How generous of ESPN. Only 3 spots behind the OSU team we have a better record than and just trounced.
espn ranking was out before our game on monday
How generous of ESPN. Only 3 spots behind the OSU team we have a better record than and just trounced.
And how does that make ESPN different from everyone else? Virtually no one has OU ahead of OSU.
Yeh but for ESPN that's a SMART move.
And how does that make ESPN different from everyone else? Virtually no one has OU ahead of OSU.
Power rankings are not predictive, but rather, current rankings.
OU should be ahead of OSU in any power ranking right now.
Well CBS and ESPN were the two posted in this thread, and we are ahead of them in CBS.
Nope. The ranking came out Tuesday and references the result of our game next to both teams.
So those are the only 2 power rankings that are relevant in terms of discussion? The vast majority of unbiased power ratings out there (RPI, BPI, Sagarin, Ken Pomeroy, etc.) have OSU ahead of OU. And Ken Pomeroy and Sagarin don't even have us close. Take off the crimson glasses.
I disagree. A power ranking is not a poll that penalizes teams in terms of recent losses; it is meant to list teams in order of who is better, on a neutral court. We beat OSU at home, OSU has not had the chance to return the favor. Our records are basically identical and OSU has shown more than OU, in addition to having more national recognition coming in.
It's all trivial anyways and both teams are close enough that it's really too hard to get very worked up over the rankings. Seems very little brother-ish to me.
I guess I had my crimson glasses on when I watched us dominate them for 40 minutes straight.
I guess it's incredibly biased of me to think we are better than a team we are ahead of in the standings, have a better record than, and just blew out less than 5 days ago.
How has OSU showed more? I am not saying they have or haven't, I just don't see how you can really say one team has shown more than the other.
OSU has not been pushed to the wire against bad teams (Seton Hall/ UTA, heck even TCU). OSU played better out of conference and has not had the same opportunities for quality home wins in conference as OU. I don't think the difference between the 2 is significant, but given the fact that nearly every computer has OSU over OU gives credence to the fact that they should be ranked higher IMO.
At the very least, there shouldn't be posters acting like it is some sort of travesty or injustice. Besides, power rankings are meaningless.