RunInRed 16,360 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 USA Today/Amway Coaches' Poll 1. Mississippi State (36) 1,520 points 2. Florida State (22) 1,493 3. Ole Miss (4) 1,447 4. Alabama, 1,293 5. Michigan State, 1,243 6. Auburn, 1,210 7. Oregon, 1,133 8. Notre Dame, 1,117 9. Georgia, 1,096 10. TCU, 996 11. Kansas State, 909 12. Ohio State, 856 13. Baylor, 853 14. Arizona State, 654 15. Arizona, 612 16. Nebraska, 588 17. East Carolina, 578 18. Oklahoma, 482 19. Utah, 371 20. Clemson, 320 21. USC, 258 22. Marshall, 247 23. LSU, 155 24. Minnesota, 147 25. West Virginia, 143 Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma State 141; Duke 116; UCLA 107; Missouri 23; Colorado State 18; Wisconsin 17; Washington 5; Stanford 2. Associated Press Top 25 Poll 1. Mississippi St., (43) 1,480 2. Florida St., (14) 1,433 3. Mississippi, (3) 1,404 4. Alabama, 1,235 5. Auburn, 1,231 6. Oregon, 1,142 7. Notre Dame, 1,133 8. Michigan St., 1,066 9. Georgia, 1,055 10. TCU, 962 11. Kansas St., 905 12. Baylor, 858 13. Ohio St., 753 14. Arizona St., 643 15. Arizona, 639 16. Nebraska, 537 17. Oklahoma, 461 18. East Carolina, 445 19. Utah, 437 20. Southern Cal, 356 21. Clemson, 283 22. West Virginia, 272 23. Marshall, 184 24. LSU, 177 25. UCLA,118 Others Receiving Votes: Duke 108, Oklahoma St. 91, Minnesota 61, Colorado St. 12, Louisville 4, Missouri 4, Stanford 4, Maryland 3, N. Dakota St. 3, Texas A&M 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Still in good shape. Just have to take care of business and we should be in. it would be nice to be able to get into the SECCG and win. That would eliminate the possibility of getting left out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU-24 3,063 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Thank you West Virginia! Also for AU's Strength of Schedule, good work by Kansas State! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchyfish 67 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Michigan St? Seriously? =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weegle777 78 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Baffled by that Michigan State insertion as well. Bizarre. Guess they are trying their hardest to get a Big 10, ACC, SEC, Big 12 playoff. The only way the SEC gets two teams in, is if bama is the other team along with the SEC Champ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUeng 8 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 For what it's worth, the ESPN Power Rankings have us at #4. "The win at K-State looks even more impressive now, and is better than any win Alabama or Georgia has. A road loss to No. 1? Forgiven." http://m.espn.go.com/ncf/powerrankings?src=desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger12 46 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Yep, as far as the AP poll goes, we control our own destiny with finishing in the Top 4 seeing how we still have two of the teams ahead of us on our schedule. Not that the commission will go with that, but I would think it will help with consideration. Our SEC CG chances are still very alive with us winning out and needing help for State to loss twice. They still have Arky, Bama, and Ole Miss to play, so that is doable. It will be the only time this year I pull for West Vance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au75 75 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 We are now ready to make THE RUN . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigersauburn217 2 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburn4ever 1,266 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Does anyone know what the Massey Poll is? well anyway, I saw us #3 in that Poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoic-one 1,543 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 It's another computer model, similar to Sagarin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFE12 9,191 Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 i mean i should have expected this, i mean it could still happen but...auburn, if they make it to the ship,, more than likely won't be no.1 in the country, know it doesn't matter to most but it would be nice to see that 1 next to Auburn sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBAU83 212 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" Folks did not think that team last year stood a chance after the loss to LSU but you see what happened. Yeah, it won't be a waltz, bu we all knew going into this season that we had one of the toughest schedules in all of the country. If the AU team that showed up for LSU, plays again in those tough games, I think we do win out. But if the team that played MSU show up on the road again, we probably lose the road games. If you see no evidence, you have not seen how great this team can play but are only focusing on when the team played poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooltigger21 0 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 i mean i should have expected this, i mean it could still happen but...auburn, if they make it to the ship,, more than likely won't be no.1 in the country, know it doesn't matter to most but it would be nice to see that 1 next to Auburn sometimes As long as we have it when it matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU-24 3,063 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" Look bad on the road? Ck K-States wins and our schedule then re-post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,789 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Sports media are already talking down our win at KState with pollsters writing stories belittling that win because we didn't have a rushing TD in that game. Don't snort at the suggestion media has an agenda and collective steering power, UF got the national title when we beat them by 10 points AT Gainesville with analysts flat stating