Ranking Prediction

[Apis Bull]

Gary Horowitz of Statesman Journal dropped us from 15 to 19

[Apis Bull]

Andy Bitter of the The Roanoke Times dropped us from 20 to NR

[Apis Bull]

This one hurts, Sam McKewon of the Omaha World Herald, dropped us from 17 to NR

[Apis Bull]

Jon Wilner of the Mercury News dropped us from 13 to 16

[BullFan98]

Based on our performance the last two games, one against an FCS opponent, no one should be surprised to see us drop in the polls or receive NR votes. 

[Publix Substitution]

I really think we played safe offenses against worse athletes to keep our offensive turnovers down. If we win the turnover battle against worse competition we should win the game. Wouldn't be surprised to see us do something similar against UCONN with hopefully a bit more success running and better special teams. Then we open up the playbook a bit more for Illinois. I don't think voters would follow things that way but no losses is all that matters.

[mellobull]

24 ---- Unranked

[dclenden]

Yep, nothing wrong here with CCS, the offense or Gilbert's approach-  it's all just sandbagging so the 'real' opponents upcoming won't know our play book.  You guys need to pull your heads from the sand.  Perfectly legitimate end result from two really crappy games that we happened to win. Results result in the result.

[Mama_Bull]

26 minutes ago, BullFan98 said:

Based on our performance the last two games, one against an FCS opponent, no one should be surprised to see us drop in the polls or receive NR votes. 

Apparently, CCS will be surprised:

From Oracle:

Even with two lackluster starts to open the season, Strong doesn’t see why the No. 19 Bulls would drop in the polls.

“I don’t know if we’ll drop,” Strong said. “We don’t have any reason to drop, we just have to be better.”

http://www.usforacle.com/news/view.php/1029437/Bulls-pull-away-late-for-win-over-Stony-

Perhaps, next time he will tack on some more points at the end of the game when given the opportunity.

[BullyPulpit]

1 hour ago, tampatony said:

19 and 20.. think we stay the same in AP and move up a spot in coach's poll bec we've won 2 games.. winning matters to coaches and they probably believe Strong can get the offense going.

You were spot on with the coaches poll. I would take the AP at #19 at this point. Plenty of time to move up through winning and attrition over the next few weeks.