Vols #20 in Coaches, #21 in AP after win over USCe

[VFL-82-JP]

We rose one spot in the coaches' poll, from #21 last week to #20 today.

We dropped five positions in the AP poll, from #16 last week. But that's actually a nice accomplishment, since we were #25 a few weeks ago before they took out the B10 and PAC...and we're up a net 4 spots today after those teams have been reinserted.

#20-#21 seems about right to me, for now. We'll hopefully clean up our execution nicely by the Mizzou game, then clean it up even more and pull the upset against UGa in two weeks. If we do that, we'll see a nice little bounce up into the top 15, maybe even top 12. Tall order, though. We need to get our stuff figured out much faster than UGa does.

In other poll moves:

• Florida is up to #3 after a nice opening game for them (up 2 spots from #5)
• Ohio State reenters the poll at #6 after a "we're not playing" absence. In the pre-season, they were #2, so this is a net loss of four spots for the Buckeyes. Probably a combo of (a) losing some opt-out starters, (b) potential for having atrophied with the off-again / on-again uncertainty, and (c) only having 8+1 games to prove they deserve a spot in the CFB--with no bye weeks as padding for covid cancellations.
• Oklahoma fell a whopping 15 spots to #18 after their embarrassing loss to K State. LSU fell almost as hard, down 14 spots to #20.
• A&M lost 3 positions to #13 in spite of winning their game. Guess the voters weren't impressed with how they soft-handed Vandy.

Go Vols!

 

[MWAVolfan]

Dropping in the polls after a win on the road in the SEC..... Hmmmm mm seems like a vote of no confidence to me especially after LSU went down in flames and Georgia looked like manure.

 

[Ty4Vols]

Dropping in the polls after a win on the road in the SEC..... Hmmmm mm seems like a vote of no confidence to me especially after LSU went down in flames and Georgia looked like manure.

Just a reminder the AP added the Big 10 and Pac 12 teams back into their ranking system which added some teams ranked higher than our Vols. I believe the OP did a good job quickly explaining this.
Ohio St, Penn St, Oregon and Wisconsin were added and Miss St went from unranked to #16.
Those 5 teams created the drop which is being seen from past week to this week.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Dropping in the polls after a win on the road in the SEC..... Hmmmm mm seems like a vote of no confidence to me especially after LSU went down in flames and Georgia looked like manure.

Don't be silly, MWA. We dropped because the B10 (#6 Ohio State, #10 Penn State, #19 Wisconsin) and PAC (#14 Oregon) were re-integrated into the polls, having decided to play after all.

 

[Freak]

Dropping in the polls after a win on the road in the SEC..... Hmmmm mm seems like a vote of no confidence to me especially after LSU went down in flames and Georgia looked like manure.

Nice try. We didn't really drop in the AP, like JP said. Apart from the taking away and adding back of teams, we rose four spots.

 

[Persian Vol]

Yeah I don’t buy Florida as #3 in the country

 

[howie87]

Dropping in the polls after a win on the road in the SEC..... Hmmmm mm seems like a vote of no confidence to me especially after LSU went down in flames and Georgia looked like manure.

Your life must be constant hell...

 

[volfanhill]

Dropping in the polls after a win on the road in the SEC..... Hmmmm mm seems like a vote of no confidence to me especially after LSU went down in flames and Georgia looked like manure.

Did you miss the part where they added the PAC and Big X back in?

 

[MWAVolfan]

Did you miss the part where they added the PAC and Big X back in?

Yeah I didn't know they added them back in. Don't know why they would do that now since those teams don't play for a month.

 

[GAVol]

Imagine what it's going to be like in December as SEC, Big 12 and ACC schools sit there and watch Big 10 and Pac 12 teams move up.

Rankings are almost pointless this year.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Imagine what it's going to be like in December as SEC, Big 12 and ACC schools sit there and watch Big 10 and Pac 12 teams move up.

Rankings are almost pointless this year.

OR as we sit there and watch ourselves move up while the B10 and PAC teams lose against each other.

Being idle is normally overall favorable in the polls. Witness Notre Dame rising two spots this week, from #7 to #5, without doing a thing.

 

[TrueOrange]

Dropping in the polls after a win on the road in the SEC..... Hmmmm mm seems like a vote of no confidence to me especially after LSU went down in flames and Georgia looked like manure.

Or just two Power 5 conferences' worth of ranked teams being put back into the polls.

 

[TrueOrange]

Nice try. We didn't really drop in the AP, like JP said. Apart from the taking away and adding back of teams, we rose four spots.

Good point.

 

[joevol33]

Yeah I don’t buy Florida as #3 in the country

I hope they stay up there till December, and we screw up their season

 

[golfballs]

Yeah I don’t buy Florida as #3 in the country

We gone whip they ass

 

[VolsnRavens]

We gone whip they ass

You meant that in blue font, right?

 

[LakeMaryFLVol]

Yeah I don’t buy Florida as #3 in the country

We own them in December . Bring it

 

[VolBricks]

Honestly #16 was too high for this team right now. We are a 20-25 team right now. If JG can get his passes down then maybe we move up win the weeks to come.

 

[VolForLife83]

Yeah I don’t buy Florida as #3 in the country

Florida will be playing in the SECCG, possibly the playoffs

 

[VolForLife83]

Georgia staying at 4 is a joke

 

[TAF]

 

[SteveG]

I think they are right where they should be.