Rankings Update: Week 2

I'll admit, it ended up happening a whole lot faster than I thought it would. It looks like the voters were somehow impressed with rolling FCS UC Davis and Big 12 lowrider Colorado.

The Bears cracked the USA Today (Coaches) poll at No. 24. That's a pretty big jump from where they were ranked last week at #37.

They also jumped up to #29 in the AP Poll, so it looks like a win over Nevada could plug them into the Top 25 there as well.


Not quite sure how I fell about this. I'm not quite of the camp that hates being ranked in fear of not living up to expectations. I would hope Tedford has his team to the point where they play outside of expectations and rankings and focus solely on execution and preparation. So in that sense, I welcome being ranked because it reflects a level of respect by the voters which ultimately may be critical in where the Bears end up playing in the post season.

On the other hand, rankings really mean little at this point. Virgina Tech, ranked #10 preseason (no 0-2 having lost to FCS James Madison) can attest to that, and hell, Bears fans know this all too well.

All it really means is that the media and coaches are fickle and are impressed by blowing out bad teams.

It makes us no better or worse of team. We'll get answers to our quality soon enough.