USA Today

[NJCat83588]

All polls are stupid, but this one is the dumbest of all time. Somehow, after beating Stanford convincingly, NU still ends up lower than the Cardinal, and only the second best team in Illinois despite NIU struggling to beat UNLV. Wonder what "logic" they use to ignore objective evidence........

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...nk-ohio-state-baylor-auburn-alabama/71864172/

 

[phatcat]

All polls are stupid, but this one is the dumbest of all time. Somehow, after beating Stanford convincingly, NU still ends up lower than the Cardinal, and only the second best team in Illinois despite NIU struggling to beat UNLV. Wonder what "logic" they use to ignore objective evidence........

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...nk-ohio-state-baylor-auburn-alabama/71864172/

they also give us the biggest "rise" of any team - any, even Temple and Florida International, which means they had us stupidly low to begin the season.

 

[pawildcat]

That's nothing. They have Penn State higher than Iowa, even after the Nits' debacle at Temple.

 

[Wrestlerneverdiesasacatfan]

No sweat, in six weeks, we will be at 15

 

[nycat33]

Minnesota moved up 9 spots after losing...

 

[NJCat83588]

Minnesota moved up 9 spots after losing...

And Illinois moved up 16 after pounding the 5th worst team in football...........

 

[NUCat320]

All polls are stupid, but this one is the dumbest of all time. Somehow, after beating Stanford convincingly, NU still ends up lower than the Cardinal, and only the second best team in Illinois despite NIU struggling to beat UNLV. Wonder what "logic" they use to ignore objective evidence........

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...nk-ohio-state-baylor-auburn-alabama/71864172/

Is this a poll? Just one dude's power rankings? What exactly is it?

 

[phatcat]

Is this a poll? Just one dude's power rankings? What exactly is it?

To paraphrase George Plimpton: "this guy is a boob. It's a joyous celebration of boobery."

 

[villox]

Is this a poll? Just one dude's power rankings? What exactly is it?

Well, it's not just any dude, but Paul Myerberg, who in the past has been very kind to Northwestern. But it seems he no longer does his really in depth pre-season countdown previews which I always enjoyed.

 

[NUCat320]

Well, it's not just any dude, but Paul Myerberg, who in the past has been very kind to Northwestern. But it seems he no longer does his really in depth pre-season countdown previews which I always enjoyed.

It seems to me that a position that says Stanford is still better than Northwestern is defensible, simply because he views NU as the

All polls are stupid, but this one is the dumbest of all time. Somehow, after beating Stanford convincingly, NU still ends up lower than the Cardinal, and only the second best team in Illinois despite NIU struggling to beat UNLV. Wonder what "logic" they use to ignore objective evidence........

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...nk-ohio-state-baylor-auburn-alabama/71864172/

I could argue, depending the purpose of the list, that it's a defensible position.

I assume that, knowing nothing about the list, the goal is to state as a guess what the end-of-year polls will show, and what the true "quality" of a team will be at that point. Obviously, it's impossible to have every team ahead of every team they beat, and behind every team they lost to.

I would assume the analyst believes that NU's win was a fluke - the 2-out-of-10 result - and that NU will ultimately finish lower than Stanford. One week does not a season make. Here's to NU proving him wrong.