Much like we predicted, the Miami Hurricanes had a small drop in the Top 25, moving down a spot to No. 6, putting them almost how they started the year. It’s fine…everything is fine.
There’s just not going to be a lot of opportunities for Miami to have a noteworthy win until the road game against Notre Dame on Nov. 7. That’s mostly an indictment on how poorly the ACC is regarded among the pollsters. The two best teams in the conference (Louisville and SMU), aren’t on the schedule. And we’ll have to see how long Virginia Tech and Pitt can hold up. FSU is just awful and Clemson is underwhelming. If we’re being honest, Duke might be the best conference team on the schedule.
That’s why Mario Cristobal loves to say that college football is not a beauty pageant, and he says that because he knows that the perception of Miami’s “easy” schedule might not be reality. Each game is different and provides different challenges. The goal is to win, and if the Hurricanes look dominant in said victory, that’s great. If it looks as spotty as it did in Week 3, that’s life too.
Week 3 AP Top 25 Poll
1. Texas2. Georgia3. Notre Dame4. Ole Miss5. Indiana6. Miami (FL)7. Ohio State8. Alabama9. BYU10. LSU11. Texas Tech12. USC13. Penn State14. Tennessee15. Utah16. Louisville17. Iowa18. Michigan19. Missouri20. Oregon21. Florida22. SMU23. Texas A&M24. Mississippi State25. Houston
The SEC bias is strong with the new AP Top 25 poll coming out
Listen, I’m not going to rag on Mississippi State being ranked. It is what it is, but is every win in the SEC considered a quality win? Since when did beating South Carolina become a noteworthy accomplishment? It’s South Carolina! The Gamecocks are a perennial 6-6 team outside those couple of Spurrier years. They are the official median of Power 4 football…