Sunday, October 27, 2024

Projecting the AP top ten (and Pitt)

1. Oregon should be unanimous.

2. Georgia

3. Paterno-Sandusky but they will gain on UGA.

4. Ohio after unimpressive win at home over Neb.

5. Texas after unimpressive win at Vanderbilt.

6. Miami Gardens

-Clemson, Iowa State, BYU were 8, 9, and 10 last week (LSU falls out). IPTAY and Cyclops didn't play and BYU routed the line and woeful UCF in Orlando. The three were separated by 74 votes last week. IPTAY has a loss, the other two are unbeaten. I have a distaste for major teams with a L ahead of major unbeaten teams, a distaste that I know the cognos share, but which they get over.What will the cognos do? Not what I would do.-

7.  Clemson

8. Iowa State

9. BYU

10. Indiana I think the AP voters will jump the Hewwzeers over Notre Dame

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Now it gets hard. How far does two-loss LSU fall? How far does two-loss Alabama (15th) rise after a thoroughly impressive demolition of fading Mizzou? One-loss DEI (14)? Kansas State, 1L, was 16th, Boise State, 1L, was 17th, and Olé Miss, a 2L, was 18th last week. Only three points separated K-State and Boise and they both won, unimpressively, over mediocre and worse opponents. Olé Miss was far behind, 165 votes behind, Boise, and didn't cover the spread against crumbling Oklahoma. Pitt, 19, was close (12 votes) on the Rebels' heels. And LSU is going to fall somewhere in here. Lord, a 2L band of Bayou Bandits over an undefeated Airplane Conference team? What will the cognos do?

16. LSU

17. Pitt

18. Olé Miss

19. Boise State

20. Kansas State


The cognos, I believe, will drop slightly Kansas State (16) and Boise State (17), both 1L's after unimpressive wins over mediocre opponents.