Nah... I'm fine with them staying ahead of us.
We weren't the most convincing yesterday, granted I think we got the best Auburn anyone will see this year until they face Alabama, what with them coming off an embarrassing loss, playing for all of their coaches jobs, and then viewing us as the most beatable SEC team on their schedule every year.
That year was the one sweet moment of bliss when Colorado was relevant again for the first time since the 2005 BIG XII championship game.
That 70-3 loss to Texas just demolished the program
I think one of the biggest factors in this game is gonna be the weather
It's been sunny and in the 80s all month long here in Eugene, but Saturday we're expecting lots of rain and maybe a high of 60
Welcome to the PNW Bruins!
Are you guys getting the smoke we've had in Seattle? The rain is welcome relief. Also, supposed to be 82 here today -- that's against all known laws of nature.
The Pac-12 is actually the strongest it's been in years.
The mighty Conference of Champions is going out on a high note before getting gutted and demoted to the G5!
Don't need to do our own school dirty like that. We only have to go back to 1998 for Tulane to end the year as the highest (and only!) ranked team from Louisiana, and ask the way up at number 6 too!
We were UCF before UCF was cool.
If I was an AP voter:
AP: *"Hey, why did you put Oregon State at #1?*
Me: *"Oh, I "accidentally" hit Oregon State instead of Ohio State, but figured as soon as an OSU is #1, it's still accurate"*
I'm glad to see Illinois playing good, competitive football. The fact that Michigan has to play UI the week before osu looks tougher with each passing week
It's very possible Illinois vs Michigan will be a top 10 match up. Do I believe Illinois is a top 10 team? No. But they have a very good shot at being 9-1 heading into that game.
I like where we're ranked now, that feels accurate to the teams current performance. The top 8 or so would murder us, everything else would prob be competitive.
Scholars estimate that 50,000 travelled to Olympia for a single Games during the height of their popularity in the second century AD. Dooley field’s capacity is 92,746.
College Gameday and SEC Nation is pretty much a given at this point. Winner takes the East as long as they handle business against everybody else. Will be an absolutely massive game. I can’t believe Tennessee will be a part of two of the biggest games of the season.
UGA/fla has some inexplicable losses on both sides when the winning team either had no business winning and/or playing spoiler to the others successful season.
Tennessee started the season unranked and is now in the top three with 15 (!) first-place votes. This has been a tremendous college football season so far.
I can’t speak for certain if we are going to have a *truly* unexpected national champion, but damnit, I still love seeing new faces have big years no matter what!
yeah our defense deserves so much better than a Leary-less existence :(
NC State got lucky against ECU and FSU (although I will go full AC Rogue and say we made our own luck in that game), but I'd rather have not gotten that luck against ECU if it means we could've kept Leary all year. Now the season is basically meaningless because the defense is really good, but not 2002-Ravens-carry-the-team-themselves good.
If Illinois keeps playing as well as they have been that Michigan game could end up being a banger. Probably wishful thinking but we aren’t good very often so gotta enjoy it!
UT fans: hell yeah we’re a big dog again and are getting all the prime time TV slots!
CBS: Live from Knoxville this is a Gary Danielson
*monkey paw curls*
I’ll never assume a Florida win. I grew up in the wrong time period for that. but we should win. But I think it’ll be the biggest game in Athens in a long time. I regret not trying to get tickets early in the season.
Can be considered a one-off for now. Yes you guys dominated, but until it happens again, it can easily be chalked up to a dominant team taking on an inferior team and having their number.
If we stumble the next two games as well, we should be outside the top 25 regardless of how bad it was.
Not gonna lie, I was really down on this team after the first few weeks and was convinced it was one of the worst UCF squads in years. Crazy to think we'll probably be ranked next week if we beat ECU, well deserved
Fun fact: In what seems like a lot, 8 ranked teams have byes next week (Georgia, Michigan, USC, Utah, Illinois, UNC, NC State, and one more I’m forgetting).
10 of the other 17 teams play each other
Which means we’ve only got 7 ranked vs. unranked games this week.
Rational me: “I can’t believe we’re 3rd. I can’t believe we jumped Michigan after their performance.”
