Poll watch

[AppinVA]

I don’t believe we are a top 25 team at the moment in any way, shape, or form.

As crazy as the year has been, I’m not sure there are 25 top 25 teams at the moment.

[BambooRdApp]

Unless we totally dominate the next 3 opponents, we are not going to have the opportunity to be ranked.
JMU - first year FBS; voters discount this
Citadel - FCS team, does not help
Texas St. Not a very good SBC team, no credit for this win.
All I care about is winning each week...it matter at end of regular season....

[AppStFan1]

I don’t believe we are a top 25 team at the moment in any way, shape, or form.

We definitely aren’t and I could see it go either way. It would not shock me if we lose 2 more unless we correct some things. Just take it one game at a time and hope to go 1-0. JMU is a big game and all we need to do is just win and our goals remain in sight.

[spacemonkey]

The most concerning aspect to me is that no g5 teams are ranked unless you include BYU as a g5. It is good news for App but no G5 worthy is concerning.

[AppStFan1]

Unless we totally dominate the next 3 opponents, we are not going to have the opportunity to be ranked.
JMU - first year FBS; voters discount this
Citadel - FCS team, does not help
Texas St. Not a very good SBC team, no credit for this win.
All I care about is winning each week...it matter at end of regular season....

I'm with you on what matters. I think voters understand what we have gone through. We did not fall despite the close loss. Voters know that a bad game can happen. If we perhaps win by 2 against JMU and 10 or so against Citadel and Robert Morris then I think they would punish us. I believe ESPN will want us ranked and hard to leave out a 7-1 App State team with a win over A&M heading into Coastal Carolina. I'm just worried about JMU now though because beating them is all that matters right now.

[AppStFan1]

The most concerning aspect to me is that no g5 teams are ranked unless you include BYU as a g5. It is good news for App but no G5 worthy is concerning.

Definitely good news for us because if we win out we are in the driver's seat. There will be some G5s rise up because many of these P5s will beat up on each other and fall out. Voters will put a 10-2 or 11-1 G5 over a 8-4 P5. I would say teams to watch are App, Cincinnati, Coastal Carolina, Air Force, James Madison, East Carolina, Marshall, Tulane, and Wyoming. A lot of parity and could see a team rise up and surprise. I don't worry about trends until we get to the middle of October. Let's see where we and others in the SBC are after October 15. That is plenty of time to see who is going to rise in their conferences.

[Stonewall]

Just win baby !!!

[EastHallApp]

Unless we totally dominate the next 3 opponents, we are not going to have the opportunity to be ranked.
JMU - first year FBS; voters discount this
Citadel - FCS team, does not help
Texas St. Not a very good SBC team, no credit for this win.
All I care about is winning each week...it matter at end of regular season....

Except that the polls are less about what you do than what the teams around you do.

If we win those games, we'll keep moving up as long as teams ahead of us lose.

[EastHallApp]

I was concerned we'd lose some ground this week, but we basically stayed where we were. Pretty favorable treatment considering the performance Saturday.

[ASUFan4863]

I was concerned we'd lose some ground this week, but we basically stayed where we were. Pretty favorable treatment considering the performance Saturday.

I thought so as well. We only lost 3 votes and that could have been from more people voting Washington or Kansas (wow never thought I'd say that). Cincy lost double-digit votes. Maybe the voters respect Troy as well considering their close game against Ole Miss. We are the media darlings this year. Hopefully we can use that to our advantage.

[ASUFan4863]

Pretty interesting games this week for teams around us in the polls. Minn at MSU, UNC vs ND, USC at Oregon St., Oregon at Washington St., UF at Tenn, WF vs Clemson, Texas at TTU, A&M vs Arkansas. We will need a strong win to get ranked.

[GreatAppSt]

Pretty interesting games this week for teams around us in the polls. Minn at MSU, UNC vs ND, USC at Oregon St., Oregon at Washington St., UF at Tenn, WF vs Clemson, Texas at TTU, A&M vs Arkansas. We will need a strong win to get ranked.

Go A&M!...... Go UNC! A part of me just died, but we need this.

Just a thought what happens to us if:

A@M runs the table and UNC runs the table and We run the table?

[Mjohn1988]

Hard for me to say but we need UNC to look good and A&M as well.

[ASUFan4863]

Hard for me to say but we need UNC to look good and A&M as well.

