Phil Steele says no dice for Huskers in AP

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Phil Steele has released his projections for the AP Top 25. He claims he was 25-of-25 in predicting it last year. Hopefully he won't be perfect this year, cause if he is, there will be no mention of Nebraska in the ratings.

Michigan State is a top 10 team and Wisky gets some love too.

Here is the link to the ESPN video.

tinyurl.com/nqujwag

 
We've done nothing to prove we deserve to be ranked. We need to get off this four-loss plateau to catch the attention of the media again. If we don't, we'll continue to be outside the national conversation.

 
Not a huge surprise, but we shouldn't be far off. A solid bowl win, returning talent, health at the QB position, a schedule that isn't particularly scary. I can understand any analyst being shy on NU but they'd be wrong in sleeping on us this year, IMO. This team should be Top 15 by the end of the regular season. If the postseason goes well, this'll be the year the analysts stop sleeping on NU.

Their goal is to project, but they're always reactionary.

 
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I was kind of holding out hope for a 20-25 type spot.

That's the bad news.

A good season would have us finishing much higher and since it's more important to finish high than it is to start high.... I'll take it.

 
knapplc said:
We've done nothing to prove we deserve to be ranked. We need to get off this four-loss plateau to catch the attention of the media again. If we don't, we'll continue to be outside the national conversation.
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Exactly how I feel as well.

 
So it could come to pass that the men's basketball team has a preseason ranking and the football team does not.

 
Rankings shouldn't happen till October. They are there to help push television. Winning takes care of rankings. Especially now only needing to finish 4th to get a shot.

 
Considering we are going to a 4 team playoff for a championship and they will not just pick the top 4 teams in the polls, I would say that these rankings have become more useless than they ever were.

 
They only bad thing about not being ranked by Steele, is that he is considered one of the best at his job. More thorough than most. That would mean he has very little hope from what he has seen.

I never put a lot of stock into any of these predictions. But it is concerning he has such low expectations for Nebraska. He normally gives Bo some pretty good words, and normally is pretty close to the end of the year results. Not being ranked, would most likely mean 9 or less wins in his eyes.

 
Like some of you have said, I think this is the year when we have a break out year and finish in the top 15 or so. I love the mentality our team has this year.

 
skersfan said:
They only bad thing about not being ranked by Steele, is that he is considered one of the best at his job. More thorough than most. That would mean he has very little hope from what he has seen.

I never put a lot of stock into any of these predictions. But it is concerning he has such low expectations for Nebraska. He normally gives Bo some pretty good words, and normally is pretty close to the end of the year results. Not being ranked, would most likely mean 9 or less wins in his eyes.
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This isn't Steele's rankings. This is what he thinks the AP will do.

 
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