Rutgers may come to Tampa Ranked

[Economics_Nerd82]

I'm not sure beating Ohio and Howard is enough to move them up 5 or 6 slots and into the top 25.

That's true. But you have to remember that teams just ahead of Rutgers may lose. Clemson has to play FSU, Penn State has to play Ohio (1),  and Arizona State (22) has to play California (21). So, maybe a combination of losses and wins could propell Rutgers and Pitt into the top 25.

[sdgukhsdgl]

it's not so much who they beat, but who loses in front of them.  Teams in the 20-30 range are constantly shuffling around at this point in the year

[Matt]

it will be nice if its two teams that are 4-0 going at it.

[The Sheriff]

Rutgers will finish in the top two in the Big East this season... they are that improved. That game will be an embarrassing L if we don't get our act together.

[USF_Grouper]

Yeah it will.  They already have the hype, and media attention, plus its rutgers, people are dying to vote for them.  If they are 4-0 they will be in the top 25, regardless of who they beat.

If they are 4 - 0 then they won't be coming to Tampa, because they already beat us.

[Economics_Nerd82]

Yeah it will.  They already have the hype, and media attention, plus its rutgers, people are dying to vote for them.  If they are 4-0 they will be in the top 25, regardless of who they beat.

If they are 4 - 0 then they won't be coming to Tampa, because they already beat us.

Well, that would certainly suck. lol

[bulls96go]

would be great for the BE

if pitt, ru and usf get into the top25 at some point in the season it is a boon for the BE

[Matt]

well then lets hope its a 3-0 team vs a 4-0 team

[Joe]

They could, problem is their opponents UNC, Illinois, Ohio, and Howard won't get them any extra votes as 3 are terrible D-IA teams and the 4th is D-IAA.

That being said Rutgers will have respect coming in. However I imagine several teams with one loss will be ahead of them because of SOS.

[Bobcat99]

They could, problem is their opponents UNC, Illinois, Ohio, and Howard won't get them any extra votes as 3 are terrible D-IA teams and the 4th is D-IAA.

That being said Rutgers will have respect coming in. However I imagine several teams with one loss will be ahead of them because of SOS.

a) I wouldn't hand them a win this Saturday just yet.

I wouldn't call a team that just beat NIU worse than Ohio State did (and has a quarterback who, in the words of NIU coach Joe Novak, "was better than Troy Smith,") "terrible."

We're 2-0. We just handily beat the consensus conference favorite, in their stadium, by a large margin. We held dark horse Heisman candidate Wolfe to MORE THAN A HUNDRED FEWER YARDS than the mighty OSU defense did.

I'm not saying the Bobcats will beat Rutgers on Saturday, but it'll be a fight. Solich has our team in top shape this season.

You are correct, however, in saying that Illinois is terrible...