I think A&M will be fine. Their defense will carry them to plenty of wins. It seems like if UNC could ever put a full game together, they could be dangerous. Outside of Wake Forest and UNC, the ACC has some below average offenses this year so I don't know how many teams will be able to keep up with them if Maye keeps them rolling. I will silently root for whatever helps us.

[ASUFan4863]

Pretty interesting games this week for teams around us in the polls. Minn at MSU, UNC vs ND, USC at Oregon St., Oregon at Washington St., UF at Tenn, WF vs Clemson, Texas at TTU, A&M vs Arkansas. We will need a strong win to get ranked.

Go A&M!...... Go UNC! A part of me just died, but we need this.

Just a thought what happens to us if:

A@M runs the table and UNC runs the table and we run the table?

NY6 Rematch

[AppStFan1]

I am pulling hard for them but what UNC and A&M do won’t matter if we don’t win. We got to run the table and that starts with JMU. We have a tough schedule. I’ll be ecstatic if we were to go 10-2. It will be hard with our injuries and the much improved Sun Belt.

[hapapp]

I was concerned we'd lose some ground this week, but we basically stayed where we were. Pretty favorable treatment considering the performance Saturday.

I thought so as well. We only lost 3 votes and that could have been from more people voting Washington or Kansas (wow never thought I'd say that). Cincy lost double-digit votes. Maybe the voters respect Troy as well considering their close game against Ole Miss. We are the media darlings this year. Hopefully we can use that to our advantage.

Troy lost to Ole Miss 28-10 and it was 28-3 before Troy scored a late TD. I think we are where we are because of the A&M win and all the pub we got from this weekend. I'll be honest, I'm not convinced we are the 28th best team but if we can keep finding ways to win we can sneak into the top 25.

[AppStFan1]

I was concerned we'd lose some ground this week, but we basically stayed where we were. Pretty favorable treatment considering the performance Saturday.

I thought so as well. We only lost 3 votes and that could have been from more people voting Washington or Kansas (wow never thought I'd say that). Cincy lost double-digit votes. Maybe the voters respect Troy as well considering their close game against Ole Miss. We are the media darlings this year. Hopefully we can use that to our advantage.

Troy lost to Ole Miss 28-10 and it was 28-3 before Troy scored a late TD. I think we are where we are because of the A&M win and all the pub we got from this weekend. I'll be honest, I'm not convinced we are the 28th best team but if we can keep finding ways to win we can sneak into the top 25.

100% true. We are not even top 35 right now. I would place us more like 40-50 range but that upset has us high. If we can beat JMU and run the table after that then I think we would deserve to be ranked. It’s going to be hard with injuries and a brutal November though. If we win the next 3 I bet we get ranked 23-35 though.

[mike87]

I was concerned we'd lose some ground this week, but we basically stayed where we were. Pretty favorable treatment considering the performance Saturday.

I thought so as well. We only lost 3 votes and that could have been from more people voting Washington or Kansas (wow never thought I'd say that). Cincy lost double-digit votes. Maybe the voters respect Troy as well considering their close game against Ole Miss. We are the media darlings this year. Hopefully we can use that to our advantage.

Troy lost to Ole Miss 28-10 and it was 28-3 before Troy scored a late TD. I think we are where we are because of the A&M win and all the pub we got from this weekend. I'll be honest, I'm not convinced we are the 28th best team but if we can keep finding ways to win we can sneak into the top 25.

100% true. We are not even top 35 right now. I would place us more like 40-50 range but that upset has us high. If we can beat JMU and run the table after that then I think we would deserve to be ranked. It’s going to be hard with injuries and a brutal November though. If we win the next 3 I bet we get ranked 23-35 though.

I so disagree. We are top 25. Coming off 2 brutal and highly emotional games and facing a tough conference foe with the distraction of CGD...we played a good game with several key position groups starting #2's. Stubbed our toe there at the end on the two yrd line and should have never come down to the ending we had, yet we still pulled it off. You're lying to yourself if during our next to last possession you weren't feeling like we had it in the bag. This is a special team. A lot of dogfights left in our division but this team is as good as we've had.

[Yosefus]

I'm not sold on top 25 yet. Offense I would put us in top 15. Defense will be a struggle. I honestly think JMU will be the best whole team we will face up to this point. But that is just going off stats. Haven't seen a down of them yet. One thing for sure our team and coaches will be better prepared after Troy near miss.