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| /c/CFB Poll Top 25 |  |
|---|---|
| 1. Oregon |  |
| 2. Texas |  |
| 3. Notre Dame |  |
| 4. Penn State |  |
| 5. ~~SMU~~ |  |
| 6. Ohio State |  |
| 7. ~~Indiana~~ |  |
| 8. Georgia |  |
| 9. ~~Tennessee~~ |  |
| 10. South Carolina |  |
| 11. Arizona State |  |
| 12. Boise State |  |
| 13. Alabama |  |
| 14. Ole Miss |  |
| T-15. Iowa State |  |
| T-15. Miami |  |
| 17. BYU |  |
| 18. ~~Clemson~~ |  |
| 19. ~~Army~~ |  |
| 20. Colorado |  |
| T-21. Syracuse |  |
| T-21. UNLV |  |
| 23. Louisville |  |
| 24. Illinois |  |
| 25. Baylor |  |
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The poll had Kansas finish last season at 58 of 131 (as the 4th best 6-win team). Looks like the beatdown by Texas really hurt their ranking (sorry), more so than the win over #18 OK State helped.
Going into this season, they were tied for 46th with Boise State. Looks like the amount of talent coming back accounts for the slight rise. The biggest thing holding them back so far is they played an FCS school and all the teams that did (e.g. Oregon, tOSU) are probably lower than they should be at this point in the season because there aren't enough data points yet. Good news is, KU should be able to beat the crap out of #133 Nevada next week (G5 teams are weighted more on the SOS multiplier).
If you're referring to Cal, Northwestern, and Baylor, it's because of their strength of schedule thus far. They will all probably drop soon.
Thanks for the thorough explanation. I mostly referring to Toledo and Illinois being ahead of us considering head-to-head results and I look forward to us getting a chance to redeem ourselves from last year vs texas
Yeah, I realized after replying that you're below Illinois. There's still a little poll inertia (they were preseason #25), but really the weak W1 opponent is the main thing. If I were doing the rankings by hand, I value head-to-head quite a bit, but the model would suggest that those results are flukes (and if not, it will soon correct itself -- Colorado has risen 68 places in just 2 weeks). There's a little stickiness with Toledo as well (pre-season #35).
That game was a redemption from the year prior... I no longer live in Texas and that may be the only game I can get to this season, so I really hope that doesn't happen