Where will Louisiana rank in Final College football polls?

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Originally Posted by zephyr

Perception is the one thing we have going for us. The perception of our program has changed over the past 3 years but what I'm saying is I really don't think many people put much interest into the "final" rankings. Once the season is over and a champion is crowned I think the average fan doesn't even look at these.

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Yes, however it is the ranking that lasts the longest of them all and because of time, it is probably the most important ranking of the season . . . we will have this rank until the first preseason rankings come out next fall . . . and really until the first rankings come out after play starts. We will start next year with this ranking . . .

Going for broke. Here's Grantvb's Projected Final AP rankings:

1 - Georgia 14-1 (Wins the NC)
2 - Alabama 13-2 (Loses the NC)
3 - Notre Dame 12-1
4 - Baylor 12-2
5 - Michigan 12-2
6 - Ohio St. 11-2
7 - Cincinnati 13-1 (no room for loss, move them back to teach them a lesson)
8 - Michigan St. 11-2
9 - Oklahoma 11-2
10 - LOUISIANA 13-1
11 - Oklahoma St. 11-3 (Losing to the #5 team)
12 - Ole Miss 10-3 (Tough schedule - Loses to #6 team)
13 - NC State 10-3 (Ranked #18 coming in beats UCLA 8-4)
14 - Utah 10-4
15 - Pitt 11-3
16 - Clemson 10-3 (Ranked #19 coming in beats Iowa St. 7-5)
17 - Houston 12-2 (Ranked #21 coming in beats Auburn 6-6)
18 - Texas A&M 9-4 (Ranked #23 coming in beats #20 Wake Forest 10-3)
19 - Arkansas 9-4 (Ranked #22 coming beats Penn State 7-5)
20 - Kentucky 10-3 (Ranked #25 coming beats #17 Iowa 10-3)
21 - USTA 13-1 (Ranked #24 coming in beats RV San Diego St 11-2)
22 - Utah State 11-3 (RV coming defeated Oregon St.)
23 - Iowa 10-4 (Ranked #17 loses to #25 Kentucky)
24 - BYU 10-3 (Ranked #13 coming in lost to UAB 9-4)
25 - Wake Forest (Ranked #20 coming in loses to Texas A&M 9-4)

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

Yes, however it is the ranking that lasts the longest of them all and because of time, it is probably the most important ranking of the season . . . we will have this rank until the first preseason rankings come out next fall . . . and really until the first rankings come out after play starts. We will start next year with this ranking . . .

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Vic, I wonder if we will have it when the season starts. Once 2022 football season is upon us a new ranking will come out. We will be with a new coaching staff and a ton of new players. I think we will have a ranking but to think our ranking in 2022 will be the same as it ended the 2021 season might be a little off. I will be happy with a top 25 ranking to start the season, specifically as has been discussed earlier because we should be 3-0 before we have a conference game which should allow us to move up in the rankings.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

Vic, I wonder if we will have it when the season starts. Once 2022 football season is upon us a new ranking will come out. We will be with a new coaching staff and a ton of new players. I think we will have a ranking but to think our ranking in 2022 will be the same as it ended the 2021 season might be a little off. I will be happy with a top 25 ranking to start the season, specifically as has been discussed earlier because we should be 3-0 before we have a conference game which should allow us to move up in the rankings.

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Agreed, Dave. Look for us to be 18-23.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

Vic, I wonder if we will have it when the season starts. Once 2022 football season is upon us a new ranking will come out. We will be with a new coaching staff and a ton of new players. I think we will have a ranking but to think our ranking in 2022 will be the same as it ended the 2021 season might be a little off. I will be happy with a top 25 ranking to start the season, specifically as has been discussed earlier because we should be 3-0 before we have a conference game which should allow us to move up in the rankings.

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yes, all of these things will be in force, however no one will be able to take away from us the ranking we finished the season with. As new rankings come out, that will be less significant, however from now until then, it will be the only real ranking . . . and it is also important for the first ranking as the lazy will always start with that one to get where ever they end up for the first ranking . . .

