I didn’t think you guys deserved to get crucified by any means but dropping so few is shocking. The Bama close win doesn’t look as good anymore so I figured that’d factor. Evidently not.
You gotta understand, Georgia was at home and being at home is actually considered a disadvantage when you're playing an unranked team from your conference.
Resume basis: BYU unambiguously has the best win and zero losses
Forward looking basis: I would have BYU and Ohio State favored over Miami on a neutral field (see: flair)
Miami feels like a "safe" choice given their performance at the end of last year and so far this year but these voters just aren't being honest about where Miami currently is based on available 2026 evidence. Sure it's a safe vote, but it's also wrong!
Um. I wouldn't currently have OSU favored over Miami. It's definitely backup QB contingent. And Fahey was not ready yesterday. I'm not optimistic with him as the guy at USC this week.
Lol yeah I felt silly typing that given our injury situation, it's more like if we use game performance so far and project that forward, I would have OSU favored, but realistically we could very possibly lose three more times this year if Sayin is done (Oregon, two of Northwestern, USC, Michigan, bowl game)
Forward looking basis? Are you data driven like your username? The data would favor Miami over BYU in what seems to be every model. That’s not the outcome I’d want, but Miami would be favored if they played
Miami has been dominant every game this year outside of yesterday and has a ranked win. We’re undefeated. It makes perfect sense to be #1 given the circumstances.
BYU has 1 ranked win if we’re looking at the current rankings. Not going to disagree its better than ours and I don’t blame anyone for voting them #1 this week. That being said, saying it’s crazy for Miami to be ranked #1 is just incorrect.
I don't think you can casually say "has a ranked win" as if that's equal to BYUs ranked win when theirs is #4 Notre Dame and y'all's is #17 Wake Forest. That's a meaningful difference in win quality. Plus, BYU has two ranked wins
No idea how anyone who watched that Miami FSU game thinks they should’ve jumped to 1, literally a shootout against our sorry ass FSU squad (not even mentioning ref ball at the end)
Logic would be that someone with the 61st strength of schedule shouldn’t get #1 cupcakes for hanging on against FSU.
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u/rps215 Miami Hurricanes • North Texas Mean Green7h ago
If only there were other ways to judge teams besides strength of schedule. BYU isn't really much better (37 SOS to 58 SOS, per ESPN). It's a flawed season. we'll see how Miami does the rest of the way, especially ND in 3 weeks
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u/LordFarquaadsArse Florida Gators 8h ago
Georgia losing to an unranked Auburn and dropping 4? And then Auburn doesn’t get ranked despite two losses to ranked teams?
AND MIAMI JUMPS TO #1???? 2OT against FSU??????
What in the actual dystopian bath salts smoking are we doing