11/23 Polls

[kochrab]

Thought we should get the discussion going for the polls today. Where do you think we will land? Ranked? Receiving votes? Go Panthers!

[Born-a-Panther]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Thought we should get the discussion going for the polls today. Where do you think we will land? Ranked? Receiving votes? Go Panthers!

Not ranked. But we might receive a few votes. Had we beaten Colorado St., I believe we would be close if not in there.

[AmesPanther]

Re: 11/23 Polls

#25 is fair. It's early so the poll should move easily and a good win is good. But it will be also receiving votes.

[BCPanther]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Should be in the 20s. But will be receiving votes. I'll say 31st.

If you put some crappy Power 5 name on our resume (Northwestern, Virginia Tech, Oregon State, Penn State) we'd be ranked easily, but losing to a Top 100 Colorado State team and having UNI on our jerseys is a killer to our ranking.

[otter]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Receiving votes, but not ranked. Agreed that had we beaten CSU we would have a number before our name.

With that said, I think the loss to CSU helped more than had we found a way to win that game. It was a very early come-to-Jesus moment for the guys and hopefully that game stays with them for awhile.

[kochrab]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Should be in the 20s. But will be receiving votes. I'll say 31st.

If you put some crappy Power 5 name on our resume (Northwestern, Virginia Tech, Oregon State, Penn State) we'd be ranked easily, but losing to a Top 100 Colorado State team and having UNI on our jerseys is a killer to our ranking.

It's unfortunate that we lost to CSU, but I'm under the impression that they are underrated this year. I think they were picked 7th in the MWC? Doesn't seem fitting for how they played. But that wont really matter to voters. Ah well. Just keep winning. That will get us in the top 25.

[panther1]

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We still have a gauntlet to run through before the conference season even starts. We should not be ranked at this point and that's just fine. If we win all but one of the remaining non-conference games, then we can talk about being in the top 25.

[ClivePanther]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Disagree. Return 4 starters and key reserves from a team that ended #11 last year. The only reason we didn't have votes out of the gate is the power 5 bias. I believe we're a top 25 team. We'll have the opportunity to prove it with a tough schedule over the next few weeks.

[achrist70]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Can we put forth the same argument that Cyclone fans did last year when we were ranked higher that even though we have more losses we have played a superior schedule so should be ranked higher?

[UNIdad]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Can we put forth the same argument that Cyclone fans did last year when we were ranked higher that even though we have more losses we have played a superior schedule so should be ranked higher?

If UNI ends up losing only 1-2 non-conference and 1-2 conference games, they will benefit from the same ranking rationale, particularly if they beat Iowa State.

[achrist70]

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I know this, I am just taking a jab at Cyclone Fanatic and how that message board went into meltdown mode when we were ranked higher last year.

[Zakelsta]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Disagree. Return 4 starters and key reserves from a team that ended #11 last year. The only reason we didn't have votes out of the gate is the power 5 bias. I believe we're a top 25 team. We'll have the opportunity to prove it with a tough schedule over the next few weeks.

Return 4 starters? What team were you watching last year? The team i watched started Deon Mitchell, Marvin Singleton and Seth Tuttle basically every game.

We return only 2 starters. Matt Bohannon and Jeremy Morgan.

[PantherObserver]

Re: 11/23 Polls

If we had won against CSU, there is absolutely no doubt we would be ranked after beating UNC.

With the CSU loss, I'm gonna say we come in somewhere between 26 and 30.

[enkamania]

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Not ranked, too inconsistent.

[panther1]

Re: 11/23 Polls

Disagree. Return 4 starters and key reserves from a team that ended #11 last year. The only reason we didn't have votes out of the gate is the power 5 bias. I believe we're a top 25 team. We'll have the opportunity to prove it with a tough schedule over the next few weeks.

We return 4 individuals who have started at some point in their career, but not four starters from last year. We have 4 solid guards/wings and some role players. Guards can win in college ball, so if the big guys can play defense like Friedman did Saturday, we'll win a lot of games.

This is not even close to last year's team though. Tuttle and Singleton will be missed...