[Husker] Us vs Top 25

[Bob Beach]

RMiller <miller.ra at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> There's no way Michigan should be ranked in the top 25 after this
> weekend. They are 0-1 and lost at home to a team in the next lower
> division, which on paper makes them about the 110th best team in
> the country. Ranking Michigan in the top 25 would prove the polls
> have an unfair bias towards "traditional" powers. If they do rank
> Michigan, shouldn't App. St also be ranked and above Michigan?



     Which is why there shouldn't even be polls until the third or fourth week of the season.  The season may prove this game is no indicator as to what kind of team Michigan has.  The reason I said it would be interesting to see if Michigan is in the top 25 after yesterday is because it is really unusual for a team to fall more than 20 spots regardless of who they lose to.  A-State may very well for this week should be ranked ahead of Michigan but they are not I-A so they can't be in the I-A rankings.  I doubt at the end of the season people will believe A-State should be rated above Michigan.  My hat is off to them this week, though.


Bob Beach