Iowa State received two AP Poll votes going into Cy-Hawk game

[Connor_Ferguson]

Iowa State received two AP Poll votes in the latest release of the top 25 rankings:

Iowa State receives votes in latest AP Poll release - Cyclone Fanatic

Iowa State received two votes in this week’s AP Poll, unveiled Tuesday afternoon. The Cyclones started the season with a dominant, 30-9 win over UNI on Saturday at Jack Trice Stadium. Saturday, the team will face Iowa, who received 73 votes in the poll, in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk game (2:30...

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[Jeremy]

Maybe a bit too premature. I would have expected it if we win against Iowa, but otherwise there are still a lot of unknowns. While our win against UNI was bigger than the score indicated, we still struggled a lot on offense and had some troubles stopping the run game. I realize most people that vote only watch the teams in the top 5-10 so fair that they wouldn't have seen some of the underlying currents still needing to be ironed out.

 

[theshadow]

2 points (not 2 votes).

One voter had ISU 24th = 2 points.
Chuck Landon, from Huntington, W.Va.

 

[BCClone]

2 points (not 2 votes).

One voter had ISU 24th = 2 points.
Chuck Landon, from Huntington, W.Va.

WV has been respectful to us more than most others.

 

[stewart092284]

Maybe a bit too premature. I would have expected it if we win against Iowa, but otherwise there are still a lot of unknowns. While our win against UNI was bigger than the score indicated, we still struggled a lot on offense and had some troubles stopping the run game. I realize most people that vote only watch the teams in the top 5-10 so fair that they wouldn't have seen some of the underlying currents still needing to be ironed out.

100% agree... honestly if I were voting I'd probably wait till a team was 4-0 before voting them for them if they were unranked at the start of the season. Just because I wouldn't know how good they were or how good their opponents were until they started playing conference games...


of course, I wouldn't even have a top 25 until October 1 if it were up to me, so there's that too LOL

 

[isufbcurt]

100% agree... honestly if I were voting I'd probably wait till a team was 4-0 before voting them for them if they were unranked at the start of the season. Just because I wouldn't know how good they were or how good their opponents were until they started playing conference games...


of course, I wouldn't even have a top 25 until October 1 if it were up to me, so there's that too LOL

Not me I would have ranked us #1 and the other Iowa team last...........................................................................No matter what the records were.

 

[Statefan10]

Not me I would have ranked us #1 and the other Iowa team last...........................................................................No matter what the records were.

Wouldn't be any worse than some of the AP voters we have currently. I'd reckon most don't watch the games at all.

 

[Malty Flannel]

Lol that's crazy. Maybe move into receiving votes or into the 20s if you beat Iowa and OSU and start 4-0

 

[stewart092284]

Oh there's no chance they watch most of the games. Just the scores and name recognition

 

[SCNCY]

Wouldn't be any worse than some of the AP voters we have currently. I'd reckon most don't watch the games at all.

It's impossible for them to. They may watch highlights of the top 10 teams, and maybe watch what ever game their covering in addition to the prime time game. But otherwise, they're just looking at the scores.

 

[Cyrealist]

Lol that's crazy. Maybe move into receiving votes or into the 20s if you beat Iowa and OSU and start 4-0

It's mostly a guess after one game. It's not completely absurd that one voter might have us as one of his top 25. The rest didn't. Which is probably how it should be.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Maybe a bit too premature. I would have expected it if we win against Iowa, but otherwise there are still a lot of unknowns. While our win against UNI was bigger than the score indicated, we still struggled a lot on offense and had some troubles stopping the run game. I realize most people that vote only watch the teams in the top 5-10 so fair that they wouldn't have seen some of the underlying currents still needing to be ironed out.

Voting before week four or so is premature. Early season polls are silly

 

[NorthCyd]

Effectively ranked 40th, which I don't think is a stretch. I remember CW saying power ratings had ISU as a top 30 team last year despite their record. We had one bad year. We should still be considered a solid football program.

 

[Statefan10]

It's impossible for them to. They may watch highlights of the top 10 teams, and maybe watch what ever game their covering in addition to the prime time game. But otherwise, they're just looking at the scores.

I guess I'd have to walk in their shoes to determine whether I'd be able to or not. Not saying I would be able to watch every game but there are some voters who watch little to no highlights or games nor do they look at stat lines or analytics.