Screamindemon3
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Does it really count as a home opener if the crowd is 80% App fans los:
Do you think App will be ranked preseason? It would be nice to get a ranked team for the home opener.
For reference, 2017 National Champion UCF was the only G5 team ranked in the 2019 preseason AP Top 25 poll at #17. Stanford was #25 with 141 votes and others receiving votes were: Boise State 38, Cincinnati 16, Fresno State 8, Utah State 8, Memphis 6, Appalachian State 5, UAB 3.
Based on that, I'd guess App State won't be ranked, whether it's deserved or not.
I mean, very few rankings voters know anything about App. And those who do know that they just lost their coach. So I will be surprised if App is ranked.
They know enough about them to rank them now.
Agreed, voters are idiots. App will either need to beat someone or get to 5-0 before they get ranked.
Clemson getting two big wins en route to the championship would help the cause of ACC teams for rankings next year.
if UNC wins their bowl (or maybe it doesn't matter) I could def see them being preseason ranked
Doesn't matter. Mack is Back ! Lost a bunch of games by one score. Blah, blah, blah . . .
BTW, UNC-CH opens up at UCF and then plays Auburn in Atlanta next year before their home opener against JMU, which is currently 12-1, won the CAA this year, and is in the second round of the FBS playoffs.
Does it really count as a home opener if the crowd is 80% App fans los:
Why would you think that ? Clemson annihilated every ACC team it played this year except UNC-CH.
It didn't help this year. Syracuse at #22 was the only other preseason ranked team from the ACC.
Others receiving votes: Miami 94, Virginia Tech 64, Virginia 30, NC State 12, Duke 10, Boston College 5, Florida State 4
If I had to guess, I would say that, other than Clemson, UNC-CH and Va Tech will get the most votes in the 2020 preseason poll, hopefully followed by Wake, Virginia, and Pitt.
If Clemson beats the best of the B1G and SEC/Big12 by three touchdowns, that would put a different perspective on their decimation of the ACC.
It will also help if the other ACC teams (Wake included here) do their part when matched against other P5 teams.