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Interesting Tidbit I Researched Re: 100 Game Unranked Streak
Posted on 10/12/21 at 11:19 am
Posted on 10/12/21 at 11:19 am
Did Texas A&M end the 100 game unranked streak? Technically, yes.
But...
Texas A&M has been ranked in 23 of the 24 polls dating back to 2019.
Texas A&M was Top 10 in 17 of those 24 polls.
The ONLY week Texas A&M has been unranked since 2019 is the week they happened to play (and beat) Alabama.
Of course we blew it and shouldn't have lost that game. But I found it kind of funny how that became the headline:
"#1 Alabama falls to unranked Texas A&M, ending 100 game streak vs. unranked opponents."
It's about as much of an asterisk as you could come up with in this situation.
But...
Texas A&M has been ranked in 23 of the 24 polls dating back to 2019.
Texas A&M was Top 10 in 17 of those 24 polls.
The ONLY week Texas A&M has been unranked since 2019 is the week they happened to play (and beat) Alabama.
Of course we blew it and shouldn't have lost that game. But I found it kind of funny how that became the headline:
"#1 Alabama falls to unranked Texas A&M, ending 100 game streak vs. unranked opponents."
It's about as much of an asterisk as you could come up with in this situation.
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Posted on 10/12/21 at 12:52 pm to DLev45
They were ranked right after playing us too. Will be interesting to see where they finish the season. If they are still ranked then , how can anyone say we lost to an un-ranked team? I mean this is not La-Monroe.
Posted on 10/12/21 at 1:08 pm to DLev45
Honestly, I hated that streak as to how it's done. Or at least didn't care about it.
Beating the #26 team holds more water than beating any FCS team, for example.
Beating the #26 team holds more water than beating any FCS team, for example.
Posted on 10/12/21 at 1:26 pm to East Coast Band
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Beating the #26 team holds more water than beating any FCS team, for example.
This^^^. Plus, is it a streak versus unranked when the games were played or unranked based on final polls?
Which poll?
Good stuff for debate.
Posted on 10/12/21 at 2:52 pm to TroyTider
The streak is based on the team being unranked when you play them…
Posted on 10/12/21 at 3:01 pm to OldPete
Exactly. They broke our streak.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 8:17 am to My2Bits
quote:bc we lost to an unranked team…
how can anyone say we lost to an un-ranked team?
Posted on 10/14/21 at 9:07 am to DLev45
Despite that the streak is based on a team being "unranked" when you play them, TAMU was 27th in the AP poll and 26th in the Coaches. ULM wasn't even in the top 50, and Alabama was sitting at 34th in the AP poll with 4 losses already
So technically yes this highly nuanced streak was broken...by a team that missed being ranked by just 71 points. For added context, the difference between being #1 (currently UGA) and #2 (currently Iowa) is 74 points.
So technically yes this highly nuanced streak was broken...by a team that missed being ranked by just 71 points. For added context, the difference between being #1 (currently UGA) and #2 (currently Iowa) is 74 points.
This post was edited on 10/14/21 at 9:12 am
Posted on 10/14/21 at 10:30 am to HighTide_ATL
i always found it interesting how talking heads would discredit a teams win, over a ranked team, early in the season, if the losing team wasn't ranked at the end of the season. especially as it pertained to bama and/or the sec. so on one hand, the ranking at the time of loss does not matter.
Posted on 10/14/21 at 4:59 pm to crimsontater
It matters when it supports the preferred narrative. Like when they were saying 2013 FSU beat like “8 ranked teams” or whatever it was because said teams were ranked at time of play. They finished with 3 ranked teams on their schedule including the championship lol
This post was edited on 10/14/21 at 5:02 pm
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