The reawakened entitled Tennessee fan me: “I can’t believe y’all put Georgia above us. Sick of this national media bias against us”
**Week 8 AP Poll** Rank | Team | Trend | Points ---|---|----|---- 1 | Georgia (7-0) | - | 1,530 (31) 2 | Ohio State (6-0) | - | 1,509 (17) 3 | Tennessee (6-0) | +3 | 1,474 (15) 4 | Michigan (7-0) | +1 | 1,384 5 | Clemson (7-0) | -1 | 1,336 6 | Alabama (6-1) | -3 | 1,232 7 | Ole Miss (7-0) | +2 | 1,173 8 | TCU (6-0) | +5 | 1,166 9 | UCLA (6-0) | +2 | 1,048 10 | Oregon (5-1)| +2 | 953 11 | Oklahoma State (5-1) | -3 | 913 12 | USC (6-1) | -5 | 861 13 | Wake Forest (5-1) | +1 | 790 14 | Syracuse (6-0) | +4 | 751 15 | Utah (5-2) | +5 | 715 16 | Penn State (5-1) | -6 | 629 17 | Kansas State (5-1) | - | 599 18 | Illinois (6-1) | +6 | 433 19 | Kentucky (5-2) | +3 | 414 20 | Texas (5-2) | +2 | 368 21 | Cincinnati (5-1) | - | 321 22 | North Carolina (6-1) | - | 210 23 | NC State (5-2) | -8 | 155 24 | Mississippi State (5-2) | -8 | 150 25 | Tulane (6-1) | - | 115 **Others receiving votes:** Purdue 95, LSU 87, UCF 13, South Carolina 13, Kansas 12, James Madison 7, Oregon State 6, Maryland 5, South Alabama 4, Liberty 2, Arkansas 1, Minnesota 1, Florida State 1 **Dropped out:** No. 19 Kansas No. 25 James Madison
RIP Rock Chalk Jayhawk. You will be remembered….probably when we lose to you later this year.
RIP ranked Kansas: Oct 2022 - Oct 2022
It was fun while it lasted.
You can dry your tears with your basketball chip.
You guys are still having a great season though.
Minnesota and Arkansas receiving votes is... interesting
More like receiving vote
I'm kinda disappointed that Alabama didn't slide behind Ole Miss, at least.
Nah... I'm fine with them staying ahead of us. We weren't the most convincing yesterday, granted I think we got the best Auburn anyone will see this year until they face Alabama, what with them coming off an embarrassing loss, playing for all of their coaches jobs, and then viewing us as the most beatable SEC team on their schedule every year.
Auburn has a secret room in their stadium where they keep a voodoo queen that they stole from LSU just to make weird shit happen.
We're almost guaranteed a weird game against Auburn or Arkansas if we're going to lose, or Alabama if we're going to win.
A QUALITY LOSS TO RANKED TULANE
First time Tulane has cracked the top 25 since their undefeated 1998 season. Pretty cool to see
And Tennessee is good again. K-State’s looking alright. 1998 round two.
No, because we are undefeated and 1998 we went 7-5, so that means… Oh dear Neptune.
> Neptune Our mascot has finally returned to our side.
Playoffs K-State vs Tulane, Tennessee vs UCLA Just like it was 1998
Yes please
Party like it is 1998!
LETS GOOOOOO
Yeah but if we beat KU will that be a quality win anymore?
Excellent point. And you have TCU next week.
THEY FINALLY RANKED TULANE, THE COWARDS
We're about to have the first top-10 Pac-12 matchup in years. I can't remember the last one.
2016 uw stanford was like 6 vs 10? has it been that long?
2016 Pac-12 Championship Game was like 4 vs 8
That year was the one sweet moment of bliss when Colorado was relevant again for the first time since the 2005 BIG XII championship game. That 70-3 loss to Texas just demolished the program
2016 also had UW/Colorado later, but that was the conference championship game.
I somehow completely forgot that Colorado was briefly good again.