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Originally Posted by Grantvb

Agreed, Dave. Look for us to be 18-23.

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Feels about right. Because it's all about how the pollsters are feeling (not thinking).

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

yes, all of these things will be in force, however no one will be able to take away from us the ranking we finished the season with. As new rankings come out, that will be less significant, however from now until then, it will be the only real ranking . . . and it is also important for the first ranking as the lazy will always start with that one to get where ever they end up for the first ranking . . .

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I'd be pleasantly surprised to start next season ranked. But no Billy, and no super seniors, I just don't think we'll get that much respect.

I don’t think we start the season ranked

The higher and longer teams are ranked creates an easier path to being ranked. We see it often when a ranked P5 stumbles out the gate are rewarded with ranking by beating unranked teams!

I think there is a good chance we start the season ranked, I just don't think the average pollster thinks about the bottom of the 25 that much, and will just see our 10-15 end of season ranking and put us somewhere in the top 25.

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Originally Posted by AstroCajun

I'd be pleasantly surprised to start next season ranked. But no Billy, and no super seniors, I just don't think we'll get that much respect.

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We will have some super seniors, just a matter of who

Final CFP @ 20. Other two polls, @ 12th.

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

Final CFP @ 20. Other two polls, @ 12th.

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Final CFP is 23. That is done.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

I can’t. I really can’t. So Kyle is saying that LSU handling of their coaching search is going to effect where the Cajuns end up being ranked.

This post is 30-45 seconds of my life I can’t get back.

Look I don’t know where the Cajuns will end up and I truly don’t care. This has been a magical season and anywhere in the top 20 will be great. But to think Bryan Kelly, LSU or anything that happens in Baton Rouge will effect our ranking is ludicrous.

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You don't care. That's fine. I can guarantee you that Mike Desormeaux won't make a visit, or talk to a single recruit without mentioning where UL ends up in the polls. And the higher the number, the more likely he will mention the exact number with greater emphasis. And he will more than likely mention it in every press conference & every opportunity to bring it up. And if you don't think pollsters who are also a lot of the same people who vote on HOF awards, etc. look at what happens off the field also, then you are naive.

Think of it another way, gents. Going back to Bandwagon King's comment about perception...

"Welcome everybody, to ESPN College Football Saturday!! We are here in sunny Tallahassee, FL to where today's match up pits the FSU Seminoles against the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana. The Cajuns, of course, coming off of a historic 13-1 last season, FINISHING at #10 IN THE FINAL AP RANKINGS....."

That, gentlemen, is perception. So, even if we are ranked in the back 20 - 25 spots, the PBP announcers will likely have this on their cue cards to discuss during our nationally televised games...

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Originally Posted by Grantvb

Think of it another way, gents. Going back to Bandwagon King's comment about perception...

"Welcome everybody, to ESPN College Football Saturday!! We are here in sunny Tallahassee, FL to where today's match up pits the FSU Seminoles against the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana. The Cajuns, of course, coming off of a historic 13-1 last season, FINISHING at #10 IN THE FINAL AP RANKINGS....."

That, gentlemen, is perception. So, even if we are ranked in the back 20 - 25 spots, the PBP announcers will likely have this on their cue cards to discuss during our nationally televised games...

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Considering we play FSU in November, I doubt they would bring up last year's record and ranking

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Originally Posted by Grantvb

Think of it another way, gents. Going back to Bandwagon King's comment about perception...

"Welcome everybody, to ESPN College Football Saturday!! We are here in sunny Tallahassee, FL to where today's match up pits the FSU Seminoles against the Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana. The Cajuns, of course, coming off of a historic 13-1 last season, FINISHING at #10 IN THE FINAL AP RANKINGS....."

