Polls 2023

[Lobot]

The Cats received 8 votes in the “coaches’” poll, AKA “SID poll”. That’s good enough for #41.

Also, Sagarin Predictor has UC at #29,

Here's the poll :

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls/coaches-poll/

[GoBearcats31]

"34" in the AP Poll https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...3/seasontype/2

[GoBearcats31]

"34" in the AP Poll https://www.espn.com/college-footbal...3/seasontype/2

And there are 8 (!) Pac-12 teams ranked, including future Big 12 members Utah (#12), Colorado (#18) ... shoutout to Oregon State and Washington State (both ranked) for good starts

[bearcatbret]

College football rankings: Florida State makes move near top, Texas vaults into top five in CBS Sports 133 (msn.com)
"

• No. 39 Cincinnati (+27): A bit under the radar for some -- not our CBS Sports 133 voters -- but Cincinnati went on the road and beat up a Pitt team that takes pride in its physicality and winning at the line of scrimmage. The Bearcats defense totaled five sacks and eight tackles for loss. Offensively, running back Corey Miner totaled 153 yards and a touchdowns on the ground, suggesting Scott Satterfield has a team that can maintain the recent standard for success even with the Big 12 move. "

[Lobot]

The Athletic's 133 has us at 42 ($)

https://theathletic.com/4852154/2023/09/11/college-football-team-rankings-texas-miami/

[Lobot]

Down to 79 in the Athletic 133. Guess who's 78.

[Lobot]

Coaches Poll

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls/coaches-poll/

AP Poll

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

[Lobot]

Athletic 133 at 87. ($)

https://theathletic.com/4895298/2023/09/25/college-football-fbs-rankings-polls-florida-state/

[swilsonsp4]

Sagarin Predictor has the Cats at #36. The Sooners are #2.

[Lobot]

Everbody's favorite column, The ESPN Bottom 10. (No, we aren't in it)

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/38502752/college-football-bottom-10-week-4-notre-dame

[Lobot]

Athletic 133 at 88 this week. ($)

https://theathletic.com/4919219/2023/10/02/college-football-fbs-rankings-polls-texas/

[Lobot]

Athletic Big 12 Power rankings ($)

https://theathletic.com/4927395/2023/10/04/big-12-football-rankings-red-river/

[Lobot]

Not a poll but Stop Rate ranking from the Athletic and PFF. We've been going downhill here and are now 101st out of 133 teams in Defensive stop rate at this point. ($)

"What is stop rate? It’s a basic measurement of success: the percentage of a defense’s drives that end in punts, turnovers or a turnover on downs. This simple metric can offer a more accurate reflection of a defense’s effectiveness"

https://theathletic.com/4994534/2023/10/24/college-football-stop-rate-rankings-james-madison/

[Lobot]

CFP rankings come out for the first time tonight. We obviously won't be there but it's really weird to realize that we were there just two years ago.

[bearcatbret]

Some interesting finals in today's conference championship games. Did Alabama make their way back into the CFP or did they knock Georgia down to a 3 or 4 seed? Did Texas play their way into the CFP? The B1G will be interesting next year when the go without divisions. It is clear that Iowa is no match for Michigaan.