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2019 Week 15 Minnesota Golden Gophers Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
cinciforthewin	6
DeceptiveSpeed	8
Jakesnake42	8	Loss to Wisconsin doesn't drop them too much. H2H over Penn St still.Last Week: 5
corundum9	9
goblue10	9	:(
Hobbes_121	9
hokies220	9	(Computer #9: Oklahoma) Keeping Minnesota higher than I'd really like, but there's not many teams with a good argument for top 10 really and I had to keep them ahead of PSU.
malowry0124	9
njm1314	9
ThePUNisher96	9
Bill3ffinMurray	10
cfbguy	10
Chris-P-Creme	10
DafoeFoSho	10
DarkLegend64	10	-4
DrKennethJNoisewater	10
lkeg56demn	10
noahthearc	10
noodlethebear	10
TheReformedBadger	10
311polo	11
Charlemagne42	11	[2042] (-4)
coreyfra	11
GeauxAllDay	11
kelctex	11
moistats_	11
MoneyManeVick	11
nemoran	11
No11223456	11
ScarletFever333	11
soonerfreak	11
steelcitygator	11
T-nawtical	11
tallg8tor	11
teddythe3rd	11
TheZachster	11
BabyBladder	12
Blooblod	12
cajunaggie08	12
CFSparta92	12
d_mcc_x	12
dabul-master	12
diastereomer	12
dicky_________seamus	12
fadingthought	12
GilBrandt	12
Greflingorax	12	-6
mjacksongt	12
RagingWombats	12
SCsprinter13	12
Striker743	12	Down 3 - bummer for 1st gameday
strikersteve60	12
theeguy	12
TheFlyingBoat	12
VerySeriousBanana	12
Wurst_Law	12
ya111101	12
Zerosa	12
_Brazenhead_	13	10 - 2. Great offense all season. Quality win over Penn State. Losses to Wisconsin and Iowa. Good but not great team worthy of a mid-ranking. Ranked just ahead of Penn State as a result of their head-to-head.
ACCBiggz	13	Minnesota holds the H2H over Penn State, but that only comes into account if you believe their resumes are equal. I don't. They're close, but not equal.
Blazeth	13
BobDeLaSponge	13
boxman151515	13
Branzilla91	13
brobroma	13
Buckeyes2010	13
BunnySelfDestruct	13
chweris	13
DavoinShower-handle	13
deadtofall12	13
Foxmcbowser42	13
GenialGiant	13	A huge loss to Wisconsin ends Minnesota's playoff hopes.
hawkspur1	13
HelioOne	13
jmac_21	13
LeinadSpoon	13
myghtymouse	13
nejaahalcyon	13
nin478	13
olmsted	13
Our-Gardian-Angel	13
PHubbs	13
Pieisgood186	13
PureCFR	13
ReallyCreative	13
relax_on_the_mat	13
remwin	13
retnuh101	13
ryseing	13
srs_house	13
Ticklebump	13
tjstanley	13
vanburen1845	13
3RDnKING	14
52hoova	14
Acm0028	14
admiraltarkin	14
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	14
Brostradamus_	14
bwburke94	14
CambodianDrywall	14
captain_sasquatch	14
chrisb19	14
cmdrcaboose2	14
Colton3690	14
conchobor	14
CountryRoads8	14
Daigotsu	14
FellKnight	14
G-manP	14
galacticdude7	14
GatorAndrew	14
GoBlueScrewOSU7	14
Hoflax24	14
hypercube42342	14
IAmAChemicalEngineer	14
iliketoupvotepuns	14
JaxofAllTrades13	14
jeedf	14
jnoobs13	14
LEGEN--wait_for_it	14
luckroy	14
Mario_Speedwagon	14
Miami_da_U	14
nburt13	14
ndhuskerpower	14
peachios	14	wish they won, minny needs some good news more, but at least glad they had their best year in a while.
puffadda	14
PumpSmash	14
Rakarei	14
royrules22	14
scotsworth	14
seaotter2	14
soonersthebetter	14
Spiral-Pilot	14
Sproded	14
spsellers	14
tabelz	14
TanzaniaMagic	14
TDenverFan	14
Texasagsman	14
tmothy07	14
topher3003	14
A-Stu-Ute	15
andrewthestudent	15
Apep86	15
beerslingerjay	15
BlueSCar	15
boxbeat	15
bties	15
Cecil_Hardboner	15
cms186	15
crimsonlaw	15	I'm probably not being fair to the Golden Gophers here, but I think Minnesota's been punching above their weight this season.
