And just like that Minnesota went from a dream-season and sitting in the top-10 to number 18 with the dream of their first Rose Bowl appearance since the sixties now seemingly being dead.
I have to ask why.
Penn State has a 10-2 record just like Minnesota does with Penn State’s best win coming against No. 14 Michigan. Their losses are to good teams, No. 1 Ohio State and No. 18 Minnesota, but THEY LOST TO MINNESOTA.
Minnesota’s best win came against No. 10 Penn State with their loses coming against No. 8 Wisconsin and No. 16 Iowa.
How on God’s green earth can you tell me that Penn State deserves to ranked above Minnesota to start with when they post the same record and Minnesota won head-to-head but also, how in the world can you justify Penn State being eight spots higher?
The answer is that you can’t.
If head-to-head matters in ranking Auburn ahead of Alabama despite the Tigers having one more loss or in Michigan being ahead of Notre Dame despite having one more loss, why does it not matter for Minnesota and Penn State?
I agree with a lot of these rankings and where teams sit, especially the Big XII squads still in title contention like I discussed earlier, but there is no reason you can give me that Penn State and Minnesota are worthy of their rankings.
Gopher fans have every right to be furious at this development.