If we beat cincy do you think we will be ranked?

#78
#78
I'm thinking, like many others, that we will likely be ranked after we beat Florida.
 
#79
#79
We received 5 points this week (tied for #39)
#25 has 160 points.
Probably take more than a win over Cincinnati to make up that many points.
 
#82
#82
we were ranked #39 in the preseason AP

we're #42 this week

not a chance beating cincinnati gets us ranked
 
#83
#83
I think if (when) we beat FL then we will be ranked.. But I also think it will depend on the scores.. 2 Close games vs UC and FL.. Idk but If we have some big wins then yeah I think the polls will reflect.
 
#85
#85
Not a chance. Even if we beat UF in the Swamp, everybody will be saying it's a fluke-- the Gators played poorly, we were lucky, yadayada. IMO, we will have to beat UF and UGA to get any respect.
 
#86
#86
I hope not. I would rather go into next week with the majority of FL having lower expectations of us. But let's get by Cinci first.
 
#88
#88
If we were to win like 41-3 or something, it's possible. If we win the next two? Yessir.
 
#90
#90
Let me add to these responses. NO

If we beat Florida, I think it's close though. I don't think it will take 5-0 to do it. 4-0 max.
 
#91
#91
GFactor said:
We were ranked 60-70th in the nation and just got by Montana why should we be ranked?

We don't deserve it with the way we played against an fcs team and even if we somehow get by Cincinnati we still shouldn't be. We need 3 wins in the SEC before we should even get a shout out in the rankings.
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Good God look it up before you post.
 
#92
#92
The_Orange_Pearl said:
No.

14 threads started in the past nine days, keep up the good work!






But seriously, the team is coming off a 6-7 season. If they're ranked just for beating an FCS team and a Big East team, the polls are more flawed than one could ever imagine.
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1. The initial poll has to look at last year's results. No getting around this.
2. But once the first week of games has been played the initial rankings should be merely tweaked up and down a little because of a loss, they should be done from scratch.
3. Using the logic of the gentlement above (in bold), what is a logical reasoning for Texas being ranked over Tennessee? They were worse than us last year and beat Rice -- who is dreadful -- in their first game.
4. Can anybody provide an articulable argument for why USC, Notre Dame, Michigan, and several other notables are ranked ahead of us.
5. Or Florida. They had a better record than us last year but were worse at the end of the year....and way way worse at that. Why should they be ranked ahead of us?

I could go on with various examples of rankings this early have no basis in reality and are dictated largely by recent reputation of the progam. I should note that this phenomenon applied to Tennessee for many years, and we were grossly over-ranked early in the year when we were actually a terrible terrible team.

I will close by saying that I do believe that UT is one of the top 25 teams in the country. And I trust my evaluation moreso than the national polls which are dictated more by inertia than anything else.
 
#93
#93
LA Vol said:
Not a chance. Even if we beat UF in the Swamp, everybody will be saying it's a fluke-- the Gators played poorly, we were lucky, yadayada. IMO, we will have to beat UF and UGA to get any respect.
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Are you saying that we can beat cincy then Florida and still not be ranked?

I hope you aren't a betting man. But if you are, send me a PM, and maybe we can figure something out.
 
#94
#94
GFactor said:
We were ranked 60-70th in the nation and just got by Montana why should we be ranked?

We don't deserve it with the way we played against an fcs team and even if we somehow get by Cincinnati we still shouldn't be. We need 3 wins in the SEC before we should even get a shout out in the rankings.
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Cocaine is a helluva drug.
 
#95
#95
You guys act like we are just going to walk in the swamp and win.....I think we will win but dont get to confident!
 
#96
#96
Blowout win this week we are in the top 28 or so. Go to 3-0, we'll be ranked.
 
#97
#97
THE SOZ said:
You guys act like we are just going to walk in the swamp and win.....I think we will win but dont get to confident!
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Fan confidence is irrelevant as none of us are playing in or coaching the games.

So I could write that we're going to get annihilated. Or I could write that we're definitely going to win. Neither statement will affect the outcome of the game. Fact.

We're going to win the game.
 
#98
#98
I smashed Cincy on NCAA after smashing Oklahoma and I still wasn't ranked... TIFWIW JMO IMO per TOS
 
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