We’re #6

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Speaking of regular season games being meaningless.

So Georgia beats Texas – twice – and finishes below Texas.

At least Sankey is smiling. Mission – almost – accomplished.

What’s interesting is to note that many of the teams who appear in the top 15 of the poll beat at least one of the other teams in the top 25 except for one. Any guess which team and conference I’m referencing here? It’s not Iowa State, who beat a Ward-less Miami team in the Pop Tarts Bowl, although it should be noted they didn’t beat a ranked team in the regular season (while losing to three unranked teams). Thats an odd look for end of season ratings to be sure.

Indiana can’t even claim that. Made the playoff despite never notching a win against a single Top 25 opponent. To add insult to injury, none of their losses were exactly competitive, either. Yet they finish #10 in the land.

Worth noting is that Notre Dame beat exactly one ranked team – Army – during their regular season campaign while suffering arguably the worst regular season loss of any CFP team…yet found themselves at #5 by season’s end with no conference playoff requirements and drawing the only other bracket contestant that likewise had nothing to brag about with their resume. Luck of the Irish, I guess.

And they want to argue that the CFP resulted in integrity for the game. I wouldn’t be surprised if Urban Meyer doesn’t find himself coaching again in the NIL college football era.

Probably at Michigan.

11 thoughts on “We’re #6”

    • We are SEC Champions. Their champion couldn’t even win their own conference championship.

  2. Rankings don’t matter except for possibly getting a cfp bye. Rankings are for ESPN to generate hype and interest. College football is dead, the current product is like the 5 corrupt pro boxing associations. The powers that be (ESPN and power 4) squabble over money, power, and overhype everything. They all believe they’re the most important piece of the pie. It makes me sick.

    • Should this season plus final #6 ranking, push CKS into motivation mode, the world of college football is on fucking notice…had hoped the 2023 season ending exclusion might have pushed him a bit in 2024 which wound up being such a jersey type roller coaster ride, ya really just wanted to get off the thing and not throw up…with the season done, UGA football is now officially under the scalpel of change…GO DAWGS!!

  3. I heard that on the radio. I almost spit out my water hearing that Georgia was 6 and Texas was 4. Listen…I get that teams can and should be ranked based on how the people doing the rankings think how teams would fare against other teams. But how in the hell can Texas, who lost twice to Georgia at home and in the SECCG to a team playing the backup QB the entire second half, be ranked ahead of Georgia? I am sure that in the inane minds of voters its because Texas won two playoff games and Georgia lost its only playoff game.

  4. Dr Peter Venkman described a similar fubar situation as “Human sacrifices. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!”

  5. Its so strange experiencing a season which had a high point of winning the SECCG, being so…..weird. It was like watching an anticipated movie that seemed tantalizingly close to being a mega hit, but….not quite Something was missing. We had most of the pieces in place but could never quite put it all together at the same time, and yet we beat the yahoos from Austin twice! Ohio definitely made a strong case that the regular season is irrelevant but its a one year sample. Unlikely they’ll win it next year, at least. As to rankings, whatever. In the words of former foe AKA the Genius, Dawgs definitely have bigger “fish to fry”.

  6. But but but… Vegas says that tOSU is the favorite to win it next year! I wonder what their odds are for Bobo still being our OC.

  7. I see Bama at 17th and I can imagine all the Gumps saying, “Yeah, that’s about right.”

  8. Remember 2015 when the Dawgs went 10-3, finished second in the SEC East, won their bowl against Ped State, yet wound up unranked? I guess badly flawed teams were treated accordingly back then.

  9. Don’t really care. I take the Ricky Bobby approach: If you ain’t first, you’re last. Let’s get to 2025.

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