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Predict how high USF will go in the polls this season

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23 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

It really is hard to say. There are so many variables to consider. For instance, if we are 9-0 going into the Houston game and they are 8-1 or 9-0 as well (that would mean wins over Arizona, Texas Tech, and Memphis) it could be a battle of two top 10 teams (if both teams are undefeated). Win that one, and all of a sudden the top 4 isn't a stretch.

Another scenario that could give USF a chance to reach as high as the Top 5, Houston at 8-0 plays Memphis who is 7-0. If Memphis were to win that game, the rest of their schedule would be favorable to win out and finish the season 12-0. A 12-0 USF versus a 12-0 Memphis in the AAC Championship game would present the winner with a strong case to be ranked in the Top 7 and possibly the Top 5. 

The best case scenario for USF this season is for the AAC to be unbalanced, with 3 or 4 teams with gaudy records and the rest struggling. The more Top 25 victories we can claim, the better. Beating a 3-9 UCONN team holds the same weight as beating a 5-7 UCONN team, but beating a 10-2 Houston and a 12-0 Memphis is far more impressive than beating a 9-3 Houston or a 10-2 Memphis. 

On a side note, I really think Houston is being overlooked this year. They lost a few games that they shouldn't have last season, but still beat Oklahoma and Louisville OOC. Kyle Allen, the QB transfer from Texas A&M, showed some real promise in his freshman and sophomore years playing in the vaunted SEC West. He was the #1 QB in the 2013 class with a 5 Star, .9950 rating from 247 Sports. 

This was my thinking as well. The best thing would be to have multiple top 25 AAC matchups, that way it can diminish the weak OOC schedule.

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It's just guessing, totally fun speculation at this point so I say somewhere between 6 & 10, with an outside chance of cracking the top 5 with an undefeated season.

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The memory of the 2 will linger in voter's minds and the media does not want outsiders any higher, nor do the P5 and they call the tune.

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We can make top ten if we startoff 9-0 and win by large margins... usually around week 6 there are only a handful of undefeated teams left, all will be top 15. Cracking top 5 will be really difficult. We would need our AAC opponents to get ranked and and we go undefeated. 

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Undefeated  #10

One loss (depends on where it is)  #20

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:smileys-money-909335:

#12 at the end of schedule .    #10 after we win the conference championship . #5 After we win the first round of playoffs   We lose  championship game but still finish the season ranked at #2 in the nation.....

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6 minutes ago, mellobull said:

:smileys-money-909335:

#12 at the end of schedule .    #10 after we win the conference championship . #5 After we win the first round of playoffs   We lose  championship game but still finish the season ranked at #2 in the nation.....

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#5 Does not equal playoffs

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Will are getting a lot of early press that WMU didn't get last year. I suppose that, and a fringe Heisman candidate can possibly give us a slight bump with the pollsters, but #12 is about where I see us finishing the regular season.

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9 minutes ago, mellobull said:

:smileys-money-909335:

#12 at the end of schedule .    #10 after we win the conference championship . #5 After we win the first round of playoffs   We lose  championship game but still finish the season ranked at #2 in the nation.....

 

2 minutes ago, bullsmeanbusiness said:

#5 Does not equal playoffs

Could be he's talking just the AP poll, which has nothing to do with playoffs. Maybe he's assuming the CFP Committee will be smarter than the AP voters and have us at #4 going into playoffs ..... that's the only way his scenario works .... just trying to help him out.

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Could be he's talking just the AP poll, which has nothing to do with playoffs. Maybe he's assuming the CFP Committee will be smarter than the AP voters and have us at #4 going into playoffs ..... that's the only way his scenario works .... just trying to help him out.

Very true, I was only thinking about the CFP poll at that point of the season.

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