BY TIM SCANDURRO
The latest AP poll came out this week. Two American Conference teams are ranked in the Top 25. Two others are receiving votes.
None of those four teams is Tulane. The Wave did pick up some votes in the Coaches poll but are still behind the same four conference opponents.
Just a few short weeks ago, we were the trendiest pick outside the P-4 to be in the Playoff. Now we are seen as the fifth best team in our own league. Anyone notice that Duke has won three straight ACC games by double digits since we whipped them on September 13? Apparently not.
Polls aren’t that significant at this time of year, and ultimately everything should be decided on the field. Yet it still stings some, and it should. We have lost one game to a top 5 team, badly. South Florida has also lost one game to a top 5 team, badly. They are ranked. We are ‘also receiving votes,’ and in only one of the two polls, at that.
Blame the…
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