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Cincydawg

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Most underrated team
« on: August 29, 2018, 11:27:23 AM »
Measured using the AP poll, down to 40 or however far it goes with ORVs, to the final poll after all the games.

So, if you pick a team currently at say 30 in the AP and it finishes at 15, you get 15 points.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2018, 11:28:58 AM »
My pick is Florida at 27th.  I think they can finish 10-3 which would mean a ranking of 10-14 or so.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2018, 11:30:03 AM »
Iowa.

(CD added - I have them at 37th, right?)
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2018, 11:32:39 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on August 29, 2018, 11:28:58 AM
My pick is Florida at 27th.  I think they can finish 10-3 which would mean a ranking of 10-14 or so.
that's a good pick. I just looked at their schedule and it's very manageable.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2018, 11:37:39 AM »
Northwestern 13, Kansas State 10, Iowa State 8, Houston 6, Iowa 2

can I take 5 teams?

I'll take Northwestern.  They may have won this contest last season.  2nd I'd take the Hawkeyes.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2018, 02:54:49 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on August 29, 2018, 11:30:03 AM
Iowa.

(CD added - I have them at 37th, right?)
I have them at #41.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2018, 03:53:29 PM »
Iowa also.

They have the trip to Happy Valley, but besides that?  They are a bear in Iowa City, and get Wisconsin, Northwestern and Nebraska all at home, plus no MSU, UM or OSU.  After that road trip to Penn State, the 3 (yes, only 3) other road games are Purdue, Minnesota and Indiana.  They are #40, and I have to assume on paper right now are favorites in 10 of 12 games.  The committee has gotten better about looking at schedule at the top, but as you move down, not so much, that easy schedule aside, I think a 10-2 Iowa team would be top 15 at worst.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2018, 04:44:20 PM »
Link to the poll?
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2018, 05:29:43 PM »
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2018, 05:54:33 PM »
West Virginia
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2018, 06:05:34 PM »
Iowa could be thoroughly mediocre and finish its season 9-3. That's probably good enough to make the top 25, and starting at 36, or whatever, that's probably in the running for considered most underrated.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2018, 06:53:15 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on August 29, 2018, 05:54:33 PM
West Virginia
I like that pick. Schedule is very manageable and Will Grier is the best QB in college football now that Baker is gone. Florida would look light years different had he never left.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2018, 06:56:46 PM »
This is for the final post-bowl poll, so Iowa could be 10-3, or 9-4.  That means ranked 10-12th usually or 18-22.
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Re: Most underrated team
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2018, 07:21:50 PM »
Quote from: Mdot21 on August 29, 2018, 06:53:15 PM
I like that pick. Schedule is very manageable and Will Grier is the best QB in college football now that Baker is gone. Florida would look light years different had he never left.
One could argue McElwain would still be the coach with Grier in Gville.  But that's OT.
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