I think we’re ranked right about where we should be. The loss sucked and exposed some deficiencies, but we still have a lot going for us. I’m just not feeling quite as pessimistic as many seem be. I still think we can be a Rose Bowl team. We just have to hope that we can learn from the game.
To be honest with you – I just don’t know right now. We did not look like a ranked team on Friday. I suspect that we are better than we looked, but I really haven’t seen it yet this year.
Yes we did. We looked like a team that lost by 7 points to another top-25 team, a perennial powerhouse, on their home field. Also, you’re never as bad as your worst game, and Friday was definitely our worst game.
Losing a game does not automatically make you an unranked team any more than winning a game automatically makes you a ranked team.