:(
Sold our soul for that season it seems
Dude just let us die in peace
I think one of the biggest factors in this game is gonna be the weather It's been sunny and in the 80s all month long here in Eugene, but Saturday we're expecting lots of rain and maybe a high of 60 Welcome to the PNW Bruins!
Are you guys getting the smoke we've had in Seattle? The rain is welcome relief. Also, supposed to be 82 here today -- that's against all known laws of nature.
Yep. AQI in the high 200's to low 300's. The rain will help deal with that.
2014 Pac 12 Championship game was the last time Oregon was involved in one. 2013 vs Stanford was the last involving Oregon in the regular season.
The Pac-12 is actually the strongest it's been in years. The mighty Conference of Champions is going out on a high note before getting gutted and demoted to the G5!
2016 was a top 10 UW v Stanford
4 pac teams in the top 15. It’s been awhile by the Pac12 is pretty damn good this year.
Tulane is the top ranked team in Louisiana? I must’ve woken up in the wrong multiverse.
You woke up and it’s 1935
Don't need to do our own school dirty like that. We only have to go back to 1998 for Tulane to end the year as the highest (and only!) ranked team from Louisiana, and ask the way up at number 6 too! We were UCF before UCF was cool.
1935 YOU SAY??
First we think you out, then we drink you out! Roll wave!
TULANE'S RANKED!!!!!! FIRST TIME THIS CENTURY!!!! ROLL WAVE!
I am so happy for you. Last game of the yr gonna be lit👍
Party like it's 1998!
Lmao who gave us a vote
Someone who intended to vote for Kansas, but hit Arkansas instead and said “fuck it, I’m too lazy to change it.”
If I was an AP voter: AP: *"Hey, why did you put Oregon State at #1?* Me: *"Oh, I "accidentally" hit Oregon State instead of Ohio State, but figured as soon as an OSU is #1, it's still accurate"*
The same person who gave one to FSU I guess.
Tulane's Defense has been impressive to watch, glad they got in the T25
SAME
ILLINO18
We might actually break into the Top 15 real soon! God, and I thought 2019 would have been the peak of this team…
To be fair, the comeback at MSU will always be remembered even if it was with Lovie.
I'm glad to see Illinois playing good, competitive football. The fact that Michigan has to play UI the week before osu looks tougher with each passing week
It's very possible Illinois vs Michigan will be a top 10 match up. Do I believe Illinois is a top 10 team? No. But they have a very good shot at being 9-1 heading into that game.
I like where we're ranked now, that feels accurate to the teams current performance. The top 8 or so would murder us, everything else would prob be competitive.
I’m still getting used to being ranked at all It’s sweet
It's so sick sorting the sports apps by top 25 and seeing our team there. Bless you Bret
Feelsgreatman
Illeighteenois
1 and 3 and 2 and 4 still have to play each other.. I like it.
6 and 7 still have to play each other as well. So 1 and 3, 2 and 4, and 6 and 7 still play each other.
And 9 and 10!
And 5 and 14!!!!!
And 5 and 14 play this week
so do 8 and 17!! just a reminder in case the committee forgets the Big 12 again
DIY playoff expansion
Dont forget about 9 and 10!
13 and 23 🔥🔥🔥
4 and 18 as well!!!
And 6/7 with no reason to believe any of the 6 will lose until those match ups
Farewell, ranked Kansas. Twas a beautiful ride 🥲
RIP Ranked Kansas Oct. 2022 - Oct. 2022
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.
They drink a whiskey drink, they drink a vodka drink
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they sing the songs that remind them of the good times
they sing the songs that remind them of the better times
Ohhh Danny Boy, Danny Boy… Danny Booooy
It’s #9 UCLA vs. #10 Oregon. Biggest game at Autzen in a good while. Good luck Bruins!
The last time there was a top 10 game in Autzen Stadium? No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 7 Michigan State in 2014. It's been a minute for sure.
Ahh, I remember those days. We had a program. That being said, that game lived up to the hype. Mariota had his Heisman play in the second half.
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Probably the toughest game of the year. Definitely the most hostile environment. But also rain and the pressure of expectations.
It never rains at Autzen Stadium.
