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Fun With Polling

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Let’s see how we feel about ourselves after last weekend’s series of unfortunate events.

Take a moment to cast your vote in this week’s Mumme Poll: MASH HERE.

The polls weren’t so bad to us this week, though many of us feel they should’ve been harsher, based on the comments I’ve read since Saturday night.

We lost to an unranked Auburn and only dropped four spots. We were number 1 for a week, much like Tennessee, and let us never speak of it again.

Notably, I don’t see how Texas remains ranked, but I guess that mysterious and confusing win against Ohio State is carrying a lot of weight right now. And don’t look now, but November 7th could be a likely SEC matchup of two Top 10 teams…Kentucky vs. Tennessee. No, you’re not seeing things…Georgia will face Ole Miss (let’s hope we’re still Top 10 and haven’t let one slip against the Handbags) on the same weekend, and I’m sure ESPN/ABC will schedule both games at the same time. Unfortunately, I think they’ll make us have an evening kick in Oxford, because, you know, we have to play Top 10 teams on the road at night.

In Bill Connelly’s SP+ Ratings, we didn’t move at all and remain highly favored. It’s notable, because as Bill explains, it measures team strength and doesn’t really reward “lucky” or sloppy wins. I think, all in all, we can agree we did enough to give the game away with turnovers, and being -3 in anything usually is a recipe for disaster.

The fact that Auburn isn’t in the Top 25 here does suggest that, in fact, the blind squirrel found a nut in Athens on Saturday.

The Coaches Poll was more lenient with us. Maybe folks still recognize they wouldn’t likely want to tussle with Georgia.

The sky hasn’t complete fallen yet, but the first CFP poll drops on Tuesday, November 3rd, and we had best hope we aren’t licking our wounds from the World’s Largest Indoor Cocktail Party brought to you by Home Depot.

Week 6 Mumme Poll Results: We’re Getting Scary Close to the AP

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Oh, look at all those 0 values where the Mumme is matching the AP poll. Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! Harold Miller mentioned in the comments yesterday:

STOP IT, HAROLD! The Mumme Poll is best completed flying by the seat of your pants, completely emotional, and preferably drunk. After all, I’m pretty sure that’s the way the AP voters and the CFP folks do it, so why get thinking and analytics all involved in it? Then again, I’m batting under .500 in the Fabris Pool, so what the hell do I know?

Anyway, here’s the results from our esteemed colleagues:

Falling out of the poll: Oregon (8th), LSU (10th), Pitt (13th), Florida (HA HA!), 17th last week, Duke (20th), Northwestern (23rd), North Dakota State (23rd).

Appearing in the Poll for the First Time: James Madison (man, does Sun Belt Billy suddenly look like he wasn’t the problem)

Also receiving votes: UTSA, Northwestern, Arizona, North Dakota State, UNLV

We are clearly not impressed by the Big XII, are we? BYU seems to be the only program that gets the Refugee’s respect. Everyone else, you’ve got work to do.

What’s borderline hilarious is that, based on our rankings, Texas Tech would be on the outside looking in as James Madison gets the G6 highest ranked bid

Byes:

Georgia (1), Miami (2), Notre Dame (3), Ohio State (4)

First Round Games:

#5 Indiana vs. #12 James Madison (of course, Indiana draws a G6 Team)

#6 Alabama versus #11 UCLA

#7 Missouri vs #10 Ole Miss

#8 BYU vs #9 Texas

That gives you one Big XII team, one Independent, one G6, one ACC, three B1G, and five SEC teams. What would be hilarious is to see Texas Tech pop in at 8 or 9 and play Texas in the first round of the playoffs, especially after all the off-season trash talking about Tech playing nobody that came from Snarkisian.

I think the SEC gets as many as five in, but one of the teams above won’t be it, and I’m thinking it’s most likely Texas or Missouri, just because of their schedules. Plus, if Kirk and Chris have anything to say about it, Georgia will be left out completely since, you know, cheating.

As for the bonus questions, 82% of you believe we haven’t seen the last of Alabama, with most saying it’ll happen in the SECCG.

And for broadcasters, I think many of you would’ve liked to have seen Todd Blackledge listed, but wasn’t an option, so the slightly most popular choice was the mute button, or Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy, if there has to be someone to listen to.

For context, this weekend we’re getting Dusty Dvoracek, Dave Pasch, and Taylor McGregor, who came in 7th out of 25 teams in the 2024 Awful Announcing top broadcast teams. For what it’s worth, they ranked Herbie and Fowler number one, so take that with a grain of salt.

Votes from The Peanut Gallery: Your Week Six Mumme Poll Spectacular

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In honor of Peanut Phillips, this week’s Mumme Poll is a reminder that the group here has constantly voted and selected what we’ve known all along: Georgia is Number 1.

