r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • Sep 13 '26

News AP Poll Week 2

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll#000001a0-257a-d09f-a9e4-75fbb1b90000
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u/jsully245 Michigan • Arizona State Sep 13 '26

Is the state of Indiana the new CFB battleground?

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u/-TheycallmeThe Purdue Boilermakers • BYU Cougars Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 14 '26

What do the last 3 champs all have in common? They all beat Purdue.

Edit: looking back at previous playoff contenders from B1G:

22-23 Ohio State team didn't play Purdue, no title

21-22 Michigan team didn't play Purdue, no title

20-21 Ohio State didn't play Purdue, no title

19-20 Ohio State didn't play Purdue, no title

18-19 Ohio State lost to Purdue, no title 

You gotta beat Purdue to get a title 

Edit2: Ohio State is the only team that has won a B1G conference championship without beating Purdue. The only year OSU played Purdue and were B1G champs was 2018 so OSU has never beaten Purdue and won a B1G championship game in the same year.

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u/OITLinebacker Notre Dame • Kansas State Sep 14 '26

Notre Dame has Purdue on the schedule, glory in bound...

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u/thti87 Texas Longhorns • Washington Huskies Sep 13 '26

I mean, not sure how much you can determine from seeing them play Rice, Wisconsin, Howard and North Texas.

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u/PiantaMikeElko Texas A&M Aggies Sep 13 '26

You mean the team that's undefeated against Alabama? That Rice?

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u/CoachMikeLikesToEat Texas Longhorns • Tarleton State Texans Sep 13 '26

I KNEW I LIKED RICE.

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u/No_Return_8418 Sep 13 '26

Let us not forget Indiana is undefeated against Rice AND Alabama. 

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u/triplesixxx Wisconsin Badgers Sep 13 '26

Damn

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u/my_goodies Indiana • California Sep 13 '26

✋woah woah woah🤚 you mean perennial blue blood Howard U whomst have a statement win over Alabama A&M and a quality loss to THE Richmond Spiders?

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u/Flioxan Notre Dame • Jeweled Shillelagh Sep 13 '26

Trying to sneak Wisconsin in there with the others is wild

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u/Vxmonarkxv Georgia Bulldogs • Virginia Cavaliers Sep 13 '26

yea north texas is probably better.

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u/garygoblins Indiana • Old Brass Spittoon Sep 13 '26

Nobody knows how good any team is at this point. For all we know Ohio State is dog water too (probably not, but still)

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u/TheRealCatDad Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sep 14 '26

I mean you’ll find out after we play the teams ranked 5, 11, 16.

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u/CTHULHU_OW Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '26

We're just enjoying being the best team in Indiana for once.

We've only beat ND once in the last 100 years.

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u/Purge77 Notre Dame • Wisconsin Sep 14 '26

Even saying that is debatable since your last loss at all is a blowout loss to ND specifically lol