that was a tainted AU win from one Leak fumble/pass ref call. Did I mention it was by 10? The Committee is lipstick on the media pig. Bama somewhat and mich state majorly in the polls hint we need every schedule power component and every win to be final 4 this year. Today's miss state/ole miss may become last month's Texas a & m in our schedule strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmad4AU 0 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" Fun Sucker! We'll cross that bridge when we get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubfaninga 16 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" "I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them" Can't wait to see how this analysis works out for you. I can now see how you won the Touchdown bowl in 2012. Just pick against Auburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,553 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" "I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them" Can't wait to see how this analysis works out for you. I can now see how you won the Touchdown bowl in 2012. Just pick against Auburn He's correct, there is no evidence that we will beat all of them. We can win any of those games, and we can lose any of those games. The odds do not favor us winning all three tough SEC road games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUbritt 611 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" "I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them" Can't wait to see how this analysis works out for you. I can now see how you won the Touchdown bowl in 2012. Just pick against Auburn He's correct, there is no evidence that we will beat all of them. We can win any of those games, and we can lose any of those games. The odds do not favor us winning all three tough SEC road games. There's some evidence we'll beat all of them. It doesn't amount to a 100% chance; but there's some evidence. But 217 sees no evidence we'll beat any of them. There's a big difference between what he said and what you said he said. You made him sound much more reasonable. You're correct that we can win or lose any of those games. I suspect we'll be underdogs against both Ole Miss and Bama. Nevertheless, I choose to focus on our chances to win, which are not, contrary to 217, non-existent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weagl1 1,781 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 This team can win out if we play like we are capable of playing, i.e, like we played against LSU. We can lose them all if we play like we played against KSU and MSU. Hold on to the ball, get the ball to the playmakers, Williams, Coates, Bray. Play sound defense and make the opponent earn everything they get. And first and foremost Marshall needs to play lights out, actually run the zone read instead of just handing the ball to CAP, take some heat off the throws and hit the guys in stride instead of throwing it 100 mph and above the ozone layer. Basically just settle down and play like you have been there before because you have. No doubt this team has the talent to win out and collect that butt ugly trophy that replaced the crystal ball. It is just a matter of settling down and doing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubfaninga 16 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" "I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them" Can't wait to see how this analysis works out for you. I can now see how you won the Touchdown bowl in 2012. Just pick against Auburn He's correct, there is no evidence that we will beat all of them. We can win any of those games, and we can lose any of those games. The odds do not favor us winning all three tough SEC road games. He sees no evidence that we will beat "ANY" of them. Zilch notta zero evidence that we will beat Georgia, Alabama, or Ole Miss. He has assigned us to, at best, an 8-4 regular season. Deep down inside he probably has us losing to either A&M or uSC which would make Auburn a 7 win team. Maybe he is right but time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger12 46 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I think it's cute that so many people are confident that we are just going to walk our way into the playoff. We look bad on the road in both games and the 3 remaining road games are all against teams that will be in the Top 6 at the time we play them. I see no evidence to suggest we will beat any of them. How long until after we lose to Ole Miss because of turnovers and pass interference calls are y'all going to say, "OK... three SEC West teams in the playoff... chances?" You think I'm cute? Sorry, but I'm taken. Besides, it sounds like you are probably not my type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietfan 233 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Baffled by that Michigan State insertion as well. Bizarre. Guess they are trying their hardest to get a Big 10, ACC, SEC, Big 12 playoff. The only way the SEC gets two teams in, is if bama is the other team along with the SEC Champ. The Pac-12 (Oregon) and Notre Dame still have their fans too. If either gets gawdy wins and we just squeak by looking sloppy, it's not impossible that national voters could have one of them jump us, for "regional diversity's" sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,553 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I don't see two SEC teams in the four team playoff. By the time December gets here the SEC West teams will have pretty much disqualified each other, except for the west champ. If the west champ wins the game in Atlanta, they are in. If the west champ loses in Atlanta, all will depend on what else is available out there. For instance, a two-loss SEC team will not replace a one loss Notre Dame team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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