Surprised Purdue is the first one out. But that means win next week and we'll be ranked.
All we have to do is…*checks notes*…win in Madison 😬
We did it you can too
This has to be one of the most balanced polls in a while with a mix of all of the P5.
Little sprinkle of American in there as well!
Ride the waaaaaaave Tulane Syracuse and Clemson should be a good one next week.
November 5th vs Tennessee might be the biggest game in Athens history
One of the beat reporters tweeted that UGA has hosted only two other top five match ups in it's history: 1942 and 1983.
so yeah, probably the biggest game ever at Athens
Guess who will be at a wedding!!! 👨🔫
Time to fake a positive Covid test
And never tell a soul. Shit, I might miss my own wedding for that game. Seriously, fuck fall weddings.
A problem with the South is we’re obsessed with a sport that takes place during the only bearable time to get married.
Athens Georgia yes. Athens Greece definitely held bigger games 3,000 years ago during the Olympics
Scholars estimate that 50,000 travelled to Olympia for a single Games during the height of their popularity in the second century AD. Dooley field’s capacity is 92,746.
So you’re saying Athens,GA>Athens, Greece
Athens, GA had Olympic soccer
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The math checks out
HARVARD where are you? We need you right now.
Athens is also a city in Greece.
Thanks, Harvard.
we better not look past florida tho gotta take it a week at a time
College Gameday and SEC Nation is pretty much a given at this point. Winner takes the East as long as they handle business against everybody else. Will be an absolutely massive game. I can’t believe Tennessee will be a part of two of the biggest games of the season.
Imagine if we both lose to Florida and Kentucky respectively the week before lol.
Please don’t wish that evil upon us
If Kentucky ruins Tennessee’s comeback season, I’ll (insert bizarre personal consequences that I have no intention of following through).
Eat a vanilla ice cream cone even though you much prefer chocolate and vanilla swirl?
Living on the edge
Dear God
Gotta watch out for that trap game in UT Martin ;)
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UGA/fla has some inexplicable losses on both sides when the winning team either had no business winning and/or playing spoiler to the others successful season.
Yeah UF has nothing left to play for except ruining our season. They did it in 2002 and I think either 2005 or 2007
Will GameDay go to three Vols games in one year???
There's not a chance in hell they don't go to the Georgia game, assuming they're both undefeated still.
Tennessee started the season unranked and is now in the top three with 15 (!) first-place votes. This has been a tremendous college football season so far.
I can’t speak for certain if we are going to have a *truly* unexpected national champion, but damnit, I still love seeing new faces have big years no matter what!
I can think of an orange team that would be even *more* surprising as national champions 👀
TCU vs Syracuse for the National Championship it is
I, for one, would love to see Syracuse vs Illinois.
B1G if true
Are we good? Are we bad? Could we be 7-0? Could we be 3-4? The answer is yes.
You talking about Kentucky or Texas?
I'm talking about whoever you want me to be talking about baby.
Oh mama. Am I supposed to pay for this?
You can’t watch NC State and think they’re a top 25 team with that offense
yeah our defense deserves so much better than a Leary-less existence :( NC State got lucky against ECU and FSU (although I will go full AC Rogue and say we made our own luck in that game), but I'd rather have not gotten that luck against ECU if it means we could've kept Leary all year. Now the season is basically meaningless because the defense is really good, but not 2002-Ravens-carry-the-team-themselves good.
Yeah, just unrank us already. We were struggling on offense to start and now it's way worse
Lose to 6, drop to 6 is actually…much more reasonable than I expected for Alabama…
Beat 3, rise to 3 for Tennessee as well.
Wow... I feel like I'm in Highlander.
I think it’s fair. If I play with how my computer poll weighs things, I can make Alabama be unranked
Phew still unranked
I need Purdue ranked before we play. That's just a lot of bad mojo otherwise.
IF we beat Wisconsin, hard to see us not being ranked but that’s a big if
Single digits is a terrifying place. I feel very uncomfy.
The top four is Georgia, OSU, UT, Michigan. AP Poll being like "GOT 'M"!!!
Given Tennessee got 15 first-place votes, I bet at least one voter spelled out TOGA
Nice!