DarthYoda2594	15
dasani3x	15
DonnieNarco	15
eclectic_tastes	15
fshi	15
Hackasizlak	15
huskerfan4life520	15
icklebush	15
JCiLee	15
jputna	15
JustAManAndHisLaptop	15
keytide22	15
Laschoni	15
LiptonCB	15
Longvols	15
mellolizard	15
Nathanael-Greene	15
orangeslash	15
owl-bears	15
pascha	15
PaulWall31	15
pileatedloon	15
Polarbear1914	15
ProbablyRickSantorum	15
RegulatorRWF	15
RiffRamBahZoo	15
runujhkj	15
SometimesY	15
Sophocles5	15
SSJRoshi	15
TaylorLeprechaun	15	-7
tdeff19	15
Techwid	15
The-Gothic-Castle	15
THECrew42	15
ToLongDR	15
toocleverbyhalf	15
TopGoose	15
TopheryG8er	15
ttsci	15
ucieaters33	15
WarEagle9	15
WeenisWrinkle	15
Zloggt	15
113milesprower	16
AGSattack	16
alextoyalex	16
BallSoHerd	16
BlueFalcon89	16
bobsled_time	16
boonamobile	16
BorisNumber1	16
buckeyegold	16
buckeyes75	16
BugsSuck	16
BUSean	16
Cars-and-Coffee	16
Cassiyus	16	Sorry Gophers. This was a stellar year though!
ChemicalOle	16
DoveFood	16
Dropbackandpunt	16
Extra_Excrement	16
Frognosticator	16
Harmbert_	16
HUSKEROYAL	16
igloo27	16
itsabearcannon	16
Keener1899	16
laminak	16
mango_lion	16
MarlinsGuy	16
OKgolfer	16
r0sco	16
roaddogg	16
spasm01	16
stripes361	16	Since we are at the end of the regular season, I want to go over a list of the teams I have gotten the most criticism for "underranking" or not ranking this year. *Army*: Army finished 5-7 and their best win came against 4-8 UTSA. 1-0 *Maryland*: The Terrapins flamed out after their Week 2 win over Syracuse. 2-0 *North Carolina*: While UNC did impress at times and are clearly a solid team, I think their 6-6 overall record and 4-4 ACC mark clearly fell short of deserving a Top 25 ranking. Their close wins inevitably became close losses over time and the pendulum of public opinion violently swung back. 3-0 *Texas*: I kept Texas in the 15-20 range when most other pollsters had them somewhere in the Top 10 following their epic quality loss to LSU. They have since fallen far from the Top 10. 4-0 *Cal*: Cal came back to earth after a 4-0 start but it's unfair to bring this up without mentioning that they lost QB Chase Garbers to injury. He came back late in the year to lead the Bears to close wins over Pac-12 bottom feeders Stanford and UCLA, which would have led to a continued stalemate over how to interpret those results. Unfortunately, we'll never know how they would have fared against Oregon, Utah, and USC without him (he played briefly against USC before needing to leave again) so we'll have to call this a draw. 4-0-1 *Arizona State*: At 7-5 with a win over Oregon, the Sun Devils are clearly a good team, but still a notch below Top 25. 5-0-1 *Wake*: Wake has settled into an 8-4 record in a weak P5 conference and ended the season on a disappointing note, losing to Syracuse by giving up a defensive TD in overtime. I doubt anyone has them ranked anymore. Another team like UNC that pulled out some close wins against questionable competition and ultimately reverted to the mean. 6-0-1 *SMU*: SMU does not have a bad loss and sport a gaudy 10-2 record but most voters will probably agree they are a borderline Top 25 team, with some voters including them and some excluding them. I'm going to call this one a draw. 6-0-2 *Memphis*: Memphis has become the most dominant P5 team, proving themselves against tough competition. 