Can someone that has plenty of time on their hands put together a pre- Season AP and Coaches ranking vs how we finished since 2000.
This would be from last 5 coaches and would show an interesting trend.
What I would love to see is a chart of the media's SEC West preseason predictions vs. our actual finish each year.
Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Pre AP | NR | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 18 | NR | NR | NR | NR |
High AP | 13 | 17 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 15 | 16 | 13 | NR | 1 | 20 | NR | 16 | 14 | NR | 16 | 17 | 16 |
Final AP | 24 | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 15 | NR | NR | NR | 11 | NR | NR | 19 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 20 |
Coach | Sherrill | Sherrill | Sherrill | Sherrill | Croom | Croom | Croom | Croom | Croom | Mullen | Mullen | Mullen | Mullen | Mullen | Mullen | Mullen | Mullen | Mullen/ Knox | Moorhead | Moorhead | Leach | Leach | Leach/ Arnett |
It should really include 2001 too. 3-8 and lost to Troy State at homecoming.02-09. Ouch. I must've blocked a lot of that from my mind. I didn't think it was that long of a stretch.
Initially was thinking about preseason AP rankings and final rankings each year. May be hard to find that preseason rankings if not in top 25 (which is most years).Won't be hard to find the ranked teams from the late Sherrill and Croom years.
It just hit me, are you talking Top 25 or SEC West rankings??
So if I'm reading this correctly, we've only been ranked in the preseason three times - 2001, 2011 and 2018 - and finished unranked each of those years.
Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Pre AP NR 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR NR NR 18 NR NR NR NR High AP 13 17 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 16 13 NR 1 20 NR 16 14 NR 16 17 16 Final AP 24 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 NR NR NR 11 NR NR 19 NR NR NR NR 20 Coach Sherrill Sherrill Sherrill Sherrill Croom Croom Croom Croom Croom Mullen Mullen Mullen Mullen Mullen Mullen Mullen Mullen Mullen/ Knox Moorhead Moorhead Leach Leach Leach/ Arnett
Note that some of those "NR" could be "received votes", but I didn't differentiate.
That is correct! Since 2000 anyway...So if I'm reading this correctly, we've only been ranked in the preseason three times - 2001, 2011 and 2018 - and finished unranked each of those years.
On the flip side, we've finished ranked in the final AP poll five times - 2000, 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2022.
So, we’re more likely to have a “hold my beer and watch this shi t moment” than we are to stay in the “told you so”category.So if I'm reading this correctly, we've only been ranked in the preseason three times - 2001, 2011 and 2018 - and finished unranked each of those years.
On the flip side, we've finished ranked in the final AP poll five times - 2000, 2010, 2014, 2017 and 2022.