No Help in the Rankings

We better hope we get Southern Miss in the bowl game because that's probably the only way we can sneak into the top 25 with a win. We had a chance to get there if Clemson, Southern Miss, and Cincinnati hadn't won. The only loss from a team in the 20's was Texas, but that didn't really help us as they beat us so it makes our bad schedule look even worse.

As long as some teams in the 20's lose their bowl games and we win, we'll be fine, and the final rankings are the only ones that really matter.

#26 in the coaches poll. Just one of those teams losing and we would have been in before the bowl game.

Wickchad84087 wrote:
#26 in the coaches poll. Just one of those teams losing and we would have been in before the bowl game.

Since Byu is 26th is there a possiblility that the number 27 or 28 team has a more impressive bowl victory than the cougs and kepps Byu at 26? Seems like a long shot, but maybe an ugly win by the cougars and they stay Idle....

Am I the only one who doesn't think we deserve to be ranked right now anyway? If we handle Tulsa in the bowl game with a convincing win, then we'll be ranked - and we'll deserve to be ranked. But if the only team we've beaten with a winning record is 7-5 USU, and we lost by 44 points at home to :utard: , then we don't deserve to be ranked.

Y 4 Ever wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't think we deserve to be ranked right now anyway? If we handle Tulsa in the bowl game with a convincing win, then we'll be ranked - and we'll deserve to be ranked. But if the only team we've beaten with a winning record is 7-5 USU, and we lost by 44 points at home to :utard: , then we don't deserve to be ranked.

I'd agree, but that's the way things are in college football.

Oklahoma doesn't deserve to be ranked they lost to a team with a losing record at home.

Y 4 Ever wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't think we deserve to be ranked right now anyway? If we handle Tulsa in the bowl game with a convincing win, then we'll be ranked - and we'll deserve to be ranked. But if the only team we've beaten with a winning record is 7-5 USU, and we lost by 44 points at home to :utard: , then we don't deserve to be ranked.

Instead of being mister gloom, just be happy that the system is working for us for once.

Schmoe wrote:

Am I the only one who doesn't think we deserve to be ranked right now anyway? If we handle Tulsa in the bowl game with a convincing win, then we'll be ranked - and we'll deserve to be ranked. But if the only team we've beaten with a winning record is 7-5 USU, and we lost by 44 points at home to :utard: , then we don't deserve to be ranked.

Instead of being mister gloom, just be happy that the system is working for us for once.

I'm not being mr. Gloom. I'm simply stating why byu doesn't deserve to be ranked right now. And I don't think we deserve to be. But if we beat Tulsa, then we should be and will be ranked.



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Maybe you should let your boss know that he's paying you too much, as well.

Y 4 Ever wrote:

Y 4 Ever wrote:
Am I the only one who doesn't think we deserve to be ranked right now anyway? If we handle Tulsa in the bowl game with a convincing win, then we'll be ranked - and we'll deserve to be ranked. But if the only team we've beaten with a winning record is 7-5 USU, and we lost by 44 points at home to :utard: , then we don't deserve to be ranked.

Instead of being mister gloom, just be happy that the system is working for us for once.

I'm not being mr. Gloom. I'm simply stating why byu doesn't deserve to be ranked right now. And I don't think we deserve to be. But if we beat Tulsa, then we should be and will be ranked.



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If I were a voter I'm not sure BYU makes my top 25 EVEN AFTER a win over Tulsa. But I'll take it. It's in BYU's best interest to be perceived as a quality program, and being able to point at 5 10+ win/top 25 finishes in the last 6 years is nothing to sneeze at.

We are not a top 25 team. We beat one team this season with a winning record. Anyone that takes a closer look at BYU's performance beyond the 9/3 record will see that.



Our team stats can't be trusted as they were earned against bottom dwelling WAC teams. We beat Tulsa (2nd win against a winning team) and maybe we can start talking about a top 25 team.



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Gunk wrote:
We are not a top 25 team. We beat one team this season with a winning record. Anyone that takes a closer look at BYU's performance beyond the 9/3 record will see that.



Our team stats can't be trusted as they were earned against bottom dwelling WAC teams. We beat Tulsa (2nd win against a winning team) and maybe we can start talking about a top 25 team.



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Alabama only beat three teams with a winning record. They're not a top 5 team.

Alabama beat:

FCS Georgia Southern

2-10 Ole Miss

5-7 Kent St

5-7 North Texas

5-7 Tennessee

6-6 Florida

6-6 Vanderbilt

6-6 Mississippi St



7-5 Auburn

9-3 Penn St

10-2 Arkansas