Fan Perception Poll: MInnesota is a contender

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FanJuicer conducts a weekly 'perception' poll with over 1000 college football fans. The poll is simple, fans are given a series of groups with 4 teams and asked to rate the best and worst in each grouping. The results are tabulated to see how many groupings teams win or lose. Right now MN is a solid 4th. Pretty interesting I thought.

https://fanjuicer.com/2019/11/the-maxdiff-fan-perceptions-poll-after-week-11-minnesota-is-now-a-contender-in-the-minds-of-fans

2. Minnesota makes a statement and joins Alabama in Tier II
Minnesota picked up a signature win this past Saturday by knocking off a top ten opponent in Penn State. The undefeated Golden Gophers now sit at 9-0 for the first time since 1904. The victory impressed fans, who moved the Gophers all the way up to #4 in Tier 2 alongside Alabama, which certainly surprised me.
Despite positive fan perceptions, the Gophers didn’t get as much love from the AP (#7) or more importantly, the CFP Committee, who ranked Minnesota #9 behind four one-loss teams. Why? CFP Committee Chairman Rob Mullens says their schedule was a major factor:
“When you’re looking at Minnesota, their schedule was a concern — particularly the nonconference schedule. As it laid out through Week 10, they’d only played one team in their league that has a winning record. The win against Penn State obviously impressed the committee.”
While the Gophers’ schedule so far may be weaker than some of the other squads in the top ten, all of this is irrelevant if Minnesota wins out. Doing so would mean victories over Iowa, Wisconsin, and most likely Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship game. It would be impossible to deny the Gophers at that point.
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Yeah but they haven’t beaten any real teams like Alabama and Clemson have.
 

Jeshurun said:
Yeah but they haven’t beaten any real teams like Alabama and Clemson have.
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Consider OSU as well.

To date OSU has had one of the easiest BIG schedules: Indiana, Neb, Northwestern, MSU, Wisc, Maryland, Rutgers with a combined 21-34. Then a weak NC with FAU, Cinc, and Miami Ohio who are all doing well thus far but are low level BIG caliber thus no challenge to OSU.
 

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