Top 25 Votes for UNT???

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

52 minutes ago, oldguystudent said:

Realtime RPI has us at 47 with projected losses against #48 LaTech, #83 UAB, and #46 FAU.  

Do they update the projected win/loss column as the season goes or is that from pre-season? 

I’m guessing pre-season. ESPN win projector doesn’t have us losing another game. With closest game being @ UAB (~60% win percentage). 

[dml7007]

Only 4 but it is a start

 

https://collegefootball.ap.org/poll

[CMJ]

1 hour ago, oldguystudent said:

Realtime RPI has us at 47 with projected losses against #48 LaTech, #83 UAB, and #46 FAU.  

Do they update the projected win/loss column as the season goes or is that from pre-season? 

They update for basketball season, so I assume they must.

[oldguystudent]

36 minutes ago, CMJ said:

They update for basketball season, so I assume they must.

It doesn't make any sense to me that they have us losing to teams with lower RPIs, though I do understand that RPI is way more fluid in the beginning of the season than at the end, so maybe that's why. 

[MeanGreenTexan]

17 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

I honestly think the Mason Fine story paired with an undefeated team gets us some votes in this week’s poll.  Not enough to crack top 25, but maybe 4-5 or so.

[NT91]

12-0 gets us to 15?

[greenminer]

How will we handle success/attention?

[Got5onIt]

Never expected this. Wow. We are in magical season folks! Let’s hope this team doesn’t overlook anyone.

 

I swear Dickey's team got a few votes after beating Cincinnati in the NO Bowl and Mac’s team got a few after the HOD win.

[AustinFromUNT]

https://twitter.com/Ben_Baby/status/1041412602721693697

[oldguystudent]

3 minutes ago, AustinFromUNT said:

https://twitter.com/Ben_Baby/status/1041412602721693697

Now I need to go back to whatever year it was the UNT was in the top 20 under Fry. 

Edit:  It was 1977 and they didn't show up until the final poll. 

Edit edit:  They got no AP votes the entire year.  The #16 ranking was in the UPI coaches poll. 

Edited September 17, 2018 by oldguystudent

[Cooke County Kid]

Here it is.  I was a sophomore that year what an exciting time............

 

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released after the bowl games, on January 3, 1978.^[4]
Notre Dame received 23 of the 39 first-place votes; Alabama received thirteen, Arkansas two, and Texas one.^[5]

Ranking	Team	Conference	Bowl
1	Notre Dame	Independent	Won Cotton, 38–10
2	Alabama	SEC	Won Sugar, 35–6
3	Arkansas	Southwest	Won Orange, 31–6
4	Penn State	Independent	Won Fiesta, 42–30
5	Texas	Southwest	Lost Cotton, 10–38
6	Oklahoma	Big Eight	Lost Orange, 6–31
7	Pittsburgh	Independent	Won Gator, 34–3
8	Michigan	Big Ten	Lost Rose, 20–27
9	Washington	Pac-8	Won Rose, 27–20
10	Nebraska	Big Eight	Won Liberty, 21–17
11	Florida State	Independent	Won Tangerine, 40–17
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	Lost Sugar, 6–35
	USC	Pac-8	Won Bluebonnet, 47–28
14	North Carolina	ACC	Lost Liberty, 17–21
15	Stanford	Pac-8	Won Sun, 24–14
16	North Texas	Independent	none
	BYU	WAC
18	Arizona State	WAC	Lost Fiesta, 30–42
19	San Diego State	Independent	none
	NC State	ACC	Won Peach, 30–17

 

[PlummMeanGreen]

1 hour ago, Cooke County Kid said:

Here it is.  I was a sophomore that year what an exciting time............

 

The final UPI Coaches Poll was released after the bowl games, on January 3, 1978.^[4]
Notre Dame received 23 of the 39 first-place votes; Alabama received thirteen, Arkansas two, and Texas one.^[5]

Ranking	Team	Conference	Bowl
1	Notre Dame	Independent	Won Cotton, 38–10
2	Alabama	SEC	Won Sugar, 35–6
3	Arkansas	Southwest	Won Orange, 31–6
4	Penn State	Independent	Won Fiesta, 42–30
5	Texas	Southwest	Lost Cotton, 10–38
6	Oklahoma	Big Eight	Lost Orange, 6–31
7	Pittsburgh	Independent	Won Gator, 34–3
8	Michigan	Big Ten	Lost Rose, 20–27
9	Washington	Pac-8	Won Rose, 27–20
10	Nebraska	Big Eight	Won Liberty, 21–17
11	Florida State	Independent	Won Tangerine, 40–17
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	Lost Sugar, 6–35
	USC	Pac-8	Won Bluebonnet, 47–28
14	North Carolina	ACC	Lost Liberty, 17–21
15	Stanford	Pac-8	Won Sun, 24–14
16	North Texas	Independent	none
	BYU	WAC
18	Arizona State	WAC	Lost Fiesta, 30–42
19	San Diego State	Independent	none
	NC State	ACC	Won Peach, 30–17

 

OldDenton types said Hayden (as a UPI voter) made this ranking happen for North Texas & again back in 1975, but Hayden could not have possibly gotten the Mean Green to that #16 ranking all by himself inasmuch as the other high ranking for UNT a few years earlier (1975).  Duly Note:  Darrell Royal would have probably been a vote for North Texas as he had a likeness for Fry & was said to have been an apparent supporter for North Texas to gain SWC membership---problem was he seemed to be alone with that idea.  Amazingly, DKR upon his announced retirement in 1976 was even spurned on his choice for his successor at UT, one Mike Campbell.  UT Regent Frank Erwin poo'poo'ed Royal request and rather chose Fred "Dead Head"  Akers.   OH THE POLITICS THAT TAKE PLACE IN THE LONE STAR STATE! LOL! 

For newbies on Harry's message board that era was the bellcow for many of us on GMG.com until we were almost  convinced it could never happen again; that is, until now with Seth Littrell leading the charge ALONG WITH PREZ'  SMATRESK AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND WREN BAKER.

HAPPY TIMES ARE HERE AGAIN! 

GMG!

 

Edited September 17, 2018 by PlummMeanGreen
GRAMMAR, punctuation, poor vision, hard of hearing

[casual fan]

UNT  is getting some respect in the polls.

North Texas got  4 votes in  the AP top 25  and 5 votes in the Coaches poll.

People are starting to notice.

[Eagleisland]

Sorry, it this has been posted before. But, North Texas has garnered some votes in both major polls. I cannot remember the last time we saw that.

[Jason Howeth]

For reference, In the CBS Sports 26-120 rankings, Ark moved to #106.