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1st AP Poll of 2017 Season is out

Mac usually is pretty quick to call off the dogs against teams we out man. Any thoughts on him keeping the 1's in for longer to roll up the score since our OOC is so weak this year?

This is assuming we have the luxury to do so against teams like CSU, UofA, ASU, or Cal (it would be expected against TxSt and UNC). Right now, we don't even know if we are good enough to be in that situation. Trying to splash in to the Top 25 sooner rather than later is was what got me thinking about it.
 
Highlander said:
Mac usually is pretty quick to call off the dogs against teams we out man. Any thoughts on him keeping the 1's in for longer to roll up the score since our OOC is so weak this year?

This is assuming we have the luxury to do so against teams like CSU, UofA, ASU, or Cal (it would be expected against TxSt and UNC). Right now, we don't even know if we are good enough to be in that situation. Trying to splash in to the Top 25 sooner rather than later is was what got me thinking about it.
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Well, he sure kept Sefo in well after the game was in hand against CSU.
 
Good deal, team will have a chip and be more motivated to show last year wasn't a one time deal.
 
Highlander said:
Mac usually is pretty quick to call off the dogs against teams we out man. Any thoughts on him keeping the 1's in for longer to roll up the score since our OOC is so weak this year?

This is assuming we have the luxury to do so against teams like CSU, UofA, ASU, or Cal (it would be expected against TxSt and UNC). Right now, we don't even know if we are good enough to be in that situation. Trying to splash in to the Top 25 sooner rather than later is was what got me thinking about it.
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Would be nice if he got Noyer more run late in games this year than he gave Montez last year. I want the 4th quarter in half our games to be the Noyer-Bisharat show.
 
Jalapeno said:
You think CU will be in the Top 25 if the Buffs open 3-0 after games against Texas State and Northern Colorado?
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Yes, at the minimum will be rated #24 or #25 because if Game Day becomes a reality for the Washington game, ESPN will want us rated to make the lead up more legit.
 
The deal with the rankings is that no one knows what to make of the Buffs' defense. The voters just hear about the player and coaching losses and don't really know what potential talent CU has for this season. It's not like everyone is reading ralphiereport or buffzone like we do. I am cautiously optimistic. Although unplanned, it is a good thing that this season's nonconference schedule is relatively weak and at or near home in order to let the defense get their legs under them. Offense should be near the top of the PAC if the Injury Gods smile favorably.

P.S.---I just got back from a 3-day weekend in Boulder, helping to move my daughter and her friends into a beautiful house on the Hill for her last year of college. That town is awesome. The students are truly excited for the upcoming season. #skobuffs
 
I really don't like the way big name teams are spotted a head start through pre-season rankings. Here's ohio st at #2 after taking a 33-0 beating in their last game.
 
I am not surprised. After such a long drought, one good year is not going to bring back general respect of the program. They just need to go out and play CU football and not worry about rankings, rankings will come with results. The preseason poll is a joke anyway.
 
Buffsrock85 said:
I said this earlier this year, I'm not surprised. Just win games and force their hands.
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Last year we started unranked, no votes. Before our late season plunge we made it into the top 10.

Beat the teams you need to beat and the rest takes care of itself.
 
El Gringo said:
Ohio St. is a bad example. They are loaded. Texas, Tenn., and ND are perfect examples of this phenomenon you correctly identify.
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Or Georgia going from unranked to finish last season to #15 to start this season. Or Auburn at #12.

I swear, voters got through their Top 10 and realized they only had 1 SEC team in it. Started thinking that seems weird and started slotting them in because they didn't have a lot of confidence in any of the teams they were ranking below there.
 
Buffnik said:
Or Georgia going from unranked to finish last season to #15 to start this season. Or Auburn at #12.

I swear, voters got through their Top 10 and realized they only had 1 SEC team in it. Started thinking that seems weird and started slotting them in because they didn't have a lot of confidence in any of the teams they were ranking below there.
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Auburn was a pretty good team that played a tough schedule. But Georgia, they were just plain bad last year.
 
J.R. Ewing said:
Auburn was a pretty good team that played a tough schedule. But Georgia, they were just plain bad last year.
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You'd rank them ahead of a Stanford team that won 10 last year (and has won at least 10 in 5/6 years under Shaw)?
 
Buffnik said:
You'd rank them ahead of a Stanford team that won 10 last year (and has won at least 10 in 5/6 years under Shaw)?
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No. I'd certainly have Stanford ahead of them. I'd have Auburn in the top 15 though. Georgia has no business being in there.
 
J.R. Ewing said:
No. I'd certainly have Stanford ahead of them. I'd have Auburn in the top 15 though. Georgia has no business being in there.
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I would have gone Top 20 for Auburn. Not sure they would have made Top 15 for me. So we're close.
 
Buffnik said:
I would have gone Top 20 for Auburn. Not sure they would have made Top 15 for me. So we're close.
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Saw Mel Kiper picked Auburn to make the playoff along with Washington, Florida State, and Ohio State. He's got Washington winning the title so that's a guarantee it won't happen.
 
Buffnik said:
I would have gone Top 20 for Auburn. Not sure they would have made Top 15 for me. So we're close.
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I've always been a little frustrated with the nebulous guidance around preseason poll voting. Is it a power poll, or is it a projected finish. I've seen voters break down their vote using both justification. I think Auburn with Stidham is a top 10 team, but they're not finishing with two losses and that schedule.
 
J.R. Ewing said:
I've always been a little frustrated with the nebulous guidance around preseason poll voting. Is it a power poll, or is it a projected finish. I've seen voters break down their vote using both justification. I think Auburn with Stidham is a top 10 team, but they're not finishing with two losses and that schedule.
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It should be both, right? Once the season starts, we rank on more than what a team has done and the balance shifts over the course of the season to be totally about that (the actual performance) by the end.

One thing that is hopefully ending is that SEC teams always seem to be ranked as if their record was one win better than it is. You go 8-4 in another conference and you might make the Top 25. With SEC teams, the voters treat that like it's a 9-3 team. I don't get that. Especially for a conference that only plays 8 league games and most teams have only played one P5 game in the non-conference schedule. To that point, as bad as we feel CU's schedule is this season it is actually a normal SEC or ACC schedule.
 
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J.R. Ewing said:
No. I'd certainly have Stanford ahead of them. I'd have Auburn in the top 15 though. Georgia has no business being in there.
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If you read the fine print, I think it is a requirement to have Georgia in the top 20 in a preseason poll, preferably in the top 10.
 
Buffnik said:
Or Georgia going from unranked to finish last season to #15 to start this season. Or Auburn at #12.

I swear, voters got through their Top 10 and realized they only had 1 SEC team in it. Started thinking that seems weird and started slotting them in because they didn't have a lot of confidence in any of the teams they were ranking below there.
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An Auburn team with an actual QB is dangerous. Absolutely biased, but somewhere 10-15 seems reasonable to me.
 
Duff Man said:
An Auburn team with an actual QB is dangerous. Absolutely biased, but somewhere 10-15 seems reasonable to me.
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I'd probably have them around 17 and be ready to vault them to the Top 10 if they win at Clemson in Week 2 (or keep them in the same slot if they don't get blown out).
 
Buffnik said:
I'd probably have them around 17 and be ready to vault them to the Top 10 if they win at Clemson in Week 2 (or keep them in the same slot if they don't get blown out).
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Fair.

The team I think is most overranked (aside from Georgia) is Michigan. That team is not the 11th best team in the country.
 
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