Posted January 3, 201510 yr Could ND end up in the final Top 25 rankings? There are a few openings: #25 Minnesota lost, obviously # 23 LSU lost, #21 L'ville lost, #19Auburn lost, so there will be some movement. Minny, L'Ville and LSU are candidates to to drop out. Can ND slip in at #25 with a win over #23? Me thinks they have a shot!
January 3, 201510 yr I went back ten years and could only find 1 team that finished ranked with 5 losses (2009 Clemson).
January 3, 201510 yr Here's my list.. and below 12... it's a crapshoot. 1 Oregon 2 Ohio State 3 Alabama 4 TCU 5 Michigan State 6 UCLA 7 FSU 8 Baylor 9 GaTech 10 Georgia 11 Wisconsin 12 Missouri 13 Arizona State 14 Mississippi State 15 Kansas State 16 Clemson 17 Mississippi 18 Arizona 19 Boise State 20 Utah 21 USC 22 Marshall 23 Nebraska 24 Louisville 25 ND (because, why not).
January 3, 201510 yr The LSU win was good for the program for sure, but the last few games of the regular season were awful. ND was not a top 25 team this season.
January 3, 201510 yr It would be nice, I believe there were 4 8-4 win times at the bottom of the AP top 25 plus Nebraska at 9-3 and of those 5 teams, 3 lost their bowl games. Auburn at 9-3 lost as well. However, higher ranked teams that lost will drop in the rankings. 6 out of the top ten teams in the AP ranking lost, so they'll settle towards the middle and some of the teams below them lost so they will drop as well. It's not out of the question, I just wouldn't get my hopes up. Edited January 3, 201510 yr by Irish_Convert
January 3, 201510 yr Man... what's the point of being a homer if you can't even slide ND in at 25... when most of the teams ranked 21-25 were 8-4 before bowls. That said, ND was not a top 25 program this year... not even top 30. November was so bloody embarrassing. But, homerism says they are barely one of the top 25 teams after bowls, and recalibration of the relative strength of the conferences.
January 3, 201510 yr Author No Top 25! aloha Hawaii, you are back! Great to see that! We need your optimistic spin on things for 2015!
January 3, 201510 yr I think I slide them in....simply based on the 1-5 team had a lot of bodies that didn't play on the 6-0 team...call me crazy if you think, but I still believe this team without the injuries was a top 10 team......we had 3 defensive starters this year that weren't injured in some way
January 3, 201510 yr They will be lucky to be ranked 27-30th. Finishing 8-5 while beating a poor LSU team on a last second FG does not vault them into the top 25.
January 3, 201510 yr Whose top 25? AP, the committee or the coaches poll. So did the AP poll die this year?
January 3, 201510 yr They will be lucky to be ranked 27-30th. Finishing 8-5 while beating a poor LSU team on a last second FG does not vault them into the top 25. Lol always bring so many good vibes. Agree to disagree that that lsu team was poor, I'd say they played Alabama pretty tough Edited January 3, 201510 yr by goirish83
January 3, 201510 yr I agree with the fact if we had those guys who got injured we would have probably finished 9-3. I don't think the pollsters care but I think we sneak in based on the fact no one predicted we win. Lsu was a good team with a great defense and we moved it on them really well. I'd put us 20-25 because I saw teams like Kansas state that Norte dame would have killed. The big 12 and acc are weak conferences too but I think the bowl win helps our ranking going into next year.
January 4, 201510 yr Lol always bring so many good vibes. Agree to disagree that that lsu team was poor, I'd say they played Alabama pretty tough And ND played FSU pretty tough. What's your point?
January 4, 201510 yr Here's my list.. and below 12... it's a crapshoot. 1 Oregon 2 Ohio State 3 Alabama 4 TCU 5 Michigan State 6 UCLA 7 FSU 8 Baylor 9 GaTech 10 Georgia 11 Wisconsin 12 Missouri 13 Arizona State 14 Mississippi State 15 Kansas State 16 Clemson 17 Mississippi 18 Arizona 19 Boise State 20 Utah 21 USC 22 Marshall 23 Nebraska 24 Louisville 25 ND (because, why not). I have to put TCU as number 2. I still believe they were jobbed not getting in to the playoffs (YES, I know that they lost to Baylor - barely, on the road) and then they went out and kicked the absolute $hi* out of Ole Miss, the same team that beat Bama. I realize the loser of OSU-Oregon impressed in their semi-final wins, but the Horned Frogs impressed me a whole lot more than the Bucknuts
January 13, 201510 yr ND finished #26 in the final AP poll... final USA Today not out yet.That figures. We'll be in the top 25 starting out next year for sure. I expect around the 10-20 range.
January 13, 201510 yr FWIW, ESPN'S "Way too early" top 25 has ND at #12. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12138345/tcu-leads-2015-way-too-early-top-25-rankings
January 13, 201510 yr That is kind of BS to be honest. I know these final rankings do not really matter, but ND should be in the top 25. They beat a top 25 SEC team...
Could ND end up in the final Top 25 rankings?
There are a few openings: #25 Minnesota lost, obviously # 23 LSU lost, #21 L'ville lost, #19Auburn lost, so there will be some movement.
Minny, L'Ville and LSU are candidates to to drop out.
Can ND slip in at #25 with a win over #23?
Me thinks they have a shot!