Back in the top 25

[Quaoarsking]

Ranked #25 in both AP and Coaches polls. Feels good to be back.

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

[msudawg1200]

That will help with a bowl also. They love to promote ranked matchups.

[msstate7]

Nice. Let's win the bowl and finish 20ish. Should be preseason top 25 if we do

[Quaoarsking]

It also confirms (basically) that we'll finish in the top 25 if we win our bowl game, regardless of opponent. So now I'm hoping for Purdue or Illinois or someone else we're clearly favored over.

[msu15]

Those polls don't matter at all anymore, it's all about the playoff rankings Tuesday night. I have a feeling we'll be higher than 25 when it comes out.

[msstate7]

It also confirms (basically) that we'll finish in the top 25 if we win our bowl game, regardless of opponent. So now I'm hoping for Purdue or Illinois or someone else we're clearly favored over.

I don't wanna play Illinois if bielema still runs all that misdirection throw to the TEs

[msstate7]

CFB poll doesn't have a final poll though, so you wanna be in AP and coaches

[Quaoarsking]

CFB poll doesn't have a final poll though, so you wanna be in AP and coaches

Yeah, the CFP Committee should meet again in January to do a final ranking. That would be perfect and would let us trash the AP/Coaches entirely.

[Todd4State]

It also confirms (basically) that we'll finish in the top 25 if we win our bowl game, regardless of opponent. So now I'm hoping for Purdue or Illinois or someone else we're clearly favored over.

If we play Notre Dame I think our team will be fired up for the game.

[PGHBulldogBG]

If we play Notre Dame I think our team will be fired up for the game.

Is Notre Dame the likely opponent? I’m assuming we are projected to the Gator bowl to play them? LSU losing and Clemson losing probably dropped us down to Gator

[yjnkdawg]

DELETE

[parabrave]

Is Notre Dame the likely opponent? I’m assuming we are projected to the Gator bowl to play them? LSU losing and Clemson losing probably dropped us down to Gator

Isn't it now up to the SEC to decide where to go?

[IMissJack]

CBS predicts Notre Dame in Gator

[Cowbell]

CBS predicts Notre Dame in Gator
I would love this

[Travelingdawg]

Probably gonna match ND with LSU because of the coaching connection. Just a guess.

[99jc]

18th in the espn poll and ole shit is 16th what the 17.

[msudawg1200]

Isn't it now up to the SEC to decide where to go?
They get together with the bowls and schools to determine the best "fit". With us ranked it's going to be hard to justify not sending us to the ReliaQuest or Gator,as long as we want one of those, and instead sending a 6-6 team.

[yjnkdawg]

18th in the espn poll and ole shit is 16th what the 17.

That's ESPN Football Power Index (FPI) college football rankings. The computer just thinks they are 0.7 points better than us in this ranking... What does their computer know. Chill and don't let this bother you. :)

[PikeDawg15]

Probably gonna match ND with LSU because of the coaching connection. Just a guess.

LSU is headed to citrus now


We should?ve got citrus

Then South Carolina stole it from us

Then LSU lost to A&M and stole it from South Carolina

the sec is gonna choose where to send

South Carolina

State

OM

Florida

Arkansas

Mizzou

Kentucky



Us , South Carolina and OM are all 8-4 so we should be above the others in the pecking order


And they know our fan base is excited and will turn out for a bowl game unlike 6-6 teams

We should be only behind South Carolina in the pecking order to be honest.

[redstickdawg]

this is really the only time of the year that the polls really mean anything, up till now they are just fluff.

[Leroy Jenkins]

MSU vs Kiffin's new team UCLA, in Las Vegas when Chip Kelly takes the AU job.

[Commercecomet24]

They get together with the bowls and schools to determine the best "fit". With us ranked it's going to be hard to justify not sending us to the ReliaQuest or Gator,as long as we want one of those, and instead sending a 6-6 team.

Yes this. Also I believe we get ranked higher in the cfp which will help the cause even more.

[99jc]

i don't care which bowl we play in as long as it is Notre Dame

[CaptainObvious]

I don?t care which bowl we play in as long as it isn?t Memphis, Birmingham, or Lost Vegas.

[MagicDawg]

Pool of 6 always seems to stick us with a spot that feels slightly less than I thought we deserved, while giving one or two others slightly more than I thought they deserved.

As a result of Vegas having a nice destination but you don't get the benefit of the full alloted practice time, I feel like we get the shaft -- which will be spun as an overall positive, don't ya know -- and OM goes to Florida in the spot we should have had.

Battered Bulldog Syndrome.

[R2Dawg]

Boy Bama gets the favor no matter what. All those 10-2 teams and they are first waiting on an upset or two when a conf division champ slips up in an extra game that Bama don't have to play and they slide right in. That ain't right.

Bama also lost to UT who is ranked behind them. 3 plays and Bama has 3 more losses. They better not slide in.

[RocketDawg]

Boy Bama gets the favor no matter what. All those 10-2 teams and they are first waiting on an upset or two when a conf division champ slips up in an extra game that Bama don't have to play and they slide right in. That ain't right.

Bama also lost to UT who is ranked behind them. 3 plays and Bama has 3 more losses. They better not slide in.

Don't forget that they almost lost to Texas as well. And OM. Bama did not have a good year and aren't the 6th best team.

Tennessee screwed up by losing to S. Carolina (a loss that seems more reasonable now, but at the time didn't).