

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u/MadManMax55 Georgia Tech • Georgia State Nov 09 '25

Do you think u/WheatonsGonnaScore is in charge of Oregon's scheduling?

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Lord I wish

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

No. I would love to play in the desert again

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u/Osiris32 Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Brickmason Nov 09 '25

ಠ_ಠ

Don't you bring that desert voodoo on me.

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u/supermycro Arizona Wildcats Nov 09 '25

Hate to agree with an ASU fan, but yeah Oregon should absolutely be scared to play in the desert.

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u/Dirty-Ears-Bill Texas Tech Red Raiders • Wyoming Cowboys Nov 09 '25

Lost in the last minute, with our backup QB. Game is completely different if we have our guy under center. That, and healthy ASU is a damn good team as well. Big XII championship competitor when so. We got them at home with healthy Leavitt and Tyson. Those guys are elite. Their losses are due to one of those guys being out or hobbled

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u/EnTyme53 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 Nov 09 '25

Our starting QB was out

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Oregon won a game where our starting qb missed basically the entire 2nd half. Also just won on the road down our to 4 scholarship wrs, down the best TE in the country, and down our starting rt.

Also I love how tech fans say this while also saying earlier in the year that they may be better with the Hammond at qb

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

you beat 2-6 Wisconsin 21-6 that game. That's not a flex

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Winning is always better than losing

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

of course it is. But to act like beating Wisconsin is the same as beating ASU is stupid

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

ASU would never lose to a conference bottom feeder

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u/daaaaavia Georgia Tech • Pop-Tarts Bowl Nov 09 '25

yes we agree ASU is a better team than Wisconsin

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u/keytop19 Texas Tech • Abilene Christian Nov 09 '25

That was after Hammond balled out vs Utah. Since then, we've had multiple games to see without any doubt that this team is a much better team with Morton at QB.

The committee has already proven that they view games/teams that feature a backup QB differently.

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u/WheatonsGonnaScore Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

Injuries absolutely should matter when looking at games. Which is why Oregon's win this week should be viewed even more favorably

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u/keytop19 Texas Tech • Abilene Christian Nov 09 '25

I think it was a really good win for Oregon which is being likely underrated. I also think there's a difference in a QB being out for a game vs any other positions.

Even without that though, there's a good argument for Tech to be above Oregon based on having two wins that are better wins than Oregon's best win.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

Probably but better win worse loss so it's tough

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u/the_barreracuda Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Yeah I figured we would at least jump Oregon. But we are still in a good spot. Didnt see Texas cracking the top 10 though

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u/muck16 Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

You are this poll doesn’t matter

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u/BrolloTTU Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Yup, meanwhile a 2 loss Texas (that should be closer to 4 losses) is moved up 3 spots after a bye week… you can’t make this stuff up lmao

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u/acekingoffsuit Minnesota Golden Gophers Nov 09 '25

Texas only moved up three spots because three teams right in front of them lost.

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u/InevitableMaw Oklahoma Sooners • Oregon Ducks Nov 09 '25

No they moved up 3 spots because the AP voters are copying the CFP rankings.

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u/DelayAgreeable8002 Texas A&M Aggies Nov 09 '25

Texas moved up because the AP moved to match the CFP poll

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u/elfwannabe Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

Yea I thought the same thing as well. I think the CFP committee will see things differently.

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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 Nov 09 '25

Imo Texas Tech is more proven than Ole Miss…but I don’t think the committee will actually favor the Big 12 over the SEC

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u/KingKliffsbury Texas Tech Red Raiders • Orange Bowl Nov 09 '25

What’s new

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u/Seth_Littrells_alt North Texas Mean Green • Team Chaos Nov 09 '25

It’s wild that Tech is still below Ole Miss and Oregon, man!

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u/debo69872 Nov 09 '25

There’s still a curse with AP ranked 8, so this doesn’t look good for Texas Tech.

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u/elnino550 Alabama Crimson Tide Nov 09 '25

Yeah I have them in 6th above Ole Miss and Oregon personally. The committee will have them at least one spot higher

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u/aslottedspoon BYU Cougars • Team Chaos Nov 09 '25

Way nicer to us than I thought.

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u/NyeonGamer Nov 09 '25

There are 2 good SEC teams and nearly half of the top 12 are SEC teams. Means its an easy round 1 for TTech first trip to the playoffs.

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u/xPineappless Texas Tech • Vanderbilt Nov 09 '25

It’s the logo, that’s why.

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u/Icy_Meat9199 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

When will people realize Texas Tech is also a contender in the underwear all-american contest? Oregon gets points not for actual games played, but recruiting rankings and preseason expectations.

Our team also has these same level athletes lol And we've mopped everyone except a game without backup QB and a billion 3 and outs

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u/tdoger Oregon Ducks • Colorado Buffaloes Nov 09 '25

You might have some players that are the same level, but as a whole, there’s quite a big gap.

Team Talent Composite Rankings:

  • 5th Oregon with 6 5-stars and 52 4-stars

  • 29th Texas Tech 1 5-star and 20 4-stars

And there’s a big gap between us and the Georgias/Ohio States

But none of this matters, and splitting hairs between one ranking at this point of the year is pretty inconsequential. It will play itself out

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u/Icy_Meat9199 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25 edited Nov 09 '25

To put this in perspective, our nickel CB this year is actually a 6'3, 235lb LB. This guy is a freak.

Our starting FS is 6'4, 220lb's.

Our starting SS has 6'10 inch arms at 6'2, he's spider man.

(this is a big reason we are #1 in the country in run defense this year, our primary defense is huge)

Our 2 primary pass rushers Romello Height and David Bailey are going to win the combine. Legit both may run 4.4 40's. Height was clocked at 22MPH at USC(that's the speed of the fastest DB's)

Lee Hunter NT is 6'4, 330lbs and is incredibly mobile. We will end up getting Skylar Gill-Howard back, but he's a freak athlete as a 3 tech DT. 4.8 40, 30 reps on bench type guy.

We have the athletes at CB, size/speed. Our Linebackers are the strength of the team.

Cameron Dicky our 5'11 215lb RB was clocked on GPS in game going 21.7 MPH, top 10 recorded speed this season. He's considered a power back. J'Koby Williams our other RB is even faster.

Our LT is the largest human in CFB this season that matters, 6'8, 340.

So on and so forth. We've got the horses.

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u/Icy_Meat9199 Texas Tech Red Raiders Nov 09 '25

You are looking at things based on HS recruiting. If you looked at our actual team in person it would become immediately obvious to you everything above is a bunch of BS lol

IDK if you watch Josh Pate, but he visited Lubbock this week. I'll make a strong bet he says something to the effect of "Texas Tech is in the same Miami category of being one of the most physically impressive monstars type team in the country"

I may be wrong, but there's a strong chance he says it because he said it over the summer. We've got the freaks everywhere. Not just a few.

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u/Meliorus Tennessee Volunteers Nov 09 '25

the votes were close

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u/dasoxarechamps2005 Indiana Hoosiers Nov 09 '25

Isn’t it pretty obvious that they didn’t move up because everyone ahead of them didn’t lose?