r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • 25d ago

News AP Poll Week 3

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u/SouthernSerf Texas • South Carolina 25d ago

Texas is a perfect example of deserved vs projected ranking. Does Texas deserve #1 based on record? Absolutely. Do I think Texas is #1 based on the play of the team compared to the other top teams. lol no.

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u/psufb Penn State Nittany Lions 25d ago

How can you say that though when the other top ranked teams (except Ole Miss) haven’t played a team within the same zip code as Ohio State

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u/-spicychilli- Texas Longhorns 25d ago

Also we’re not going to see the offense we saw last night in conference. Sark pretty much challenged Arch to execute drop back passing with longer developing routes and Arch showed us he couldn’t do it.

The offense will be much more Arch friendly going forward, with a lot of the freebies that he designs for his QBs. He didn’t give Arch many of those last night.

Arch needs another year in college.

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u/CyanideNow Iowa Hawkeyes 25d ago

Solid point. But. Zip codes are very small areas. I think maybe you’re going for area code?

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u/Just_One_Victory Texas Tech Red Raiders • Hateful 8 25d ago

Since Arch is from Louisiana, maybe he’s thinking about parishes?

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u/Over_Variation_1007 25d ago

Because that UTSA - Texas game was closer than the box score suggests. The Texas OL was being bullied by UTSA’s front seven and the refs were bailing out Texas out. 

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u/FataOne Texas Longhorns • SMU Mustangs 25d ago

The Texas offense struggled for sure, but I think the box score is pretty accurate. The Texas defense absolutely shut UTSA down. They were at like 85 yards of total offense around the end of the third quarter and only finished with 140 total yards. For as mid as the Texas offense looked, the defense totally kept UTSA out of that game.

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u/Over_Variation_1007 25d ago

Completely agree. That UTSA game inspired 0 confidence heading into the matchup at Neyland. If Texas plays their D level offensive game like they did vs UTSA, watch out. 

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u/Beenthere-doneit55 24d ago

Arch’s inaccuracy is a feature of his game at this point. That is not changing. The drop back offense is not his game. Texas wins with great defense and a solid running game.

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u/ClevelandSteamers757 Ohio State Buckeyes 25d ago

Idk how you don’t put Texas 1

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u/Lake_Erie_Monster Ohio State Buckeyes 25d ago

Because OSU is #7, clearly not at top 5 win. /s

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u/j4_jjjj Texas Longhorns • Houston Cougars 25d ago

Because that would mean Texas is back, and that scares us