Final AP Poll Projections

[Million$Mullet]

App finished 18 and 19 in the polls last year and were not ranked in either preseason poll this year. I have a feeling we will finish around 17/18 in all the polls and then have receiving votes to start next season. Then again they might want a top 25 matchup to start the year against Texas.

[zephyr]

https://collegefootballnews.com/2021...ngs-prediction

Someone make sense of this.

That would be higher that I would have thought

[covcaj]

App finished 18 and 19 in the polls last year and were not ranked in either preseason poll this year. I have a feeling we will finish around 17/18 in all the polls and then have receiving votes to start next season. Then again they might want a top 25 matchup to start the year against Texas.

Who is "they?" Do you really think the sportswriters or coaches assistants give a darn as to whether or not a game is beween Top 25 teams or not? ESPN undoubtedly cares, but they have no control of the myriad sportswriters or coaches assistants who do the rankings.

[Cajunrunner]

App finished 18 and 19 in the polls last year and were not ranked in either preseason poll this year. I have a feeling we will finish around 17/18 in all the polls and then have receiving votes to start next season. Then again they might want a top 25 matchup to start the year against Texas.

I'm going to "predict" us at 24th to start the season, but I'm wanting to be positive.

I think the realistic window likely is 24 to 29. Those six slots. Even if it's 29, it's higher than we've every been preseason, and even starting that low, an upset in Austin (I'm thinking we'll be a 11 to 14 point underdog) would vault us immediately into the Top 25. No question.

[Million$Mullet]

Who is "they?" Do you really think the sportswriters or coaches assistants give a darn as to whether or not a game is beween Top 25 teams or not? ESPN undoubtedly cares, but they have no control of the myriad sportswriters ro coaches assistants who do the rankings.

Yeah I think after this years lack of top 25 matchups, everyone will be clamoring for them. Whether it be the media, ESPN, coaches or whoever. Frickin Coastal/BYU got hyped up like a mofo. I think a top 25 Louisiana/Texas matchup to start the season would get lots of hype. But that’s just my dumbass opinion

[covcaj]

Yeah I think after this years lack of top 25 matchups, everyone will be clamoring for them. Whether it be the media, ESPN, coaches or whoever. Frickin Coastal/BYU got hyped up like a mofo. I think a top 25 Louisiana/Texas matchup to start the season would get lots of hype. But that’s just my dumbass opinion

I agree it would. Just don't think that sportswriter in Boise, Montana (alright, before I get jumped on, that was a joke. I know Boise is in Wyoming.) would rank the Cajuns in the Top 25 just so it can have more appeal. Also, ESPN and/or bowl organizations usually arrange for some highly ranked teams to play each other first week of the season.

None of this is to say that I don't think the Cajuns shouldn't be ranked. I most definitely think they should. Just don't think we can count on pressure or ratings from anyone to do it.

[BeauCajun]

U da ho

[fanof71]

No, I Da Ho...

[cajunhawk]

Napier vs Sark after Dark to kick off next year. I like our chances in that game. Like em a lot more if Napier starts to use Lewis like a mobile QB first, instead of a passing QB. We have a chance, this team is good enough to go into Texas and beat a new head coach.

[DieHard 1280]

I'm going to "predict" us at 24th to start the season, but I'm wanting to be positive.

I think the realistic window likely is 24 to 29. Those six slots. Even if it's 29, it's higher than we've every been preseason, and even starting that low, an upset in Austin (I'm thinking we'll be a 11 to 14 point underdog) would vault us immediately into the Top 25. No question.

Bottom line next September, whether we start the season ranked or not, our performance against UT will determine our ranking going into week 2. Start the season ranked and lose, we're probably out unless we lose on a last second FG or something similar. We beat them and we WILL be ranked.

BUT, I agree that being ranked to start the season would be GREAT and very much deserved. If so, beating Texas in Austin would likely catapult us into the top 15-20 range.

[CajunEXPRESS]

You can bet your bottom dollar AP sport writers care about UT. Like the Dallas Cowboys, Notre Damn almost everybody loves or hates them, but aren’t uninterested. They write opinion pieces about the Longhorns. So yeah that might influence how they vote their AP top 25. Of course it’s not some highly thought out intellectual process, it’s totally bias.

[covcaj]

You can bet your bottom dollar AP sport writers care about UT. Like the Dallas Cowboys, Notre Damn almost everybody loves or hates them, but aren’t uninterested. They write opinion pieces about the Longhorns. So yeah that might influence how they vote their AP top 25. Of course it’s not some highly thought out intellectual process, it’s totally bias.

I agree.