Utes move up to 12th in Coaches, remain 13th in Media poll
by JazzyUte on Sep 26, 2010 11:53 AM MDT
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PrintNot much movement this week for Utah, though they did inch ever so closer to the top-ten.
Unfortunately, don't expect much movement the next few weeks. I think Utah will make gradual gains and probably slide into the top-ten in a week or two - but this week showed us that schedule does mean something. Even though three teams ahead of the Utes lost Saturday (Texas, Arkansas and South Carolina), the Utes were jumped by three other teams (Stanford, Auburn and LSU), which essentially negated those gains.
The good news for the Utes is that while they have a bye-week Saturday, there will be a chance for movement. Stanford has to travel to Oregon, Texas and Oklahoma meet (Longhorns might be looking to get their season on track after an embarrassing loss to UCLA) and Florida goes to Tuscaloosa to take on the Crimson Tide.
A couple teams are going to lose that are ahead of Utah. From behind, Arizona, like the Utes, take the week off, and the only other undefeated threat close to the Utes is Southern California. They host the struggling Washington Huskies.
So more chance to move up next week, but now it's going to become a bit harder. At least until the team starts playing someone.
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How disappointing...
I realize Notre Dame is not San Jose St. But still with a 1-3 record to start the season I really didn’t see Stanford jumping that far! Additionally, LSU may have won but they look horrible. Their time will come… Oh an Auburn, get out of our face! We’ll take all three of those team’s spots soon enough. Just need to wait patiently I guess…
I'm not too worried about Stanford...
I wasn’t last night because I knew it was probably only a temporary thing. They play @ Oregon this week and even if they win, they’ll knock Oregon behind us. So, it’s a win-win there.
It is really the waiting game. Until one-loss teams start passing the Utes. Then that’s when I start getting upset.
Yeah and Alabama/Florida this week can only be good too.
I just hope we stay where we are after a bye week and don’t start dropping a bunch just because we didn’t play.
I think it'd be hard for us to drop...
At least two teams ahead of Utah will lose Saturday. That means for us to drop, we’d need to be passed by three teams.
I’m not sure that happens.
My guess, at worst, we stay at 13th (or 12th) and at best, move up a spot or two.
yep.
the only two games featuring ranked opponents that could jump us is Penn St @ Iowa (22 v 17) and Wisconsin @ Mich St (11 v 24), and that’s a huge stretch. I don’t expect any positive movement from Texas/OU (Texas would jump us with a win; OU would remain in the top 10 if they win), and UF/Bama and Stanford/Oregon are all ahead of us.
I think we should be cheering for Bama and Oregon, because neither of those teams will drop below us with a loss.
lsu will lose two or three times in sec conference play.
at least we are 12th in one poll.
I'm all about covering the spread and moneylines. Glory favors the bold. Chance favors the prepared mind. Luck, well i have that too. University of Utah goes to the Pac-12 conference in 2011. I expect them to compete immediately for the conference CG. Brock Lesnar will defeat Cain Velasquez. The most hated and misunderstood person on the MMA blogs.. Utah and Boise take care of business in week one. Don't be surprised if they both go undefeated.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Sep 26, 2010 1:43 PM MDT up reply actions
I was suprised at the boost Stanford got as well. I guess when no one outside of RES sees the Utah game you have to expect it. Only 9 months till we can burn our copy of the MWC TV contract!
by Damage Inc. on Sep 26, 2010 12:51 PM MDT up reply actions
Just win baby....
Just win. The rest will take care of it’s self.
Even if we finish 12-0 the best we’ll get is a rematch with Alabama in the Sugar Bowl… or if the Football God’s are smiling Florida. If we offend the Gods we get Boise in the Fiesta in a winner take all grudge match against the only two non AQ teams to win BCS games, each with two wins, one replacing the other, and one leaving for the show.
I think Oregon will finish undefeated as will Ohio St. If that happens this is your National Championship game.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar... S. Freud
We actually "moved up" in both polls according to the number of votes.
Last week we had 703 AP points and 693 Coaches’ points. This week, by a strange coincidence, we have 790 points in both polls. This means that the bottom of the polls are getting weaker and the tops are getting stronger.
Still, we have more votes than last week, even if we haven’t changed position. And there are some very tough games coming up for everyone except us. We continue skating until the end of October. The Texas loss is a big one, and OU looks massively vulnerable as well. We may actually be playing #4 v. #5 at the TCU game as long as we beat AF and TCU keeps winning.
Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.
Oh, and don't worry about Auburn or LSU. Both looked very very beatable and will get a loss soon.
Everyone hates a pink-shirt-wearing communist.
by displacedute on Sep 26, 2010 4:28 PM MDT up reply actions
Yeah...
That’s why I said we inched ever so closer to the top-ten.
Sooner or later, we’ll fall into the top-ten. We’re not going to get passed weekly by one-loss teams. Maybe if this were 2004, but it isn’t.
We’ll be a top-ten team, IMO, when Utah travels to Laramie to play Wyoming. We might even be one when we go to Ames.
Hate to say I predicted it but...
We could actually drop one or two slots…
Stanford, Arizona, and LSU could pass us with wins over better quality opponents… especially since we weren’t televised this week,,, Also we might not pass Arkansas with a mere 4 pt loss to Bama
Who cares???
If the utes keep winning we will be just fine. No doubt they will be top 5 at the end of the season IF we beat everyone to include a #5 TCU and possibly ranked AFA.
We can't just say, "who cares..."
Remember, if Boise State finishes ahead of Utah in the BCS, they automatically get a berth over the Utes.
That means we’d have to be an at-large team and hope dominoes fell – similarly to Boise State last year.
Had Oklahoma State defeated Oklahoma at the end of the year in 2009, the Cowboys would’ve taken Boise’s spot in the BCS.
Do we really want to risk that? We need to move up if we realistically want to pass Boise State in the BCS. I don’t know if we’ll be able to pass ‘em in either human polls, but we should have a better computer ranking by the end of the year. If we’re a spot or two behind the Broncos, it could negate their lead in the polls.
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