6-1-2 *App State*: The competition has been a bit underwhelming but they've dominated the last few games and wrapped up a stellar season at 11-1. Looking very likely to end the season ranked unless they flame out in the CCG and bowl game. 6-2-2 *Indiana*: Indiana has come back to earth, finishing 8-4 and just barely escaping Purdue the week after being blown out by Michigan. 7-2-2 *Baylor*: Baylor has continued to excel and my ranking has consistently trailed their results. 7-3-2 *Minnesota*: I have had Minnesota in the mid-to-high teens for a while now and they were at #13 on my ballot last week. They only drop three spots after a blowout loss to Wisconsin because, frankly, I expected Wisconsin to be the better team so the result did not deviate far from my predicted outcome. The consensus ranking of Minnesota is likely to settle in much closer to where I have had them for over a month now. 8-3-2 ... Overall, it seems that I have about an 8-3-2 record in my primary feuds with the Reddit body politic this year. This makes me feel pretty good about sticking to my guns and trusting the data over the selectively framed human arguments (including my own, which is why I resort to eye test less often than I would prefer.)
surreptitioussloth	16
Trogdor42069	16
typicaliconoclast	16
Wescat	16
Xtremeloco	16
bakonydraco	17
bernkastel87	17
crownebeach	17	This is a huge drop for Minnesota, but the Gophers didn't look at all competitive this week, and their schedule lost some residual luster with Penn State and Iowa also looking a little shady. It feels like you don't know what you'll get out of Minnie in any given week.
esoterik	17
halldaylong	17
jlh2b	17
Knightro2011	17
Lex_Ludorum	17
lk6	17
nbingham196	17
Omegaus492	17
owl_man	17
Pollaski	17
SantiagoRamon	17
sasmith2015	17
scronko	17
SCRx	17
ShogunAshoka	17
thexraptor	17
UNC_Samurai	17
woakley	17
zacheiny	17
blahblehblahwhoru	18
CockADoodleBOOM	18
Conglossian	18	-5
darkra01	18
Disregardskarma	18
emueagles	18
G-Aardvark	18
gbuntin	18
Ghost_of_Dude	18
hascogrande	18
I_am_bot_beep_boop	18
mnmmatt	18
monkeymatt1836	18
MrTheSpork	18
orbania	18
Pikachu1989	18
polydorr	18
TheJeemTeam	18	1/2 in Tier F: They are placed ahead of Iowa, despite losing to them, due to having a better overall record (10-2 vs. 9-3) , a better record against common opponents (6-1 vs. 5-2), and a better average point differential in games involving common opponents (+13.2 Pts/Game vs. +8.7 Pts/Game).
tks231	18
ToeInDigDeep	18
trumpet_23	18
frumious88	19	-2
joebob431	19
kflinderman	19
RobertNeyland	19
ruwisc	19
SearonTrejorek	19	0.55531
ShamusJohnson13	19
SPRX97	19
thegreendalegelf	19
tylerbc	19
YellowSkarmory	19
ArtificialBadger	20
bread_buddy	20
ChickenTaco	20
digdat0	20
hythloday1	20
JeromesNiece	20
jrichardh	20
sirgippy	20
studio_sally	20
taloncarde	20
BigBoutros	21
CoopertheFluffy	21
ExternalTangents	21	14.6
fo13	21
Hey_Its_Roomie	21
wesman212	21
confirmd_am_engineer	22
Fmeson	22
Saxasaurus	22
theb52	22	36.750
HarbingerOfFun	25
justsaynotoreddit	25
RMathis13	25	2.35    Next 5    UCF 2.31    Virginia 2.23    Iowa 2.22    USC 2.16    Kansas State 2.06

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason

Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

Bold = before the AP poll was published
Normal = after the AP poll was published

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