Week 3 Polls - Illinois #9 in AP Poll

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Illinir1
Will be interesting to see how the pollsters see the Illini's road win over Duke with week #3 polls. Illini were #11 in week #2. No teams ranked ahead of the Illini lost, with only #8 Clemson struggling at home vs. Troy (final 27 - 16 but Troy led 16 - 0 and 16 - 3 at half). Teams #12, 13, 15, and #17 all lost which should increase separation to teams behind the Illini. Only #14 FSU had a really strong showing with 729 yds of offense but against East Texas A&M. Could Clemson drop any/enough spots for the Illini to move up one spot?
 
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Illini-Rule
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Illinir1 said:
Will be interesting to see how the pollsters see the Illini's road win over Duke with week #3 polls. Illini were #11 in week #2. No teams ranked ahead of the Illini lost, with only #8 Clemson struggling at home vs. Troy (final 27 - 16 but Troy led 16 - 0 and 16 - 3 at half). Teams #12, 13, 15, and #17 all lost which should increase separation to teams behind the Illini. Only #14 FSU had a really strong showing with 729 yds of offense but against East Texas A&M. Could Clemson drop any/enough spots for the Illini to move up one spot?
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The only way Clemson would drop after winning woud be if they were in the Big 10.
 
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BWBW
I just saw something that made me come here and say "ESPN" sucks. So does "E SEC N" and other variations of the acronym.
 
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aaeismacgychel
With the big road win, I think Illinois jumps South Carolina. Jumping Clemson or Notre Dame feels like a long shot but I do think the gap closes. I also think FSU and Oklahoma will move up. I don't see either jumping us, but they should close that gap behind. Put me down for having Illinois ranked this week at #10 for our first Top 10 ranking in 24 years.
 
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SkyysNotFalling
south Carolina’s narrow win over VT didn’t age well this week

Clemson has a loss & only an 11 point win over Troy

Notre Dame hasn’t won a game yet

Texas has a loss

ASU Michigan Florida SMU all lose

Resume wise, we should be in the top 10.

Will it happen? I dunno.
 
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Illinicpa14
From the cheap seats said:
I'd guess 10 or 11 in most polls, except the various ESPN rankings, where the Illini would slot in somewhere behind every SEC team (except maybe Florida).
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Lol the new SP+ garbage rankings came out. Illinois moved up to 16th (at least a little closer to reality) but I think it has 12 of the top 24 teams SEC and like 5 of the top 9.

Does anyone watching actually think that a 12th place conference team in any sport is good?
 
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ChiTown
Staying #11 cause they will claim we defeated who we we’re picked to beat.In a just world we should move up to #10.
 
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illiram
Congrats to our players and coaches. I cannot recall the last time we were top 10 in any football poll (was it 2007 or maybe 2001??). This is a huge milestone for our program and our school. Let's ride this wave and keep it going!! Yay!!!
 
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zentrails
illiram said:
Congrats to our players and coaches. I cannot recall the last time we were top 10 in any football poll (was it 2007 or maybe 2001??). This is a huge milestone for our program and our school. Let's ride this wave and keep it going!! Yay!!!
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From AP article: "No. 9 Illinois has its first top-10 ranking since it was No. 7 in December 2001."
 
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