Up to #8 in AP, up to #7 in the Coaches poll

[BigWindyCane1]

Jumped a spot in the Coaches poll.

Texas fell to #6.

In all due respect, I think Cam and this Canes offense a score a lot more than 15 points against UGA or any other team on this list. The problem is that the Canes defense can anlso allow 40+ against any of these teams. Fortunately, given the schedule over the next 4-5 weeks, the Canes have an opportunity to get some of these defensive problems worked out.

 

[OldhamA]

I'd only sweat this if it was a 4 team playoff.

Thankfully it's not anymore so they can rank us wherever the **** they want to in the Top 12, just keep winning.

 

[NJshoreCane]

How do you suspect we fill those huge holes the rest of the season

Our D will look better the next 2 games, then Wake.
GT (if their QB is back) and Syracuse is where I think we’ll need our 5-point harness secured again.

 

[Peachycarnahan]

Below is the top 30 from this weeks Sagarin Ratings.

 

[JHallCanes]

Our D will look better the next 2 games, then Wake.
GT (if their QB is back) and Syracuse is where I think we’ll need our 5-point harness secured again.

One thing with GT is last year we actually handled them really well on defense. I agree Syracuse is gonna be a shootout just hoping whatever Guidry did last year crosses over to this year because GT had a great offense coming into our game last year. One of the awful parts of blowing that game (if you can narrow it down) was it was definitely a good defensive performance. They only had 250 total yards and that was with that bull**** at the end

 

[Cane&Abel]

Wow. Truly an original take

(Like they’re mutually exclusive, can’t possibly discuss both the polls for fun, and the fact they don’t matter if you win your conference)

Just win.

 

[NJshoreCane]

One thing with GT is last year we actually handled them really well on defense. I agree Syracuse is gonna be a shootout just hoping whatever Guidry did last year crosses over to this year because GT had a great offense coming into our game last year. One of the awful parts of blowing that game (if you can narrow it down) was it was definitely a good defensive performance. They only had 250 total yards and that was with that bull**** at the end

Good point.
Probably was something like 180 yards prior.

 

[JHallCanes]

Good point.
Probably was something like 180 yards prior.

Don’t get me wrong this defense is terrifying

Just hope it’s one of those weird matchups that happens in college

 

[NJshoreCane]

Miami up to 5 now in the coaches poll

Coaches Poll have historically leaned towards the teams winning the games.
As @407cane noted though, those Michigan and Oklahoma wins aren’t as shiny as they were a couple of weeks ago.

We have a chance for some style points coming up, as Clemson did vs FSU, NC St, UVA, Wake, Stanford, and Appy St.

 

[TwentySix]

Still 6 in AP. Texas with their zero top 25 wins via any metric and with a home *** kicking falls to 5

 

[PennsylvaniaCane]

Below is the top 30 from this weeks Sagarin Ratings.

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Stats like that will never matter because the pollsters/espn suck off the SEC every pre season. By week 4 they have 8-9 teams ranked in the top 25 who then all manage to lose to each other. Case in point is Texas who had really big wins against Oklahoma and Michigan. Turns out both those teams suck. Bama will end up with 3-4 losses and still be a top 20 or top 15 team. So will Ole Miss and Tennessee. Missouri will be the same. Meanwhile VT will go 8-4, win a bowl game over a Vanderbilt or Missouri and maybe sneak in at 23-25. They’ll put in 3-4 SEC teams two of which will have 2-3 losses meanwhile if Pitt loses or if SMU runs the table they’ll be left out. Clemson beat by UGA shows how weak the ACC is but #1 Texas, throttled by UGA at home is just Texas having an off day.

For this whole thing to not be a joke there can’t be conferences, networks, and polls benefitting from their subjective placement of how good teams are or aren’t.

 

[NCCanefan]

In all due respect, I think Cam and this Canes offense a score a lot more than 15 points against UGA or any other team on this list. The problem is that the Canes defense can anlso allow 40+ against any of these teams. Fortunately, given the schedule over the next 4-5 weeks, the Canes have an opportunity to get some of these defensive problems worked out.

Unless the problem is mostly lack of talent

 

[ajkreider]

Below is the top 30 from this weeks Sagarin Ratings.

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Sagain's rating of Ole Miss tells you what you need to know about it. 6th, despite a loss to Kentucky

They put too much emphasis on what happened last year. They do this with BB as well.

 

[QuattroCane]

The AP is always the worst. It's made up of regional writers who have inherent biases. ****, if I were one, I'd vote FSU/UF low every time; it's human nature.

 

[ThomasM]

I don't get why Georgia is getting so much love. They have looked VERY beatable in several games. Pollsters like to talk about how Miami has won close games, but 13-12 against Kentucky? The same Kentucky that got rolled by Florida? The same Florida we rolled?

 

[terdferguson]

If you remove subjectivity and just look at the results there is literally zero argument for putting Texas ahead of us.

 

[rsa coral gables]

the ranking are irrelevant right now. i'm glad we have not advanced

 

[TheOriginalCane]

the ranking are irrelevant right now. i'm glad we have not advanced

This is nonsense.

This should have nothing to do with "who will win in the playoffs. That's what the games are for.

Right now, we are undefeated. And no matter how self-critical we can be, and how much we want our own team to improve, every other program in the Top 10 has had near-misses OR has actually lost a game.

Whether we are AP Top 3 or CFP top 3, we will play a lower-seeded team, and potentially a team that has lost multiple games. To project that Miami cannot beat such a team (when lesser teams have done so) simply because our opponent is from the SEC or Big 10 is a soft-shouldered pusillanimous response.

I don't give a **** about SEC/Big 10 arguments. If you want to add more teams, the inevitable result is that you will lose more games. It's unavoidable. You want to get paid, you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have the facts of life.

 

[dycane]

We have been consistently over-ranked for the last 20 years. I don’t blame anyone for ranking TX ahead of us right now. If we run the table and beat a one loss Clemson, we’ll end up with the second seed.

 

[dk72]

Penn St best win is Illinois in 2 weeks they’ll get their 1st L against Ohio St.

Not sold on Ohio St yet. They lost to the only ranked team they played. The good thing is in two weeks either OSU or PSU will be dropping after they play.