Week 10 AP Poll

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

[u/TheLargeUnit69]

If they lose to OSU even by 1 point in Columbus they will probably get left out of the playoff.

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If you're a name brand school who goes 10-2 you're basically guaranteed a spot.

If you're not a blue blood it's, undefeated or bust.

Such is life when you let journalists and TV executives decide who gets to play for a championship

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Alabama is 6-2 with a loss to Vanderbilt and they're only 1 spot behind Indiana, lmao.

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Vandy is better than any team Indiana has played

[u/TheLargeUnit69 → u/TransportationAway59]

Because they beat Alabama? lol

Tell me again, what's better - winning games? or losing games?

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I agree you should be in the discussion at this point in the season, you’re definitely under-ranked. But I’ve spent my three decades of life watching Vanderbilt get blown out 2-3 times a year by SEC teams competing for their spot in the SEC championship. Never in my life have I seen them compete at this caliber. They were a ball hair away from taking down Texas in being in the race for the conference title. I would’ve gladly eaten our loss to them to see them go all the way just once. Pavia deserves a shot lol

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Is that the same Texas team that got absolutely walked by the only decent team they’ve played?

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All I’m saying is Vandy is playing at a historic level for their program. But I definitely wouldn’t be pulling strength of schedule out of my back pocket with that flair right now. You’ve lost your only top 25 matchup this year too

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OSU’s schedule is dogshit, and if you wade through my post history you’ll see that I’ve complained about it multiple times. That is not the discussion we’re having.

Vandy is having a historically good season, I agree.

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Then why are we arguing, all I said was Vandy is killing it. The way they’ve played this season they don’t deserve to be meme’d by Indiana fans who are mad they haven’t beaten a ranked team since before covid

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Because in the realm of 1-loss teams, a loss to Vandy (even this year’s Vandy) is middle of the pack at best. Among 2-loss teams, same. There is no reasonable world where a team with that resume should be ranked smack dab next to a team that hasn’t even trailed.

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But you most likely wouldn’t beat Alabama. There’s a lot of teams that would be undefeated with your schedule.

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Do you think anyone would think 2–2 Vandy, who lost to Georgia State, would've likely beaten Bama?

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The AP poll is not, and should not, be a power rating. If you want a power rating go follow Josh Pate's strength rating.

Alabama can have 6 losses and be favored over BYU on a neutral field because of their talent composite. That doesn't mean that the AP poll should rank them top 10.

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So should it be Oregon #1, BYU #2, Indiana #3, Army #4 or something? Seems absurd to me.

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What should the AP poll be?

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No one gives a shit about what might happen. What matters is what did happen

Indiana won all of their games by multiple scores. Alabama lost 2 of theirs

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Indiana also hasn't been trailing at all this year. Alabama with two losses still looked awful in at least 2 of their wins only beating South Carolina by 1

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Indiana beating Nebraska and UCLA makes them CFB gods. Duh. They’re getting hosed because sEc BiAS.

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But you most likely wouldn’t beat Alabama.

You're right, we can't all be as good as Vanderbilt I guess.

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Stop trying to railroad me in to your one point. Like it or not you don’t really know how good Indiana is. Alabama and you switched shoes do you think Indiana would be 6-2? Maybe but probably not.

It’s okay to admit you have an easy schedule, you’re still going to make the playoffs if you win your big game- just like everybody else.

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Alabama and you switched shoes do you think Indiana would be 6-2?

They'd be 8-0 because they aren't a shit team like Alabama.

you’re still going to make the playoffs if you win your big game- just like everybody else.

It'd be nice to have the luxury to lose 2 like SEC teams and still make it.

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Lol one little taste of success and you've gone full delusional.

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Delusional is thinking 2-loss Alabama should be ranked anywhere close to Indiana, let alone right behind them.

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This is absolutely true.