Michigan #15 in preseason USA Today Coaches Poll
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls/amway-coaches-poll/
Fair ranking. Exactly where I’d have us.
- Clemson
- (Fuck) ohio state
- Alabama
- Georgia
- LSU
- Oklahoma
- Penn State
- Florida
- Oregon
- Notre Dame
- Auburn
- Wisconsin
- Texas A&M
- Texas
- Michigan
- Oklahoma State
- USC
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- Utah
- UCF
- Cincinnati
- Iowa
- Virginia Tech
- Iowa State
Somehow Nebraska is receiving votes.
"Michigan finishes the season at #15 in the Coaches Poll"
-OP from 4 weeks in the future.
Undefeated and finished at 15, you guys got screwed
Undefeated and ranked 15th? They hang banners in Tuscaloosa for that.
Nailed it, every preseason prediction. "Michigan's gonna go 10-3 or 9-4." Michigan finishes with that record, insert pikachu shocked meme. I just want to be like bitch you call it. Why the hell you surprised Nostradamus?
Not seeing PSU at #7, even with Parsons.
I'll say I really like Parsons as a prospect, but the surefire top 5-10 draft pick is a little surprising.
6.5 sacks in two years isn't that special for a pass rushing specialist. Then again, he could go to the combine in 2021 and run a 4.45.
He's an every down linebacker. Not sure where you got the pass-rushing specialist impression
Good call, and similar stats to Devin Bush, who went 10th. Of course Devin had a magnificent combine too. Luke Kuechly was a bit more productive and went 9th.
I guess when I think of top 5-10 pick LB's, I normally think of guys that can get to the QB. Bush is an exception, and maybe Parsons too?
#15 is about right. We don't know who's starting at QB. The OL is also retooled so the offense is in question. It has great potential but we haven't seen anything yet.
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but if Milton starts at QB I will have to sell my ocean front property in Montana because I don't want to get flooded out by a tsunami.
Be careful what you wish for, Idaho is right next door...
https://iafi.org/about-the-ice-age-floods/introduction/
Put 7-15 in any order you want and nobody would care.
Agreed, and pretty similar situation for 16-25. Three distinct tiers here.
Yep. Pretty much the same 1-6 teams every year. Rinse repeat.
covid adjusted?
No, I think COVID-19 will be doing its own poll, or so I understand. It should be out early next week.
I think we should swap places with Wisconsin or ND.
Penn State
Florida
Oregon
Michigan
Auburn
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Texas A&M
Texas
Feels better to me, which would put us at 10.
I don't think I've ever had a stronger case of cognitive dissonance than I've had in taking in all of this football content while knowing the season isn't happening. I thought I understood it before, but it's worth emphasizing: in any situation, never underestimate the power of denial.
Not sure I buy PSU and A&M's placements. They seem high... But I guess they're okay, I mean, who do you put in their place? There is so much Covid-induced uncertainty that the normal year to year uncertainty in CFB seems like a rock solid bet!
This feels like every Top 25 from every week of the past decade.
Yep, college football has been tiered for quite some time.
We are in the chocolate layer between the strawberry on top and the vanilla at the bottom.
We will finish the season with zero losses.
I didn't know that Scott's mom got to vote!!!
B1G has 6 teams in top 25. Pretty typical showing and highlights the conference's relative strength.
/Analyzes list a bit closer
SEC has six teams listed within top 13. Pretty typical showing and highlights conference's relative strength.
Preseason ND lurrrve is kind of a CFB tradition. Same for Penn St, I suppose. Some things survive the Covid.
Also Texas.
I don’t understand why Wisconsin, ND, and PSU are all ahead of us
Because the dart with "Michigan" on it bounced off the wire framework.
Bill Connelly's Returning Production ranking: Wisconsin (34th nationally), PSU (47th), UM (125th)
Phil Steel's Returning Starters: Wisconsin (15 Starters), PSU (14), UM (11)
Both teams defeated Michigan in 2019 and both teams return more production in 2020. Player opt outs/health are uncertain all around, so predictions may be off. While home field flips, last year's performance and returning production are probably what most Poll voters are thinking about.
No spring practices. No telling who opts out. No idea which games will be played... hypotheticals on top of assumptions perched on guesswork.
I am Henri Ennui...
Given the talent and potential on this roster-disappointing. Given the history of not playing to their potential-understandable.
Probable lose(s): OSU.
Toss ups : PSU, WI and @ MN
Gotcha games: Purdue and NU.
Looks like we will probably lose one of the toss ups and to OSU, so that would result in an 8-2 record. If we lose two toss ups we could be 7-3. If we lose 3 of the toss ups and one of the gotcha game, we could go 5-5. I'm betting we lose to OSU by 20 or more then the team will be down and lose to WI at home in a close game. So 8-2 will not be a bad season.
August 6th, 2020 at 10:00 PM ^