re: Auburn 9 straight losses to ranked teams on the road?

Posted by RD Dawg

Atlanta

Member since Sep 2012

28135 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 12:10 am to Sigma

quote:
Consecutive losses to ranked teams away from home (road or neutral):

2017
# 10 UCF
#6 UGA
#3 Clemson

LSU was #18 when AU played em last year.

Posted by AUFan2015

Oneonta, Alabama

Member since Oct 2013

2019 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 12:40 am to RD Dawg

No, they weren't. The AP top 25 for week 7 ( the week we played LSU) was

1. Alabama

2. Clemson

3. Penn State

4. Georgia

5. Washington

6. TCU

7. Wisconsin

8. Washington State

9. Ohio State

10. Auburn

11. Miami

12. Oklahoma

13. USC

14. Oklahoma State

15. Virginia Tech

16. Notre Dame

17. Michigan

18. South Florida

19. San Diego State

20. NC St

21. Michigan St

22. UCF

23. Stanford

24. Texas Tech

25. Navy

Coaches poll Top 25 was

1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Penn St
4. Washington
5. Georgia
6. Wisconsin
7. TCU
8. Ohio St
9. Washington St
10. Miami
11. Auburn
12. Oklahoma
13. USC
14. Oklahoma St
15. South Florida
16. Michigan
17. Virginia Tech
18. San Diego St
19. Notre Dame
20. NC St
21. UCF
22. Michigan State
23. Utah
24. Navy
25. Stanford

ESPN

* Edited: typed and linked week 6 instead of week 7. Fixed

This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 1:01 am

Posted by Barstools

Atlanta

Member since Jan 2016

11278 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 12:49 am to MSTelecomguy

quote:
second favorite team

What the frick is a second favorite team? Never heard of such a thing.

Posted by RD Dawg

Atlanta

Member since Sep 2012

28135 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 12:57 am to AUFan2015

Went off this game summary

LINK

Probably post game ranking

Posted by AUFan2015

Oneonta, Alabama

Member since Oct 2013

2019 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 1:07 am to RD Dawg

Week 8 they were # 24 in AP top 25 and #25 in coaches. Auburn dropped to #21 in both.

Week 8 polls - ESPN

don't know what poll Google used

Posted by PEPE

Member since Jun 2018

8198 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 4:35 am to Fatboy22

Gus' record in big games at JH is quite good.

His record in big games away from JH is pretty awful.

Posted by Sigma

Fairhope, AL

Member since Dec 2005

3665 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:09 am to Sigma

quote:
2017
# 10 UCF
#6 UGA
#3 Clemson

2016
#7 Oklahoma
#1 Alabama

Digging a little deeper, is this really an indictment of AU? In three of those games, they were significant underdogs:

@ #1 Alabama in 2016 and @ #3 Clemson in 2017. I think every team in America would have lost those two games, outside of maybe Alabama and Clemson.

And Auburn really had no business in the 2016 Sugar Bowl against Oklahoma. LSU should've been there, but they couldn't get 1 yd against Florida in late November.

Posted by Irons Puppet

Birmingham

Member since Jun 2009

25901 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:28 am to Sigma

quote:
Consecutive losses to ranked teams away from home (road or neutral):

2017
# 10 UCF
#6 UGA
#3 Clemson

2016
#7 Oklahoma
#1 Alabama

Next game against ranked team was in 2015, at #25 Texas A&M, which Auburn won 26-10.

So no, it's only 5 straight losses to ranked teams away from home.

Wait, wait, he meant every odd year when there was a Democratic President and during a leap year. He just read it wrong on a TiderInsider post a buddy sent him.

This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 9:38 am

Posted by The Winner

Member since Nov 2016

8281 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:29 am to Fatboy22

Can the other ranked teams besides UCF claim a national championship?

Posted by BowlJackson

Birmingham, AL

Member since Sep 2013

52881 posts

Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:47 am to The Winner

quote:
Can the other ranked teams besides UCF claim a national championship?

I know one team who can't claim a national championship. In any year, in any sport. Mississpi State aka MSUjr