It’s been that way for several weeks, although it hasn’t been in the AP and Coaches Polls.

You can keep the streak alive by voting here: MASH HERE.

As a quick recap of where we landed after cheating our way to a win in Tuscaloosa, here’s the AP and Coaches Polls:

There should be a case study in how Alabama can lose games and not move in polls, which happened in the CFP last year despite getting destroyed by Georgia in the SECCG.

Meanwhile, two ACC teams feel from grace – Duke and Pitt – but a new ACC contender emerges – Wake Forest and SMU. And speaking of falling from grace, Oregon dropped out of the AP poll, while USC remains in it’s usual ranking in the teens. Mind you, the Trojan Whores Horse has narrowly beaten Rutgers, Washington, and Penn State. Yes, they have six wins…but against who, exactly?

Georgia’s shaping up to have a gritty fight to end the season, facing three really good mobile quarterbacks as they will face Ole Miss, Missouri, and South Carolina in consecutive games (you could add Philo and Florida in there, if you like) when they see Chambliss, Simmons, and Sellers. Georgia showed they can contain mobile quarterbacks on Saturday night against Russell, but can we do it consecutively in a stretch of key games?

And frankly, Texas loses to an unranked team and only drops six spots in the AP poll…Alabama fans thinks there’s bias towards Georgia? Please. Narrow victories against Ohio State and Tennessee are propping them up, but they face four ranked teams – Missouri, Mississippi State, LSU, and Ole Miss – in consecutive weeks…with their lack of discipline and deficiencies, I foresee Texas dropping another game, if not several, before the season’s over.

But they face Florida this weekend, which is the most hilarious barometric rise and fall of a team in the span of just fourteen days – from 8th ranked two weeks ago to dropping completely out by this week. Couldn’t happen to a better bunch, if you ask me.

You Beautiful Bastards

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Man, I’m kind of actually proud of this week’s voting in the Mumme Poll. Look how close we were to the AP Poll voting! It shows that we are operating under the same blind, unbridled reckless abandon as AP voters. Hell, when all is said and done, we might become a voter in the actual AP Poll. Why not…could you imagine seeing Otis Day listed in the AP voting, along with the Refugee decal logo, represented amongst the lunatic fringe of college football rankings?

Hell, I like you. You can come over to my house and kiss my sister. (Note: I don’t have a sister. I do like Full Metal Jacket, though).

Others receiving pity votes: SMU (5 – Y’all listened…aww, I’m honored…but what about Pitt?); Iowa and Houston (4), and Arizona and Baylor (3)

Dropping Out: James Madison and SMU (24), Virginia Tech (17), Iowa (10)

Y’all are critical bunch. Iowa falls out of the Mumme Poll after being Top 10 last week. Humility really is a week away.

Despite my rantings about the Big XII and media inflation of the polls, y’all are bullish on Pitt and ranked BYU exactly where the AP has them. Ditto LSU and Texas Tech. Nice. Shine on, you crazy diamonds.

Nebraska fans would like to contribute to the blog now, I think, getting a top 20 ranking, and we’re deservedly critical of Tennessee and USC. Jury is out on Oklahoma State, though they have a good quarterback. And look at Kentucky. I think we are all quietly rooting for Kentucky to do something good for the years of being gracious hosts and partners in the SEC East. In all seriousness, if Stein keeps this up, he should be a candidate for Coach of the Year. Sumrall inherited a lot of talent, so spare me the bravado about the Gayturds. Stein is doing the somewhat unthinkable, and I thought Kentucky would have a huge fall off after Stoops left. Bravo.

In regards to our bonus question, y’all are forever the optimists:

65% of y’all are thinking a W, 35% a loss. Can’t say I can argue with either crowd. Prognostication is hard. I leave it up to the idiots who deem themselves experts to go out on a limb and prove themselves incredibly wrong of inexplicably right.

Nicely done, Refugees. Until next week…

Mumme Poll Week 4 Results: G6 Believers

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Well, well, well…look who’s in the Top 5 this week.

Others receiving votes: South Florida, Cincinnati, Kentucky (5), Wake Forest, Houston, Massachusetts (4)

Dropping out: Vanderbilt (24), Kansas State (24),West Virginia (21), Michigan (20), Penn State (18), Missouri (17), Louisville (15),

Notably, losing to Texas and Florida has repercussions around here, as both Tennessee and Ole Miss saw the largest drops and differences between ours and AP polls. Reminder that Ole Miss was without Kewan Lacy, but let that be a lesson about all your eggs and a basket, right?

Also, look at all the Group of 6 love we’re giving…the AP currently only has one G6 team (Boise State) while we’re including NDSU and JMU, and some votes for UMass, too. I’m sure they’d appreciate this poll. Also, James Franklin thanks you for not noticing how ugly the Virginia Tech win was against Boston College last weekend.

