Ducks drop to 9 in AP poll

[UOducksTK1]

To be fair, if we blew out Idaho, we probably would be top 6 right now.

It’s really the only difference right now between Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Missouri… they showed those FCS and bottom dwelling FCS teams what’s up.

[squintsdd]

To be fair, if we blew out Idaho, we probably would be top 6 right now.

It’s really the only difference right now between Oregon, Miami, Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Missouri… they showed those FCS and bottom dwelling FCS teams what’s up.

To be fair. Idaho will be a top fcs team, that would give many fbs teams a decent run. All those others have played multiple pushovers

[UOducksTK1]

Yeah unfortunately people won't see it that way. Idaho is on a tear even with their backup QB.

Ranking the top 10 early is still tricky. Teams like Tennessee, Ohio State, and Ole Miss haven't really played anyone but have been very dominant. Tennessee's win over NC State is as impressive as our win over the Beavers, so hard to consider them much better than us. But eye ball test + roster talent + who has played so far... Here is my best shot:

My top 10 would be:
1 Texas
2 Georgia
3 Ohio State
4 Alabama
5 USC
6 Ole Miss
7 Oregon
8 Tennessee
9 Miami
10 IDK lol. Betwen Missouri, K-State, Penn State, and Utah.

[webfoots2001]

The idea that Idaho is some great team is silly. Oregon found incredible ways to stall their own drives which is the only reason that game was close on the scoreboard. We dominated them in every other meaningful way. Thankfully it appears for now the staff has found the right offensive line combination and they will continue to cut down on the untimely penalties.

osu would beat Idaho by about the same margin as Oregon did.

[nogerO]

Idaho played a mistake free game. They were well coached, played over their heads and almost beat our asses. Dont diss on a very good FCS School. I think Idaho would beat OSU by the way.

Ranked #4 https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

[squintsdd]

The idea that Idaho is some great team is silly. Oregon found incredible ways to stall their own drives which is the only reason that game was close on the scoreboard. We dominated them in every other meaningful way. Thankfully it appears for now the staff has found the right offensive line combination and they will continue to cut down on the untimely penalties.

osu would beat Idaho by about the same margin as Oregon did.

Nobody said they were great, and nobody denies Oregon hurt themselves, but to not give credit to Idaho for giving themselves a chance would be to not give credit where credit is due. Don't downplay Idaho. They're a good team

[nogerO]

The idea that Idaho is some great team is silly. Oregon found incredible ways to stall their own drives which is the only reason that game was close on the scoreboard. We dominated them in every other meaningful way. Thankfully it appears for now the staff has found the right offensive line combination and they will continue to cut down on the untimely penalties.

osu would beat Idaho by about the same margin as Oregon did.

Nobody said they were great, and nobody denies Oregon hurt themselves, but to not give credit to Idaho for giving themselves a chance would be to not give credit where credit is due. Don't downplay Idaho. They're a good team

My old basketball coach who played for Hank Iba at Oklahoma State always used to say, It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. Idaho had a lot of that.

[73duck]

Idaho and BSU spent the game in Oregon's backfield. The backfield was clean against OSU. Lots of folks attribute that to a change in the OL rotation, which should be good barring injuries. If Oregon beats Ohio State, they'll be back up at or near the top. If they lose they may drop out of the top ten.
A long way of saying that I don't care where they are ranked in September.

[UOducksTK1]

Oregon is up to #8, because Missouri fell out of the top 10. Finally..

Illinois is only #19, which seems silly when you look at their schedule and who they’ve beat. But I guess we’ll find out how legit they are after playing at Penn State this weekend.

Overall can’t argue too much with the top 10. Ole Miss is the only team that hasn’t played really anyone yet. And their schedule is all wins except maybe @LSU and Georgia. They’ll make the playoffs just cuz of their schedule tbh.

[UOducksTK1]

My Top 10
1 Texas
2 Georgia
3 Ohio State
4 Tennessee
5 Alabama
6 Miami
7 Utah
8 Oregon
9 Ole Miss
10 Penn State

[squintsdd]

My Top 10
1 Texas
2 Georgia
3 Ohio State
4 Tennessee
5 Alabama
6 Miami
7 Utah
8 Oregon
9 Ole Miss
10 Penn State

1.Texas
2.Georgia
3.Ohio State
4.Tennessee
5.Alabama
6.Ole Miss
7.Oregon
8.Miami
9.Utah
10.Penn State

[UOducksTK1]

5 SEC in top 6? To me, Utah and Miami have played a better schedule than a few of the teams above them and should be higher.

[squintsdd]

5 SEC in top 6? To me, Utah and Miami have played a better schedule than a few of the teams above them and should be higher.

Quite honestly I debated flipping Oregon and Ole Miss, but I don't think Oregon would beat them right now. I don't think Miami would beat anyone above them, nor Utah. In fact, I'm confident MC will find a way to just barely crack the top 25 by season's end

[UOducksTK1]

5 SEC in top 6? To me, Utah and Miami have played a better schedule than a few of the teams above them and should be higher.

Quite honestly I debated flipping Oregon and Ole Miss, but I don't think Oregon would beat them right now. I don't think Miami would beat anyone above them, nor Utah. In fact, I'm confident MC will find a way to just barely crack the top 25 by season's end

Fair enough. There is a fine balance between eye ball test and SOS. At least we can agree Missouri had neither. And it is refreshing to see them drop out of the top 10.

For conversation sake… But how do we know Ole Miss is legit? They’ve pummeled Wake Forest, Georgia Southern, MTSU, and Furman. I feel like half the teams in the top 25 would do the same.

In my eyes they could be anywhere from the 5th best team to 15th. We can always move Ole Miss back up if they show up against LSU and Oklahoma in the next few weeks.

[StevensTechU]

5 SEC in top 6? To me, Utah and Miami have played a better schedule than a few of the teams above them and should be higher.

Quite honestly I debated flipping Oregon and Ole Miss, but I don't think Oregon would beat them right now. I don't think Miami would beat anyone above them, nor Utah. In fact, I'm confident MC will find a way to just barely crack the top 25 by season's end

Fair enough. There is a fine balance between eye ball test and SOS. At least we can agree Missouri had neither. And it is refreshing to see them drop out of the top 10.

For conversation sake… But how do we know Ole Miss is legit? They’ve pummeled Wake Forest, Georgia Southern, MTSU, and Furman. I feel like half the teams in the top 25 would do the same.

In my eyes they could be anywhere from the 5th best team to 15th. We can always move Ole Miss back up if they show up against LSU and Oklahoma in the next few weeks.

All evidence suggests LSU isn't a top 15 team. Struggled against one of the worst Big Ten teams in UCLA. Would have lost to south Carolina if not for them losing their starting QB and some interesting officiating. Their best game is a loss to USC.