Iowa stays at 18 in coaches poll

This is why I like the computers more and more. They 'vote' without taking the team's name into consideration.

Texas gets votes by name in a pretty bad Big 12. Miami moves up by name in absolutely AWFUL ACC. Stanford jumps Arizona because they beat name (and awful) ND.

or..... Texas gets ranked where they did because a "Red River Rivalry" game loses much of its luster and advertising/pimping value if one of the teams isn't "ranked" fairly close to the other.
Same goes for a future Stanford/Arizona game

Just keep winning Hawks!
We fans shouldn't start caring about "rankings" until Week 11 or 12.
 


If this really bothers you, cheer for ISU, Arizona to lose two but beat Oregon and hope that Ball State can compete in the MAC. ISU has razor thin depth, I am worried that an already rough defense will is an injury to Knott or Klein from being absolutely toast. Ball State is also really young but the MAC hasn't looked very strong in the games I have watched so far this season- anything can happen in that league. Really liked from what I heard from Stan Parrish. Will be easy to cheer for them.
 


Lets try to keep things in perspective here. Even though my name says that I'm in Texas, by no means am I a Longhorn fan in disguise. That being said, UCLA just beat two ranked teams in a row.... as underdogs. Now, lets peer closer into their losses......

First game of the year they lost on the road against Kansas State, anytime you have to start the year on the road it's tough. Kansas State is not the prettiest car on the lot- but they keep games close and most often win them when snyder has been the coach. They also were a two point conversion away from tying the ball game with under a minute to go. Because they did not convert, kansas state had the liberty to play conservative with a two point lead.

Follow that disheartening loss with another to Stanford, a team that will win the Pac 10, and your already 0-2. Most teams toss their hand in at this point, but they go on to beat two straight ranked opponents as underdogs and turned their season around. Since this is not often done it often describes the grit of a team, and great coaching. Look at VaTech here, good coaching and strong QB, I feel confident enough in saying that they will go on to win the ACC, remember they were an offensive drive vs Boise & a non-fumble vs James Madison from being undefeated. This could have been our debacle versus many a foe last year, their margin of defeat this year was 3 versus boise and 5 to james madison. Pick your games from iowa's schedule to compare to those margins of defeat and what could have been?

While I bleed black and gold, at least i have a little perspective when hearing "Ucla is terrible"

Texas Is a Top 25 team, but we all would be crying outrage too if we had been dropped from the rankings so abruptly after being ranked in the top ten for 36 straight polls.
 
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