Wisconsin and the Winner of Minnesota/Michigan likely pass BYU this weekend.

Oct 23, 2020
6:57:38pm

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Outside of SMU beating Cincinnati, are there many opportunities for BYU to pass any teams in the rankings.

Yes, I'm assuming that Wisconsin wins.

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Wisconsin and the Winner of Minnesota/Michigan likely pass BYU this weekend.

cougaman

10/23/20 6:57pm

another poster did the math and disagrees about the likelihood

cwilke1

10/23/20 7:05pm

Does this factor in the bump they will get by beating another ranked team? I

cougaman

10/23/20 7:10pm

Do you think just a win from each will be enough?

Isleofavalon

10/23/20 7:05pm

Beating Illinois is like beating Louisiana Tech.

Mr. Scoobs

10/23/20 7:06pm

Yeah, but there are a number of voters leaving them out because they haven't

cougaman

10/23/20 7:10pm

BYU is nearly 200 pts. ahead of Wisc and only 11 voters will be putting them in

Mr. Scoobs

10/23/20 7:13pm

Unless its a close game, they will likely get a bump from a few voters imo.

cougaman

10/23/20 7:17pm

If smu beats Cincy, we jump Cincy, but smu jumps us. It's a wash

LiveCoug

10/23/20 7:09pm

Why would SMU jump 6-7 spots?

Benfica1

10/23/20 7:10pm

I don't think they would. Would probably be close though.

cougaman

10/23/20 7:11pm

Probably depends a fair amount on margin of victory if SMU wins.

SingleStrapBackpack

10/23/20 7:20pm

Texas State is better than Illinois

threezeroeight

10/23/20 7:25pm

I don't think it matters. They will get a bump with some voters by just playing.

cougaman

10/23/20 7:29pm

Just a matter of time until the top B1G and P12 teams start to lower BYU's rank.

Forzaitalia

10/23/20 7:39pm

I think BYU stays around 11-14 until they play Boise State. The unfortunate

cougaman

10/23/20 7:44pm

you were right that Wisconsin would jump, but Michigan did not. And surprise

cwilke1

10/25/20 10:10pm

I was more surprised by Michigan not passing BYU that I was BYU passing Miami

cougaman

10/25/20 10:11pm

based on predicted strength of opponent, Michigan's win was more impressive than

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