Northwestern drops out of the AP Top 25??!!!
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Ah. Okay, but Northwestern isn't included in ESPN's new updated (post Bowl Games) Top 25. Were they on that list before the Bowl game?
https://thespun.com/college-football/espn-releases-new-top-25-following-bowl-season
That's just their FPI computer model. It doesn't matter for anything.
Wait for January 8 and we'll find our where we are in the AP and Coaches top 25s.
We'll be ranked in both polls next week.
Thanks for the corrections. Sorry for the misplaced outrage.
I've seen worse here
Looks like a really ridiculous list. I feel dumber for looking at it. But what do you expect out of ESPN? I mean they are owned by Disney so they are into fairy tales. Mich moved up after getting their butt whipped, GA moved up after getting whipped. TX moved down? We are at #37 while WIS and IA are in top 20. Heck, Mich State is rated ahead of us.
http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings/_/tab/fpi
For an even bigger laugh, check out the S&P+ rankings post-bowl season. NU moved up one spot to 77, while Utah is at ... 15?
I have gotten to the point where, whenever someone uses s&p + to predict the outcome of our games, i ignore the article.
I will always be more interested in W&L than S&P
They can't even "predict" games that have already been played!
Perhaps their narrative would be NU didn't "deserve" to win because Utah gave the game away with all their turnovers.
You know, because NU's defense had nothing to do with any of them. /eyeroll.
They do not adequately factor those things in (especially turnovers). For S&P+ it’s really about “explosiveness”, “finishing drives”, and their definition of “efficiency”. Generally speaking, NU’s current style of play will regularly lead to a poor overall S&P plus rating.
Fortunately this has little to zero impact on anything. If you’re a Northwestern fan, best to take Connelly’s metrics with grain of salt (if you chose to pay attention to them at all).
At least we can HOPE that all but 2 of the coaches will have had some time to reflect on it and will vote themselves, instead of having else do the voting for them.
The 'Cats were ranked in the last ESPN Power Rankings (prior to the conference championships).
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