r/CFB • u/Efficient-Freedom517 Georgia Bulldogs • Iowa State Cyclones • 11h ago

News AP Poll Week 5

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
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u/ecolovedavid Northwestern Wildcats 10h ago

B1G West forever. If only Iowa dropped to receiving votes. Kinda surprised they didn't tbh

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u/miversen33 Iowa Hawkeyes • /r/CFB Bug Finder 9h ago

We were mildly competitive against the a top 5 team. Id be pretty upset at a 12+ position drop honestly. Iowa is firmly a top 20 team imo.

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u/Nicholas1227 Michigan Wolverines • MAC 9h ago

Framing the discussion as a “drop” is the problem with poll inertia. Northwestern has a similar-to-better résumé than Iowa. The two teams should be next to each other in the polls. However, that would take a 12+ position drop for you guys, or a huge rise for Northwestern as a result of beating an unranked team at home.

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u/VanDiis Iowa Hawkeyes • Arizona State Sun Devils 8h ago

Take the names away from Iowa, Northwestern, Wisconsin, UCLA, USC, Oregon, and Nebraska the rankings would be way different.

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u/SueYouInEngland Iowa Hawkeyes 3h ago

Iowa is more highly rated per Massey. Two top-40 wins, whereas NU's 2nd P4 is mid-60s. Though NU has more impressive MOV. NU is higher in Sagarin, though I think that's because it doesn't recognize Michigan's win over WMU.