In regards to our bonus questions:

Which area worries us the most? Pass Offense – 49%; Offensive Line – 22.8%, Secondary – 10.5%; Defensive Line – 8.8%

Which area is our strength? Linebackers – 57.9%; Defensive Line – 15.8%; Coaching – 12.3%; Run Offense – 7%

What do we think will happen in Atlanta against Florida? 83% said we will win, but it will be uncomfortably close, 14% Dawgs in a Landslide, and 4% said we lose, but barely.

Honest question – what is comfortably close? Anything outside of a 28 points lead is always uncomfortable to me and my 1990s PTSD.

A New Contender Arrives: Week Four Mumme Poll

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Suddenly, a team that most said would be lucky to go .500 this season has found its way to a Top 10 rankings in the AP and Coaches Polls:

As a footnote, our loyal GTPRefugee voters had Florida #9 in last week’s poll, so this shouldn’t come as a shock to any of us.

Vote today by clicking the link here to see where the Gators rank in this week’s poll.

MASH HERE

Bonus questions this week:

  1. What area of the team concerns you the most (you can only pick one).
  2. What area of the team is our strength
  3. What do you think will be the result of this year’s WLOCP?

Go Gators: Mumme Voters High on Hogtown, Too

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We should all hang our heads in shame.

Others receiving votes: Duke, Boise State, App State

In regards to our thoughts on the bonus questions:

Most Overrated – Texas A&M at 30%, with Texas not far behind at 25%. 14% of you said LSU, and another 12% said Oklahoma (we will find out soon enough, won’t we?)

Most Underrated – Mississippi State at 42%, with Florida and Kentucky getting the next highest nod at 16% each.

Most Likely to Make the CFP – Y’all went with a narrow field, only selecting Georgia (70%), Texas (21%), Ole Miss (7%) and a lone vote for Alabama (2%).

Also, we clearly don’t like the B1G, at all. And I agree and understand.

We’re Still #2 – For Now: Week 3 Mumme Poll Now Open

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It’s that time again…the learned council of idiots have chimed in with their rankings after three weeks of college football play.

Notably, Florida is ranked, and Oklahoma State, despite beating Oregon a week ago, remains unranked while Texas A&M remains after losing to *checks notes* Kentucky…at home.

It should also be noted that Indiana managed 38 points against the same WKU that allowed 70 against Georgia a week ago…and Notre Dame slogged their way through an ugly contest with Michigan State. Meanwhile, Darian Mensah has seemingly yet to allow a thrown ball to hit the ground and Miami is a scoring machine. Texas Tech barely escaped Houston, and Houston remained ranked.

And never mind that Ole Miss has now beaten two ranked teams, on in the top 10 last week, something no other team in the country has done (off the top of my head, I think). I’m a Georgia homer, but if that doesn’t spell #1 ranking, I don’t know what does.

Then again, here’s the voting:

Anyway, let’s right some wrongs with this week’s edition of the Mumme Poll

MASH HERE

Also this week: weigh in on the most overrated, most underrated, and most likely to head to the CFP in the SEC based on three weeks of play.

Have at it, Refugees.

Mumme Poll Week 2: Bullish on the Cavaliers

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Some of you mentioned voting for Virginia out of respect for the Senator…although I will say that Virginia does seem to have a good team, and they were the benefactor of the Mumme Voters the most this week, ranking 10 spots higher in the Mumme Poll than in the AP.

Note: red and green arrows denote rising or falling since the Mumme Preseason Poll.

Others receiving votes: Penn State, Floriduh and North Dakota State (6), Tulsa, South Carolina, Georgia State, and James Madison (4)

Left out of Mumme Poll but in the AP: Penn State (#24). Also, Oklahoma State did not crack the AP poll, despite beating Oregon.

Mississippi State got lots of love from our votes, which didn’t make the AP poll despite a good ole fashioned whooping against Minnesota this past weekend. I thought a victory against the greatest conference in the world should mean something? Isn’t Minnesota part of that top to bottom conference greatness they argue about? Hmmm.

Also notable…no Conference USA teams received any votes.

As to our two bonus questions this week…

63% of you thought Texas “maybe” back, but given that they literally have only two unranked opponents (I’m betting that Miss State will be ranked soon), they’ve got a tough road to hoe and I’m not convinced that they’re the juggernaut people are making them out to be given their 4th quarter miracle comeback.

And for our remaining most dangerous opponent? Overwhelmingly, 72% of you felt it was Alabama, 14% said Ole Miss, 9% said Florida, and 4% said Auburn. 1 person selected Missouri, and that’s my personal worry mainly because of the timing of the season and how good they looked with Austin Simmons under center. I don’t doubt Alabama and Ole Miss are probably better, but given prep, season injuries, and all that, they concern me.

Also, screw you, Georgia Tech.