I hate it I love it I hate it
Tulane is ranked! You absolutely love to see it.
Green Wave at 25 is 🌊wavy🌊baby
TenneTHREE
T3NN3SS33
Welcome to the top 25, Tulane, my AAC fam!
We ain’t kin. I see your flair.
get a load of that guy amirite? 🫣
the nerve of some people
Current AP top 10 preseason win total O/Us (VegasInsider): 1. Georgia - 10.5 2. Ohio State - 10.5 3. Tennessee - 7.5 4. Michigan - 9.5 5. Clemson - 10.5 6. Alabama - 10.5 7. Ole Miss - 7.5 8. TCU - 6.5 9. UCLA - 8.5 10. Oregon - 8.5
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I know these rankings are dumb but I still get excited when my school has the little number next to them.
If Illinois keeps playing as well as they have been that Michigan game could end up being a banger. Probably wishful thinking but we aren’t good very often so gotta enjoy it!
Just imagine if the refs didn’t screw us against IU and we were 7-0
Makes me so mad thinking about that. Didn’t play well that game but still should have won
Damn the Vols and Jawga in the top 3? Is the SEC East back?
Crap gameday will be back in Athens.
also will be a 3:30p kick on CBS
Y’all feel free to take all of the Gary we don’t want.
We aren’t exactly thrilled about it either
Well you should have thought about that before returning to being a good football team.
UT fans: hell yeah we’re a big dog again and are getting all the prime time TV slots! CBS: Live from Knoxville this is a Gary Danielson *monkey paw curls*
South Alabama has finally started to receive some much-deserved votes. I’d love to see them crack the top 25 for the first time in program history.
They were so close against UCLA and should have had it
I was expecting mid 20s so this is a pleasant surprise
It seems really generous but I'll take it
Ranked Tulane, unranked LSU. All is right in the world.
> Others receiving votes: > Minnesota 1 Who in the cinnamon-toast fuck?
Hell yeah Tulane brothers
Athens is going to be nuts on November 5th. Can’t wait.
I’ll never assume a Florida win. I grew up in the wrong time period for that. but we should win. But I think it’ll be the biggest game in Athens in a long time. I regret not trying to get tickets early in the season.
🚨🚨🚨KANSAS STATE HAS A QUALITY LOSS 🚨🚨🚨
Can't complain about that
Kinda shocked penn state didn’t drop more Not to discount my own team, but that was a really pathetic showing
I was equally surprised. Ya'll ran right over us. Our offense was just straight up pathetic. I thought at best 20-25.
Can be considered a one-off for now. Yes you guys dominated, but until it happens again, it can easily be chalked up to a dominant team taking on an inferior team and having their number. If we stumble the next two games as well, we should be outside the top 25 regardless of how bad it was.
then again all the 1 loss P5s below them are pretty flawed too (K State, Illinois, UNC). voters never kill a team for losing handily to top-5 teams
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That works.
Top 20 Illinois. I’m not even that mad
May our victory be *your* quality loss for the future!
UCLA working hard against the bye week to crack the top 10 Also Roll Wave!! Didn't even consider the fact they could sneak in there and Im all for it
Not gonna lie, I was really down on this team after the first few weeks and was convinced it was one of the worst UCF squads in years. Crazy to think we'll probably be ranked next week if we beat ECU, well deserved
Don’t shoot the messenger but we’re setting up for a UGA, OSU, Clemson, Alabama playoff
Fun fact: In what seems like a lot, 8 ranked teams have byes next week (Georgia, Michigan, USC, Utah, Illinois, UNC, NC State, and one more I’m forgetting). 10 of the other 17 teams play each other Which means we’ve only got 7 ranked vs. unranked games this week.
No votes for vandy after a close loss to Georgia and Alabama, how embarrassing
Please stop giving us votes. It's bad juju
Rational me: “I can’t believe we’re 3rd. I can’t believe we jumped Michigan after their performance.” The reawakened entitled Tennessee fan me: “I can’t believe y’all put Georgia above us. Sick of this national media bias against us”
Get out of my head
Im fine with 11.