That, gentlemen, is perception. So, even if we are ranked in the back 20 - 25 spots, the PBP announcers will likely have this on their cue cards to discuss during our nationally televised games...

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That won't matter in November of 2022 when the game is being played.

My bad, that was the 4th game listed on our current (and still unfinished) schedule for next year. Just replace it with SLU (not as big a viewing audience). But even with pre-season programming on ESPN, the college analysts will have this in their discussions...

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Originally Posted by Bandwagon King

You don't care. That's fine. I can guarantee you that Mike Desormeaux won't make a visit, or talk to a single recruit without mentioning where UL ends up in the polls. And the higher the number, the more likely he will mention the exact number with greater emphasis. And he will more than likely mention it in every press conference & every opportunity to bring it up. And if you don't think pollsters who are also a lot of the same people who vote on HOF awards, etc. look at what happens off the field also, then you are naive.

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I don't disagree with anything you state here, and I can't believe I am saying that. But that has nothing to do with Brian Kelly and LSU or Billy Napier and LSU.

As far as our ranking goes, I hope we are higher than lower, but again, whether we are 13 or 18, I won't care that much. At this point we did everything we set out to do, with the exception of beating Texas. All goals reached, check. Would I like to be higher, yes, do I care if we are 4 or 5 spots lower, I guess so, but it aint gonna mean a hill of beans in recruiting, or exposure or anything else. CMD will say, come play for our back to back Nationally ranked Cajuns. We finished ranked #...... and a recruit is not going to sign because we were 12 rather than 16. The difference of where we are and where we will be in going to be somewhat insignificant, unless we finish in the Top 10 and that is highly unlikely to happen.

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

I don't disagree with anything you state here, and I can't believe I am saying that. But that has nothing to do with Brian Kelly and LSU or Billy Napier and LSU.

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You are getting soft . . .

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

You are getting soft . . .

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No, just willing to call an idiot an idiot when needs to be and accept that he might be correct when he has some, albeit, very little common sense.

Best case Scenario Worst case scenario

1 Cincinnati
2 Notre Dame
3)Michigan
4)Alabama
5)Georgia
6) Ohio St.
7) Ole Miss
8)Pittsburgh
9)Louisiana
10) All 3 loss teams here

Worst case scenario
1) Alabama
2)Georgia
3)Michigan
4)Cincinnati
5)Baylor
6)Oklahoma State
7)Notre Dame
8)Mich. St.
9)Oklahoma
10)Utah
11)Ohio State
12)Ole Miss
13)Louisiana

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Originally Posted by RaginDave

I don't disagree with anything you state here, and I can't believe I am saying that. But that has nothing to do with Brian Kelly and LSU or Billy Napier and LSU.

As far as our ranking goes, I hope we are higher than lower, but again, whether we are 13 or 18, I won't care that much. At this point we did everything we set out to do, with the exception of beating Texas. All goals reached, check. Would I like to be higher, yes, do I care if we are 4 or 5 spots lower, I guess so, but it aint gonna mean a hill of beans in recruiting, or exposure or anything else. CMD will say, come play for our back to back Nationally ranked Cajuns. We finished ranked #...... and a recruit is not going to sign because we were 12 rather than 16. The difference of where we are and where we will be in going to be somewhat insignificant, unless we finish in the Top 10 and that is highly unlikely to happen.

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Wrong on your last statement. At this point UL is as likely to finish number 10 as they are not to. Just informing you of the odds & scenarios that would cause this to occur. The most unlikely event has already fallen in our favor.

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Originally Posted by CajunVic

You are getting soft . . .

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Why must you make completely unnecessary & quite frankly stupid commentary about every single opinion that every single person posts. You are such a stupid little troll when you could be a respected poster.

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Originally Posted by Bandwagon King

Wrong on your last statement. At this point UL is as likely to finish number 10 as they are not to. Just informing you of the odds & scenarios that would cause this to occur. The most unlikely event has already fallen in our favor.

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Tell us your credentials in math . . .