hokie4redskins
June-5th-2006, 11:44 AM
List of most underrated/overrated programs since 1971.
The Most Underrated Team Has Been ...
31. Miami – The ‘Canes were a little late getting to this party, but once they arrived in the early 1980s, they were here to stay. The 1983 team traveled from No. 20 to No. 1, and kicked off a 10-year stretch in which Miami finished in the Top 10 eight times. Since that championship season, they’ve also crashed and burned just once. That was the one-year rebuilding period of 1997, when the ‘Canes went 5-6, lost by 47 to Florida State and had a rare postseason without a bowl game.
*Composite Score: -2.41
30. Florida State – To understand Florida State’s place in this analysis, all you really need to know is that from 1987 to 2000, the ‘Noles never finished a year outside the AP’s Top 5, a truly incomprehensible accomplishment. Now, the program hasn’t been back to that zip code since, which is why they’ve recently fallen behind Miami. Not since 1983, when they lost five games, has Florida State finished a season unranked that they began in the Top 25.
*Composite Score: -2.64
29. Virginia Tech – The Hokies’ first preseason AP ranking didn’t occur until 1994, but they’ve attracted enough attention to pick up the requisite 10 mentions to qualify for this debate. They’ve replaced spectacular with steady, notching at least seven wins and a bowl berth in each of the last 13 seasons. The bottom has yet to fall out since they started getting respect in the polls, and they’ve had just enough double-digit jumps in the polls to manufacture a very respectable composite score.
*Composite Score: -2.70
http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Columnists/RC/OverratedTeams.htm
The Most Underrated Team Has Been ...
31. Miami – The ‘Canes were a little late getting to this party, but once they arrived in the early 1980s, they were here to stay. The 1983 team traveled from No. 20 to No. 1, and kicked off a 10-year stretch in which Miami finished in the Top 10 eight times. Since that championship season, they’ve also crashed and burned just once. That was the one-year rebuilding period of 1997, when the ‘Canes went 5-6, lost by 47 to Florida State and had a rare postseason without a bowl game.
*Composite Score: -2.41
30. Florida State – To understand Florida State’s place in this analysis, all you really need to know is that from 1987 to 2000, the ‘Noles never finished a year outside the AP’s Top 5, a truly incomprehensible accomplishment. Now, the program hasn’t been back to that zip code since, which is why they’ve recently fallen behind Miami. Not since 1983, when they lost five games, has Florida State finished a season unranked that they began in the Top 25.
*Composite Score: -2.64
29. Virginia Tech – The Hokies’ first preseason AP ranking didn’t occur until 1994, but they’ve attracted enough attention to pick up the requisite 10 mentions to qualify for this debate. They’ve replaced spectacular with steady, notching at least seven wins and a bowl berth in each of the last 13 seasons. The bottom has yet to fall out since they started getting respect in the polls, and they’ve had just enough double-digit jumps in the polls to manufacture a very respectable composite score.
*Composite Score: -2.70
http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006/Columnists/RC/OverratedTeams.htm