[Husker] TT and Nebraska

[scott71law at verizon.net]

From: Mike Jaixen <mikejaixen at yahoo.com>
Date: Sun Oct 09 11:40:39 CDT 2005
To: Lynette Tillner <ltillner at yahoo.com>, husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] TT and Nebraska



--- Lynette Tillner <ltillner at yahoo.com> wrote:


> My question is whether Nebraska will break into the
> Top 25 in the
> other polls based on their performance, albeit a
> loss, yesterday. 
> 
> I sure hope so!  

Although I'm not sure the pollsters would agree, I
could make a better argument for us being ranked at
4-1 than I could at 4-0.  There has been dramatic
improvement over the last 3 weeks.


Well the Huskers dropped from 75 votes to 3 in the coaches poll- I'm pretty sure a similar outcome will be seen in the AP poll as well. Regardless of how much improvement is shown, teams drop when they lose, simple as that. Has any team EVER gained votes and/or positions in the rankings after a loss? I'd bet not very often, if ever. Teams may have stayed in the same ranking (such as when #1 plays #2 or something) after a loss, but they don't move up after one. If you follow the teams after the top 25 in the USA Today poll, the Huskers went from 27th to 36th after yesterday's loss.

Scott in NY