http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...b4df79d847

23. WKU
39. LaTech
47. ODU
54. MTSU
64. USM
83. UNT
89. UTSA
108. FIU
110. Charlotte
115. FAU
116. UTEP
118. Marshall
122. Rice

Congrats to WKU #23

We need to do better next season. Gotta win those home non conference games.

rankings from sept. 6....earliest i could find....

WKY - 36
LA TECH - 35
ODU - 91
MUTS - 69
USM - 41
NORTH TEXAS - 127
UTSA - 108
FIU - 102
CHARLOTTE - 128
FAU - 88
UTEP - 106
MARSHALL - 53
RICE - 83

great improvement by some, crap season by others...la tech and wky seasons that were expected

(01-10-2017 11:45 AM)NTTHOR Wrote:  rankings from sept. 6....earliest i could find....

WKY - 36
LA TECH - 35
ODU - 91
MUTS - 69
USM - 41
NORTH TEXAS - 127
UTSA - 108
FIU - 102
CHARLOTTE - 128
FAU - 88
UTEP - 106
MARSHALL - 53
RICE - 83

great improvement by some, crap season by others...la tech and wky seasons that were expected

Here is preseason composite ranking compiled by USA Today

WKU was 39

Tech was 67 (95 Sagarin and 74 Massey ranking)

ODU showed the most improvement from 110 to 47.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca.../89649648/

(01-10-2017 12:00 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 11:45 AM)NTTHOR Wrote:  rankings from sept. 6....earliest i could find....

WKY - 36
LA TECH - 35
ODU - 91
MUTS - 69
USM - 41
NORTH TEXAS - 127
UTSA - 108
FIU - 102
CHARLOTTE - 128
FAU - 88
UTEP - 106
MARSHALL - 53
RICE - 83

great improvement by some, crap season by others...la tech and wky seasons that were expected

Here is preseason composite ranking compiled by USA Today

WKU was 39

Tech was 67 (95 Sagarin and 74 Massey ranking)

ODU showed the most improvement from 110 to 47.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca.../89649648/

thanks for finding the original rankings

Here's the final Massey Ratings

24. WKU
57. La Tech
59. ODU
83. Southern Miss
85. MT
93. UTSA
109. North Texas
116. FIU
120. Charlotte
122. UTEP
123. Marshall
124. Rice
125. FAU

Only G5 teams to finish in AP Top 25:
15. WMU
19. USF
25. SDSU

Good for Western Kentucky.

Doesn't the highest ranking win? Like in bowling? Lol! We suck! Congrats Tops.

(01-10-2017 11:34 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...b4df79d847

23. WKU
39. LaTech
47. ODU
54. MTSU
64. USM
83. UNT
89. UTSA
108. FIU
110. Charlotte
115. FAU
116. UTEP
118. Marshall
122. Rice

Marshall fans, what are the expectations for next season? Just strange the way y'alls season went. Do you expect more of the same, return to the top, or moderate improvements?

I can see how MTSU and Southern Miss might be ranked above us, but I'm left scratching my head as to how North Texas would actually finish ahead of us. They were 3-5 in C-USA play, while we were 5-3. They were 5-8 overall, and we were 6-7. We also beat 'em 31-17, and North Texas lost 4 of their last 5 games. I don't see a big enough difference in the schedules to warrant them overcoming all those metrics. Doesn't matter though. Just a bit amusing.

(01-10-2017 03:18 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  I can see how MTSU and Southern Miss might be ranked above us, but I'm left scratching my head as to how North Texas would actually finish ahead of us. They were 3-5 in C-USA play, while we were 5-3. They were 5-8 overall, and we were 6-7. We also beat 'em 31-17, and North Texas lost 4 of their last 5 games. I don't see a big enough difference in the schedules to warrant them overcoming all those metrics. Doesn't matter though. Just a bit amusing.

That is a bit odd. Looking at the schedules side-by-side right now.
Both beat Southern Miss (UTSA by more, and they had Mullens)
Both loss to UTEP and La Tech (1 home, 1 away each)
UTSA beat UNT
UTSA beat MTSU, who beat UNT

The only thing I can find that would give UNT an edge is their win over Army, while UTSA lost to Colorado State.

Odd indeed. NC State beat the stuffing out of us, and should have beaten Clemson. Yet they are behind us (I would like to think that we would have given them a better game later in the season then we did early.)

(01-10-2017 02:42 PM)Collin_Ellis Wrote:  

(01-10-2017 11:34 AM)usmbacker Wrote:  http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nca...b4df79d847

23. WKU
39. LaTech
47. ODU
54. MTSU
64. USM
83. UNT
89. UTSA
108. FIU
110. Charlotte
115. FAU
116. UTEP
118. Marshall
122. Rice

Marshall fans, what are the expectations for next season? Just strange the way y'alls season went. Do you expect more of the same, return to the top, or moderate improvements?

I don't see us getting any better if we still have Legg as the OC and pothead Litton as QB. It's very demoralizing for most of the fan base. Some and the powers that be, see this year as a fluke but I think it goes deeper. Hope I am wrong but I don't see us being good for several years. Maybe we are moving toward becoming a basketball school?
The football program is a dumpster fire.