UM the most overrated football team over a 10 year span

[Buzzer Beater]

Figures.

http://www.buttafly.com/originals/sports_rankings.php

[tTito]

[AASpartan]

Actually, the most overranked team of all is the Michigan Wolverines. I haven't figured out yet why everyone loves the 'Rines (or is it Wolvies?). Maybe there is some special significance of the yellow arrow on their helmets that Midwesterners grasp that is beyond me. In any event, someone out there just can't get enough of the 'Rines.

Been saying that for years.

[steve81]

I hate the helmets and my kids school, Waverly is changing to that style this fall. Hopefully it is a short change. Phil Odlum, the new AD is a Spartan fan and good friends with Izzo.

[SpartyOn82]

The spreadsheet linked at the end of that article also says that MSU is at -30 (which means they are underranked).:D

[NYH]

"The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior" or something like that.

The poll pundits rank the perennial powers in the upper half of the polls because there's a good chance they'll be right. Take a look at the number of MNCs for the 'overranked teams':

Michigan - 5
FSU - 2
Texas - 3
Nebraska - 5
Tennessee - 2
TExas A&M -1
Florida -1
Miami - 5
Clemson -1
Penn St 2

Compare this the MNCs for the most 'underranked teams'

Oregon - 0
Auburn -1
K-State - 0
Wash. St 0
Purdue - 0
Va. Tech - 0
LSU - 2
BYU -1
West Virginia - 0
Southern Miss - 0

Hmmm....4 to 27. Any real doubt about why the traditional powerhouses are ranked higher?

[Orlando Sparty]

Originally Posted by steve81

I hate the helmets and my kids school, Waverly is changing to that style this fall. Hopefully it is a short change. Phil Odlum, the new AD is a Spartan fan and good friends with Izzo.

Arrgghhh! My alma mater. The Bastiages!!

[2Green]

The case could be reliably made that both Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder can see that scUM is routinely over-rated.