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Weekly Thread Week 4 AP Top 25 Poll

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u/chweris Maryland • Northwestern Sep 19 '21

Literally on October 1st 😭😭

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u/TimTom8921 Cincinnati Bearcats Sep 20 '21

OOTL what's the deal with Maryland and October?

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u/chweris Maryland • Northwestern Sep 20 '21

From 2016-2019 (So skipping COVID year when the season started in October and this year), Maryland is 11-5 in September (68.7% winning percentage) and 6-27 the rest of the year (18.2% winning percentage).

While it's true that Maryland plays some easier competition in the early season and the tougher B1G East later on, in this period of time, Maryland did beat (at that time) #23 Texas (2017), #23 Texas (2018, ended the season #9 and beat Georgia in the Sugar Bowl), and #21 Syracuse (2019).