Where will Louisiana rank in Final College football polls?

[Grantvb]

Cincy winning the NATTY is one, but for the conference to finish on a high note, I think Louisiana needs to finish as high as possible. That would be greatly affected by what I mapped out early last week.

[Grantvb]

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 - Pitt. 12-2 (#13 coming, would defeat #11 MSU 10-3)
9 - Oklahoma 11-2 (#14 coming in, defeated #15 Oregon 10-3)
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 - Utah 10-4
14 - MSU 10-3 (loses to Pitt)
15 - Houston 12-2 (Ranked #21 coming in beats Auburn 6-6)
16 - Wake Forest 11-3 (Ranked #20 coming in will defeat Rutgers 5-7)
17 - Clemson 10-3 (Ranked #19 coming in Defeated Iowa St. 7-5)
18 - Arkansas 9-4 (Ranked #22 coming beats Penn State 7-5)
19 - Kentucky 10-3 (Ranked #25 coming beats #17 Iowa 10-3)
20 - Utah State 11-3 (RV coming defeated Oregon St.)
21 - San Diego State 12-2 (RV coming in defeated #24 UTSA (12-2)
22 - NC State 9-3 (Ranked #18 coming in Bowl Game Cancelled)
23 - Iowa 10-4 (Ranked #17 loses to #25 Kentucky)
24 - BYU 10-3 (Ranked #13 coming in lost to UAB 9-4)
25 - USTA 12-2 (Ranked #24 coming in loses RV San Diego St 12-2)

Updated

[Turbine]

Updated

Is it falling our way?

[CajunVic]

Is it falling our way?

I would say 10 is falling our way . . .

[CajunEXPRESS]

I’m thinking that four is the magic number. Not ranked 4, instead four losses. Anyone in the top 10-20 can not get bumped until four losses.

[Grantvb]

The update image is what my prediction of final AP rankings will be and why.

The only one I’m not sure of that kinda scares me is Wake Forest. Originally going against Texas A&M. Now they are against 5-7 Rutgers. Doesn’t bode well for knocking them back.

[Grantvb]

Slight change. Oregon moves back to #19 after losing to OU. Kentucky is at #18 after beating Iowa. Arkansas sits at #20. Move everyone a spot back from there. UTSA is out of the rankings

[SlickRick]

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.

Our ranking will definitely mean something to the P5 players in the portal. Hoping we able to pick a 2-3 DL.

[CajunT]

Our ranking will definitely mean something to the P5 players in the portal. Hoping we able to pick a 2-3 DL.

This is another reason I was not excited about playing in another bowl game. You lose another game, and we are almost assured of not being ranked. Regardless of what happens the rest of the bowl calendar, Louisiana will finish the year in the Top 25.

BTW, that will be two Top 25 final rankings in consecutive seasons. Something the Ruston legends have never accomplished since moving up to a higher Division.

[CajunEXPRESS]

We’ve also got more weeks cumulative top 25 AP than they have. But we’re not comparing past events where it doesn’t favor them.