SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:51 amSMU up to #24 within ESPN football power index(FPI) ranking.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi
https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:51 amRe: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:33 pm8 votes received in Coaches poll. Incremental progress.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:39 pmWin out and people will notice although that loss to TCU looks worse and worse
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 3:24 amIf we somehow end the season tp 25 then it will be considered an absolute success.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:29 pmCharleston Pony wrote:Win out and people will notice although that loss to TCU looks worse and worse
Also, win over LA Tech looking worse. Announcers are still shouting "Smoke Harris!" every drive while the fighting Sonny's get steamrolled at 3-6.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:16 pmAnother lopsided win and we lost 2 votes in the Coaches poll. I guess we need to score 100 to get some respect. Beat Rice!
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:59 pmSmumba2009 wrote:SMU up to #24 within ESPN football power index(FPI) ranking.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi
Moved to 19 in FPI
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:39 pmmustangxc wrote:Another lopsided win and we lost 2 votes in the Coaches poll. I guess we need to score 100 to get some respect. Beat Rice!
Just need to beat a decent team.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2023 3:42 pmindianmustang wrote:Smumba2009 wrote:SMU up to #24 within ESPN football power index(FPI) ranking.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi
Moved to 19 in FPI
Surprising they have us ranked higher than TCU but the frogs are a different team without Morris playing out of his mind like he did against us
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:56 pmPony4Life wrote:mustangxc wrote:Another lopsided win and we lost 2 votes in the Coaches poll. I guess we need to score 100 to get some respect. Beat Rice!
Just need to beat a decent team.
Who had Tulane beat?
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:43 am35straight II wrote:Who had Tulane beat?
Tulane lost to Ole Miss by the same 17 points that we lost by to both OU & TCU but they've played a much tougher AAC schedule than SMU has with wins @ Memphis and @ Rice and wins vs UAB and UNT in New Orleans. We will have the opportunity to win at both Rice and Memphis and beat UNT at Ford so there will be that for comparison purposes by year end.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:03 amWell in coaches poll we got 6 votes.
Win this week.
Win this week.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:05 amSo…..nobody, and they are playing the same trash schedule we are. That tcu loss is looking pretty bad though. And how fun is it to say that tcu is bringing down our SOS.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:17 am35straight II wrote:So…..nobody, and they are playing the same trash schedule we are. That tcu loss is looking pretty bad though. And how fun is it to say that tcu is bringing down our SOS.
The ranking/rating systems, and especially the human voters, need to do a much better job of adjusting their view of results based on the strength of the opponent at the time the game was played. The TCU that beat SMU was a much better team than the Toads are now. The Kansas that beat Duke last year was a much better team before TCU injured their starting QB a week or two later and tanked their season. Duke was a much better team until our starting QB got hurt late against ND.
But I'm not convinced the voters really even pay much attention. If SMU FB keeps winning, we might need to resurrect the basketball effort of 8-10 years ago to track down stupid/ignorant voters who were failing to rank the MBB Mustangs and pestering them.
Re: SMU Ranked #24
Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:44 amWe're now entering November, our bad month. Let's prove we can win out in November and then we'll have something to brag about. Rice is a good team and will really challenge our defense. If we can stop them cold and Tulane didn't, then we'll have a good comparison.