<p>We destroy Notre Dame and Wisconsin (both 9-1 teams ranked among the top 15 nationally) and we almost lose to Ball State? At any rate, this should be a wake up call for our team. We travel to a solid Indiana team next week and then we travel to the #1 team in the land. Unless we can arrange our error-prone offense and our sometime inconsistant pass defense, we could be in trouble.</p>
<p>I agree, we were really careless in that game. Do you think that our performance today will hurt us in the rankings?</p>
<p>OSU got careless too I thinkl. Did you see the score between them and Illinois?</p>
<p>Azurek don't worry the gap between Mich and the #3 team is HUGE. No one is remotely as good as Mich or OSU right now so don't expect anyone to jump Mich unless they lose.</p>
<p>David Letterman will cure any rankings issues. Be sure to watch.</p>
<p>how reassuring.</p>
<p>Azurek, the only ranking that matters is the one that comes out on November 19! But to answer yor question, I don't think we will drop at all. #1 OSU struggled against a mediocre Illinois team, #3 West Virgia was soudly beaten, #4 Texas isn't looking that good against Okie State, #7 Florida barely beat Vandie etc...</p>
<p>Hehe, thanks for the clarification. On another note, doesn't the team ranked third basically get a shot at the title since either us or OSU will drop from the top two by then? If so, that kind of blows because it seems like Louisville will get an undeserved shot at the national title.</p>
<p>I think it'd be some kind of tossup between us and Texas (maybe Louisville) if both of us and Texas finish the season with our only loss being to tWorstStateEver State University. The human polls tend to be more lenient towards losses early in the season, so that favors Texas. Of course, that kind of gets cancelled out if we keep it close, and there's also what the computers say.</p>
<p>I'm kind of at a loss as to whether or not to cheer for Louisville. Technically, there's a chance that if they lose, OSU and U of M stay #1 and #2 after The Game. If we win this game, that means we play OSU again, which is bad. If we lose, then it gives us a second shot at the MNC, which is good.</p>
<p>Rutgers is going to beat Louisville on Thursday night, so no need to worry about them.</p>
<p>I think it's kind of weird how the Human polls are based on who you lose to, whereas the computers are who you beat, yet equal weight isn't given to each of them. </p>
<p>I also don't like how points aren't considered at all in the computers. I understand the point, to promote sportsmanship, but a 77-0 loss isn't the same as a 23-24 OT loss. </p>
<p>Anyways, Michigan should stay ahead of Louisville, who will likely hop up to #3. But look for Louisville to have narrowed the gap - they now have a much increased SOS helping them in the computers and the human polls will likely put them in the top 3 now.</p>