Week 2 Polls - Illinois #11 in AP Poll

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Piotyr
To hold everyone over and be angry about for a bit, here are the updated SP+ top 25:

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Battle89
Piotyr said:
To hold everyone over and be angry about for a bit, here are the updated SP+ top 25:

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Quite a fall for Texas, nice to see after 90% of the post-game things I've seen talk about how they outgained and outplayed OSU and any kind of decent QB play gets them the win. That was not my impression of the game - OSU defense looked 85-Bears like at times.

There's a reason AM looked that bad. While I would agree with those that say he has been over-hyped due to his name, he is still a good QB.

And now, having written words complementing OSU, I must go and Listerine my eyes, face, and hands.
 
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lstewart53x3
Battle89 said:
Quite a fall for Texas, nice to see after 90% of the post-game things I've seen talk about how they outgained and outplayed OSU and any kind of decent QB play gets them the win. That was not my impression of the game - OSU defense looked 85-Bears like at times.

There's a reason AM looked that bad. While I would agree with those that say he has been over-hyped due to his name, he is still a good QB.

And now, having written words complementing OSU, I must go and Listerine my eyes, face, and hands.
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SP+’s other stat, post game win expectancy, gave Ohio State just an 18% chance of winning that game. That’s the lowest post game win expectancy of any team who won this weekend.
 
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Battle89
lstewart53x3 said:
SP+’s other stat, post game win expectancy, gave Ohio State just an 18% chance of winning that game. That’s the lowest post game win expectancy of any team who won this weekend.
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Well aware and that was the main part of my 90% comment. Yet the same SP+ drops Texas 8 slots. Seems contradictory but maybe this is the 'should vs did' debate.
 
#31      
lstewart53x3
Battle89 said:
Well aware and that was the main part of my 90% comment. Yet the same SP+ drops Texas 8 slots. Seems contradictory but maybe this is the 'should vs did' debate.
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I agree. That does seem contradictory. Usually if you outplay a team with a higher ranking, you go up, even if you lose the game.
 
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Piotyr
lstewart53x3 said:
I agree. That does seem contradictory. Usually if you outplay a team with a higher ranking, you go up, even if you lose the game.
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Connelly explained that in his article. Both Texas and OSU dropped, because the problems were reflected more as bad offense than great defense, so the bad offense dragged both teams down despite both defenses coming out looking good.
 
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STLflyinIllini
Dan said:
Illinois remains at #12 in Coaches Poll

NCAA College Football Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports

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the fact that KSU is still receiving a ton of votes shows how silly these polls are.
 
#36      
Battle89
Does a Hi/Lo of 12/12 mean that every single coach in the pool voted us 12th?
 
#43      
Juju
Dan said:
Illinois moves up 1 spot to #11 in AP Poll

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NCAA College Football Rankings: AP Top 25 Football Poll

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I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled we're #11 in football. However, how the HELL did we only jump 1 spot after throttling WIU 52-3, yet South Carolina, a team we BEAT in the Citrus Bowl last year(I know, I know, last season isn't now, but still...) jumps THREE spots AND passes us after beating freakin' Virginia Tech by a score of only 24-11?? HOW??

Oh wait, they're an SEC school(even tho they didn't play an SEC team this past weekend), that's why...🙄
 
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IlliniwekKDR
Juju said:
I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled we're #11 in football. However, how the HELL did we only jump 1 spot after throttling WIU, yet South Carolina, a team we BEAT in the Citrus Bowl last year(I know, I know, last season isn't now, but still...)jumps THREE spots AND passes us after beating freakin' Virginia Tech by a score of only 24-11?? HOW??

Oh wait, they're an SEC school(even tho they didn't play an SEC team this past weekend), that's why...🙄
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I expected #11 but I expected ASU to still be ahead of us and South Carolina to still be behind us.

Texas loses on the road to #3 defending national champions by only a TD and drops 6 spots! Wow.
 
#46      
spotter
I always enjoy seeing Illinois ranked higher than So. Carolina!
 
#48      
spotter
Oops. Looked at the wrong poll. I guess the pollsters weren't that impressed with whipping WIU.

Well, whip Duke this week and see what happens to the pollsters.
 
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