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Orange Blooded [2922]
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CFP Poll Head Scratcher.....Iowa at # 20.....
Nov 12, 2019, 11:29 PM
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Let's examine their season, shall we?
Miami (Ohio)- W
Rutgers- W
at Iowa St.- W (I suppose this is a decent one)
Middle Tenn St.- W
at Michigan- L
Penn State- L
Purdue- W
at Northwestern-W
at Wisconsin- L
So, basically they lose 3 games to ranked teams.
They have one good "top 40" type of win.
And then it's a cupcake feast.
They may beat Minnesota this weekend....but up to this point, why do they have some sort of immunity that keeps them in the top 25? I guess all their losses were "close" or something.
I'm kind of shocked that Texas A&M isn't in....I mean their 3 losses are to better teams than Iowa has faced...and they also lack good wins.
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Looks like Minnesota needs another good win...
Nov 13, 2019, 2:36 AM
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Viola! Iowa magically pops in at #20 just before their match up.
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Orange Blooded [2922]
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Iowa has been in the polls all season, they just don’t drop...
Nov 13, 2019, 8:59 AM
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I think the committee values the BIG as much as the SEC.
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Agree - Wake Forest and UVA should be ranked above Iowa
Nov 13, 2019, 4:45 AM
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Iowa's only claim to fame is having lost to other "ranked" teams and has a 6-3 record. Both Wake and UVA have better records and after watching Iowa play a couple of times, they would not beat Wake or UVA.
Until this year, I have felt the CFP Committee has done a good job. This current committee has a lot to be desired with some of their rankings...
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Orange Blooded [2619]
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Got to have them ranked to help Michigan, PSU and
Nov 13, 2019, 6:33 AM
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Minnesota strength of schedule.
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Re: CFP Poll Head Scratcher.....Iowa at # 20.....
Nov 13, 2019, 6:39 AM
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Who cares? #20 is meaningless.
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Re: CFP Poll Head Scratcher.....Iowa at # 20.....
Nov 13, 2019, 7:35 AM
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If it does boost Minnesota's SOS that's fine by me. They won't pass Clemson and if it helps knock a SEC team out of the CFP picture, I'm all for it.
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Re: CFP Poll Head Scratcher.....Iowa at # 20.....
Nov 13, 2019, 7:37 AM
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Minnesota isnt even a factor. They will lose a game or two.
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I tend to agree. Here is A&M's schedule...
Nov 13, 2019, 8:21 AM
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Texas State (W)
@ (1) Clemson (L)
Lamar (W)
(8) Auburn (L)
Arkansas (W)
(1) Alabama (L)
@ Ole Miss (W)
Mississippi State (W)
UTSA (W)
South Carolina
@ (4) Georgia
@ (1) LSU
By the end of the season, A&M will have played three different teams ranked No. 1 in the polls.
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Orange Blooded [2922]
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Yeah, the main reason I’m surprised about A&M is....
Nov 13, 2019, 8:56 AM
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They are SEC and their ranking would help Bama.
But their wins leave a lot to be desired. It’s feast or famine with their schedule.
I guess Iowa’s win over Iowa St. gives them an edge.
I bet A&M gets in after beating SCAR....if only to prop up UGA, who apparently is loved by the committee.
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CU Medallion [64590]
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It's almost as if...
Nov 13, 2019, 10:56 AM
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the committee feels like they owe something to UGa who got slighted last year which was ABSOLUTELY not the case.
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Re: CFP Poll Head Scratcher.....Iowa at # 20.....
Nov 13, 2019, 8:53 AM
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My thought to is - at this point in the season, I don't see much reason for ANY 3-loss team to be in the top 25. Maybe what I mean is - does any 3-loss team truly DESERVE to be in the top 25? If so, I bet there'd be a dozen others with equally valid cases to be ranked.
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If you think Iowa is bad, you should look at #17 Cincinnati.
Nov 13, 2019, 11:11 AM
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I don't know how this team could be #17:
Wins:
4-5 UCLA
5-4 Miami OH
6-3 Marshall
7-3 UCF 7-3 (who is sitting behind Texas A&M & WF in the "others receiving votes" of the AP Poll)
3-6 Houston
3-7 Tulsa
3-7 East Carolina
2-8 Connecticut
Loss
#2 OH State (Lost 42-0)
To go:
4-5 USF
6-3 Temple
8-1 #18 Memphis
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