Week 8 Cafe Poll and Discussion

[VaderFin]

Dee--Sorry I didn't get rankings in this week. It's been beyond crazy around here. I'll have em in early next week.

[deerayfan072]

Dee--Sorry I didn't get rankings in this week. It's been beyond crazy around here. I'll have em in early next week.

Not a problem man. Life happens, no worries

[BritSox]

My Beavers have the #10 ranked SoS, a win over a #1 team and they still classify as barely a competent team at this point in the season. And look at that, they're 3-3 too.

As for Oklahoma State, how can anyone possibly rank them so high? Their toughest games up to the point of the Missouri game were Troy and Texas A&M (cakewalks basically). So they beat Missouri and all of a sudden they're top 10 material after playing....nobody? I need to see something else before they're all of a sudden a top 10 team.

I'm not going to jump a team drastically just for having a big win without any other evidence to build a case. If that were the case I would have at least ranked my Beavers after upsetting the #1 team in the country.

They're undefeated, and in a major conference. How can you say there's no evidence? THEY'VE WON EVERY GAME THEY'VE PLAYED, that's pretty good evidence. They have beaten one ranked team. How many team have beaten multiple ranked opponents at this stage? Until they lose, you have to assume they belong up there.

/Re-opening the usual FB/Husker bag of worms.

Also, you need a new definition of 'competent.' By my reckoning, a .500 team in a BCS conference who's run two ranked teams to within a score is competent. Your Beavers are definitely competent.

[Mugrila]

Dee--Sorry I didn't get rankings in this week. It's been beyond crazy around here. I'll have em in early next week.

Not a problem man. Life happens, no worries

Speaking of which, I'm not going to be able to do them this week. I'll be awol until next weekend at least.

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

I honestly don't see how you are saying that Okie St. shouldn't be a top 10 team (someone said this last page). Whether or not you think they are really that good, they are in a major conference and they are undefeated. I don't see why a team in the same conference with a similar resume plus 1 loss should possibly be ahead of them.

[deerayfan072]

I honestly don't see how you are saying that Okie St. shouldn't be a top 10 team (someone said this last page). Whether or not you think they are really that good, they are in a major conference and they are undefeated. I don't see why a team in the same conference with a similar resume plus 1 loss should possibly be ahead of them.

Last week I could see the argument but now I think they have to be in the top 10 after doing it again. They still lose this week to Texas, which will knock them out of my top 10, but for week 9 they should be a top 10 team.

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

I honestly don't see how you are saying that Okie St. shouldn't be a top 10 team (someone said this last page). Whether or not you think they are really that good, they are in a major conference and they are undefeated. I don't see why a team in the same conference with a similar resume plus 1 loss should possibly be ahead of them.

Last week I could see the argument but now I think they have to be in the top 10 after doing it again. They still lose this week to Texas, which will knock them out of my top 10, but for week 9 they should be a top 10 team.

Top 5 IMO.

[deerayfan072]

I honestly don't see how you are saying that Okie St. shouldn't be a top 10 team (someone said this last page). Whether or not you think they are really that good, they are in a major conference and they are undefeated. I don't see why a team in the same conference with a similar resume plus 1 loss should possibly be ahead of them.

Last week I could see the argument but now I think they have to be in the top 10 after doing it again. They still lose this week to Texas, which will knock them out of my top 10, but for week 9 they should be a top 10 team.

Top 5 IMO.

not for me

[Sandrock]

That would be me who didn't rank them in the top 10 and I didn't believe they were a top 10 team last week. Dee I wouldn't really say they "did it again" because it was just Baylor. However, I think Baylor is a much more solid team than most people (they're just very raw) and that win impressed me way more than any of their previous wins. So they'll be in my top 10 this week but definitely not my top 5. If they pull the upset this Saturday, then we can talk about top 5.

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

That would be me who didn't rank them in the top 10 and I didn't believe they were a top 10 team last week. Dee I wouldn't really say they "did it again" because it was just Baylor. However, I think Baylor is a much more solid team than most people (they're just very raw) and that win impressed me way more than any of their previous wins. So they'll be in my top 10 this week but definitely not my top 5. If they pull the upset this Saturday, then we can talk about top 5.

If they pull the upset we can talk about top 5? If they win, I don't see how they could possibly be ranked outside of the top 3 and that's assuming that both PSU and Alabama win.