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Title: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on October 21, 2024, 10:06:27 AM
Oregon has moved to #1 for only the ninth time in school history.  The previous eight were:



Oregon's nine appearances at #1 moves them into a tie with Auburn for 23rd all-time.  If they hold it next week they'll be 23rd alone and if they hold it another week they'll move into a tie with Iowa for 22nd all-time.  

Ohio State is gaining on the field in top-5 appearances because they are the only team in the top-8 in all-time top-5 appearances to currently be in the top-5.  

Ohio State is also gaining on the field in top-10 appearances.  The Buckeyes are #1 in top-10 appearances with 710 and the next best all-time to be in the current top-10 is Texas which is 8th all-time with 476.  
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: FearlessF on October 21, 2024, 10:25:52 AM
does it always have to be about Ohio St?

can't you just give the other OSU a post about #1 w/o the buckeye stuff???

;)
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on October 21, 2024, 10:51:19 AM
does it always have to be about Ohio St?

can't you just give the other OSU a post about #1 w/o the buckeye stuff???

;)
LoL.  

Well, they are:
They are my team, but they'd be heavily involved in these discussions regardless.  

Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: FearlessF on October 21, 2024, 11:27:49 AM
I like these discussions cause my team has some cred after the past few decades and reminds me of the good ol daze
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: Cincydawg on October 21, 2024, 11:31:36 AM
It's a neat way to "measure programs", and Bama and OSU seem to be 1-2 in some order ahead of everyone else.

Bama might be another loss from being unranked, which I think would be a first in a while.

Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on October 21, 2024, 11:57:08 AM
It's a neat way to "measure programs", and Bama and OSU seem to be 1-2 in some order ahead of everyone else.

Bama might be another loss from being unranked, which I think would be a first in a while.
It would be the first in a LONG while.  Bama was last unranked in the 2007 Final Poll.  They've been ranked in all 270 polls from the 2008 preseason poll through the current poll, in that timeframe:

Speaking of the devil, the Wolverines just dropped out for the first time since 2021.  That ends a streak of 54 straight appearances, Michigan's 6th longest streak.  

Currently active streaks:

Since I know @FearlessF (https://www.cfb51.com/index.php?action=profile;u=10) will like this:
Alabama's current streak of 270 appearances is the second longest of all-time.  They would need 78 more to catch Nebraska's 348 straight appearances from 1981-2002.  

Where the currently active streaks stand on the all-time list:

Also, Ohio State's current streak would be considerably longer but for COVID.  The Buckeyes have only missed two polls since 2011.  The two that they missed were the polls from September 13 and September 20 of 2020.  The Buckeyes were #2 in the preseason that year then dropped out due to the B1G's COVID policies then jumped back in at #6 on September 27, 2020.  


If the B1G had been eligible those two weeks, tOSU's current streak would be 205 which would be #2 currently and #5 all-time.  
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: FearlessF on October 21, 2024, 12:03:29 PM
81 was my freshman year

dropped out after starting 1-2
season opening loss to Iowa and then the loss at home to PSU

was out of the top 20 for 2 weeks
Osborne nearly run out of town


would be one helluva streak if not for Hayden's hawks in Kinnick - rose bowl team

lost 7-10
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: medinabuckeye1 on October 21, 2024, 12:28:34 PM
81 was my freshman year

dropped out after starting 1-2
season opening loss to Iowa and then the loss at home to PSU

was out of the top 20 for 2 weeks
Osborne nearly run out of town

would be one helluva streak if not for Hayden's hawks in Kinnick - rose bowl team

lost 7-10
It is one helluva streak anyway!  That said, I didn't realize how close it was to being substantially longer:

Here is how close it was:

They only missed three of the 525 Polls between November 3, 1969 and September 22, 2002 and they were oh-so-close to making those three.  

Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: FearlessF on October 21, 2024, 05:58:35 PM
If it had been 25 like now..
Probably 525 straight 
Probably 
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: MrNubbz on October 21, 2024, 06:24:39 PM
I like these discussions cause my team has some cred after the past few decades and reminds me of the good ol daze

Yes,yes 94 has regaled the splendid,festive interaction horns fans have had with the venerable HPS. Nice Guys ;D

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Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: FearlessF on October 21, 2024, 10:55:28 PM
You just wish the nation hated the buckeye like they hate Georgia and Bama
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: Cincydawg on October 22, 2024, 06:10:33 AM
Does the "nation" really hate UGA?  I would not have thought they had enough success to merit that.

There are a FEW teams I kind of perversely enjoy watching lose, not many, aside from the usual thought "That team needs to lose to benefit my team.".
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: MrNubbz on October 22, 2024, 07:30:23 AM
Off Field incidents haven't exactly been jay walking
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: FearlessF on October 22, 2024, 07:30:58 AM
probably not

but SEC SEC SEC
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: Cincydawg on October 22, 2024, 07:55:24 AM
I can see folks thinking UGA players are "misbehaving", and their coach as well.  It could be Kirby is accepting players maybe Mark Richt would have passed on.
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: utee94 on October 22, 2024, 08:22:42 AM
Yeah.  It "could be."
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: 847badgerfan on October 22, 2024, 08:38:49 AM
It's amazing that Georgia still fields a team with so many arrests. Do we even hear about all of them? Seems common.
Title: Re: AP Poll trivia and minutae after week 8
Post by: Cincydawg on October 22, 2024, 08:48:36 AM
Most of the arrests were for racing, speeding violations.  Those folks were suspended a game.  One fellow was charged with assault on a pregnant GF and is apparently off the team.  This was a Miami transfer.  

Part of this appears to be NIL monies going into Dodge Chargers et al. and folks wanting to give them a go.  This is particularly bad given the accident last year that cost two people their lives in a racing incident.