r/UConnFootball • • 5d ago

Rankings - Week 6-7 ( Bye-Week).

School ESPN SP+ (last week) CBS sports USA today Athletic (last week)
UConn 78 (85) 84(92) 70 (72) 97 (103)
Maryland (Sept.12 at home) 81 (61) 93 (73) 99 (87) 87 (86)
Southern Miss ( Sept.19, away) 128 (127) 122 (127) 131 (129) 130 (124)
Miami (OH) (Sept.26 , away) 98 (99) 99 (102) 69 (71) 92 (93)
Syracuse (Oct.3 , home) 72 (68) 83 (72) 82 (69) 76 (76)
Temple (Oct.10, away) 99 (91) 110 (90) 97 (88) 103 (90)
UMass (Oct.23, home) 106 (105) 68**(93) 91 (89) 113 (112)
Air Force (Oct.31 away) 63 (71) 58 (70) 63 (67) 77 (92)
UNC (Nov.7, home) 56 (65) 41 (61) 49 (68) 53 (61)
James Madison (Nov.14, home) 40 (29) 29 (33) 18 (20) 31 (40)
Old Dominion (Nov.21, home) 108 (112) 107 (105) 113 (114) 114 (114)
Wyoming (Nov. 28, away) 122 (124) 112 (130) 107 (110) 110 (117)

** Once. again.. CBS Rankings is DRUNK - UMass lost to Miami (OH) by one point, and they climbed up the rankings by 25 points . Their system obviously can't differentiate btwn Miami (FL) and Miami (OH) - so far this has happened to every team that played Miami (OH) this year the first day the rankings come out - they'll readjust mid week (USUALLY).

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49868647/2026-college-football-sp+-rankings-all-138-fbs-teams

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/rankings/cbs-sports-rankings/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/10/12/college-football-re-rank-week-6-georgia-texas-cfp/92205246007/

*the athletic is from the boneyard.

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u/SimpleAmusings 5d ago

so obviously - UNC , Air force, JMU will be our toughest stretch this year. - but despite the rankings, looking at their schedules.. they don't seem any tougher than Syracuse or September Maryland.

We have 3 weeks to prepare starting today. let's all PRAY and HOPE we have a very good bye-week. beat UMass handily. and rise to the occasion for UNC, Air Force and JMU . Right now i think we can beat EVERYONE on our schedule the way the team's showing progress and improving each week.

let's also hope, my comment is one of manifestation and not a jinx and finish the season 9-3 . that's right. we're going to go on a 6 game winning streak!

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u/Blueberry977 5d ago

UMass, ODU, and Wyoming should be winnable games. Air Force and JMU will be uphill battles but should be close games regardless of the outcome. UNC will be a tough matchup, but I don’t think any of these games will be blowout losses. There is definitely a chance at going on a winning streak to end the year if the secondary stops selling and the penalties go down.

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u/SimpleAmusings 5d ago

yes. Our team has GRIT! and other than the Maryland game - we have fought and made every game competitive. We are not the same team that played that Maryland team - we're better! I REALLY like Coach Candle and his teams are something to get behind and root for - WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF!!

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u/Timely_Conflict4796 5d ago

I like where we are at, 6-6 should be in line if we win the games we should but I can see us stealing Air Force or UNC