Top 20?
Should teams that opted out of post season get an automatic reduction?
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I don’t think 15-20 is far fetched
probably closer to 20, but a win over LSU should bump us up
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One fact to consider… we are ranked #21 in CFP but that will not rerank. So we must focus on AP (#26) and Coaches poll (#24)… based on that I tend to agree we will be in the #18-#20 range in the end depending on how the other bowl games shake out.
I’m sure they’ll each drop a little as teams like ours went out and put out a good performance, but there shouldn’t be a penalty enforced by the AP.
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Question is, what will the AP preseason poll ranking for next year be?
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Unfortunately the preseason AP/Coaches Poll will exist.
Hopefully we’re in them, but it would be wonderful if there wasn’t a meaningful poll released until week 5.
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I think we will be in the preseason poll based on who we have coming back. I think we will be around #20.
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Curious about it since that is the one Nunez will use to market tickets.
Me too, with CW returning and coaching stability.
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I have two goals for UH in the AP Final Poll:
- Don’t drop in the rankings because you beat a LSU team that wasn’t at full strength; and
- Rank somewhere between 15-20.
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We are not going to drop and I am very confident that we will be in the poll since Mizzou and Gtech both lost and are directly in front of us. Hopefully Cincy can beat Navy… and I wish N Texas would of lost.
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I won’t answer your direct question, but I will offer a way-too-early prediction for the record in 2026.
9-3
The 2026 schedule will be much more challenging than 2025, but Fritz is turning this team around faster than I thought. He matches this year’s total, and with a well-placed upset along the way, he may take the Coogs to the CCG.
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Excellent post! No more grumbles from the tigers…
Outstanding post ! Put that in your SEC-SEC-SEC pipe and smoke it
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So tired of the “not at full strength” rationalization. They got beat.
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Imma go with 17
I’m think that that is about right.
Here’s the thing. It would be, I believe, our 19th final top 25 finish all-time when both the AP and Coaches Polls are taken into account.
A lot of I-FBS programs out there can’t match that.
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Me thinks we’ll be ranked 6th or 7th next year
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