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Preseason AP Poll- (Huskers RV at #34)

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Texas No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 for first time

For the first time, Texas will open a college football season ranked No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25.
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Couple of thoughts:
  • First the Nebraska piece- I was not surprised or upset by where we showed up. I think their is some optimism that is worthy of some fringe top 25 votes, but we need to prove we can get out of our own way before we deserve to crack the top 25 altogether. AP was friendlier to us than the Coaches Poll who had us 39th. A good showing in the first few weeks and maybe we have a top 25 matchup against Michigan or at least have that game being played with the chance to crack the top 25 with a win.
  • Was surprised this was the first time Texas was ranked preseason #1 in AP poll. Feels like at some point they should have had the preseason hype to be ranked #1, but I guess even during their best years, they had to contend with programs like USC or Alabama who would have gotten the nod ahead of them. Nonetheless, I had to do a double take on that part.
  • Tennessee and Oklahoma are two teams that the AP and Coaches differed wildly on. Oklahoma seems to be building hype that they will rebound this season. Tennessee has a lot of question marks with the Nico transfer. SEC will be a slugfest and statistically someone is going to underperform simply because they all can't win in games where they play each other. Will be interesting to see which don't live up to the hype.
  • I believe I saw that 16 of the 25 in the preseason AP were from the SEC (10) or B1G (6). As mentioned above, some of those teams will go tumbling once they start facing each other. Big questions looming seem to be whether Notre Dame will play as well as they did last season, and who will rise to the top of the other P4 conferences?
  • Doesn't feel like there is any consensus on the top team coming into the year. AP had six teams receiving first place votes, while coaches had five. Even Texas who is ranked #1 is still a road underdog to Ohio State in week 1 (obviously home field advantage playing a factor in that line).
 
If the HUSKERS play a solid game and come away with a convincing win over Cincinnati they will garner some votes for the top 25 and if they follow that game up with 2 more wins before the Wolverines come to town, I believe they will definitely be in the top 25 prior to the Michigan game.
 
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Yes the Huskers finished well last year. And yes the losses were mostly close games that could have gone the other way but for a bad break or mental mistake. But...I am a Baltimore Orioles fan in addition to a Husker fan. The O's finished well the past 2 years and the expectations were high for 2025. They are now in last place, hopelessly out of the playoffs. Why? Management expected this season to cleanly follow what happened the previous 2. They lost focus, especially early, on how important the early series are. The Huskers cannot rely on 2024 to propel them to the next level. Every game is important and every down in every game can turn a season into a disaster. It may not necessarily win you a conference championship but a bad play at the wrong time can lose one. I don't rely on predictions by "the experts" ery much. Usually when the preseason rankings come out I usually tell myself "now we know what isn't going to happen". Just win game number one. Focus every down on winning the play. Then move on to the next one. That is how the huskers can win this season.
 
Huskers will move up in the polls if/when they PROVE they can win some close hard fought games. Everything is pointing to a good season but we’ve been burned time and again over the past 20 years. I believe we have the talent and coaching to have 8, 9 or even 10 win season? Now we need to stay healthy, have some good breaks and learn how to finish off decent opponents. We’re going to have plenty of naysayers which we’ve certainly earned. Cincinnati is really a big game and it darn sure isn’t going to be an easy win imo. I’ll be crazy nervous waiting for that kick off... :oops:
 
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I must be getting senile. I'd almost forgotten we're eligible to be in this poll.

We haven't been in it so long at some point I think I started looking for us in the UEFA Cup standings. Frankly, I've been hoping Aston Villa would lose so we could move up.

Are you guys completely sure this "Top 25" thing is for our sport?




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I doubt a decisive win over Cincinnati would do much besides make people downgrade the Bearcats, fairly or not. The caveat would be if Dylan does something to capture the imagination of the national media.

I suspect we’ll hang in the fringes until the Michigan game.

As per the OP, Tennessee will be a decent team this year. I think OU is going to have a crisis. They have to get a fair bit better just to become mediocre in the SEC. I don’t see them managing that with the current coaching staff.
 
Cornjob said:
I doubt a decisive win over Cincinnati would do much besides make people downgrade the Bearcats, fairly or not. The caveat would be if Dylan does something to capture the imagination of the national media.

I suspect we’ll hang in the fringes until the Michigan game.

As per the OP, Tennessee will be a decent team this year. I think OU is going to have a crisis. They have to get a fair bit better just to become mediocre in the SEC. I don’t see them managing that with the current coaching staff.
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It also doesn't help that OU's big transfer QB is being investigated for gambling while at Washington St.
 
BigRedMachine said:
That Cincinnati game is going to be much closer than some of our fans think. Their QB is legit and is a threat with both his passing and his running. Our secondary will be tested.
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I would hope the defense gets tested. This is supposed to be Nebraska's 'quality' OOC game. We need some preparation before the conference schedule starts. Cincinnati was in the playoff not that long ago....but no one is expecting a team of that vintage.
 
mjohnson said:
If the HUSKERS play a solid game and come away with a convincing win over Cincinnati they will garner some votes for the top 25 and if they follow that game up with 2 more wins before the Wolverines come to town, I believe they will definitely be in the top 25 prior to the Michigan game.
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I'd rather we not get any respect from the polls until we beat Michigan. Maybe sit just outside of the Top 25 before that game. I do hope we smash our first 3 opponents, and justify that we belong in the top 25. It may give the team a feeling of disrespect and get them to take it up another notch. In the past we would get ranked only to fall out after a couple losses. I was hoping they'd have us 50th or so. Go prove it on the field for the whole season and make it undeniable.
 
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