Danny Kanell has 3 SEC teams ranked in his post-Week 2 top 8
Week 2 is in the books for college football, and what a week it was. It was filled with upsets and near upsets and tight matchups.
However, the teams at the top of the standings mostly took care of business (other than No. 9 Texas, who lost to No. 6 LSU).
On Sunday morning, former Florida State QB and current analyst Danny Kanell released his updated top-8 team list, and he included 3 SEC squads:
2 weeks in the books….here’s my top 8 #DKtop8
1. Clemson
2. Bama
3. LSU
4. Ohio State
5. Oklahoma
6. Wisconsin
7. Michigan
8. GeorgiaNot in consideration: Tenn, UM, UCLA
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) September 8, 2019
Georgia is in the mix again after being left out last week. That’s due to Texas dropping out of the rankings.
Where will Kanell rank these teams after Week 3? Tune in next Sunday to find out.
Kanell is an idiot, and having Michigan in his stupid list is more proof of that
WHAT THE FLIPPING HELL HAS HE SEEN OUT OF MU TO THINK THEY DESERVE TO BE IN THE TOP 25 LET ALONE THE TOP 7?? Army should have won that game. Army in no uncertain terms outplayed MU from start to finish. Sick and tired of this love affair the media has with that one stupid team when each and every single year, they collapse in the 2 or 3 games where they face real competition and look like clowns, but get credit for playing one of the weakest schedules every year in the weakest conference.
To put UGA at 8th behind Michigan shows an absolute ignorance for the game. Who are you to even be making a list and why do we care??
UGA>Army>Mich….just saying
My top 8:
1. LSU
2. Clemson
3. BAMA
4/5. UGA/Ohio State(that’s a tough one)
6. Auburn
7/8. Wisconson/ OUplay somebody first)
Yea Kanell. That’s what sense looks like.
Rankings should fluctuate a lot during first few weeks. Why Clemsom stays one and not LSU when LSU clearly had the better first two weeks, I dont know. Guess better is not as important as preseason rankings
What do we know about Texas? What if they are their usual 8-5 type team? Putting LSU, a team that hasn’t been anywhere near championship quality since 2011, at #1 (ahead of the two teams that have won the last 4 national championships) is lunacy.
I am taking into account years past. If so yes LSU is not backed by history to be ranked #1. However, from what we know about Texas being ranked #9 and play at Texas, LSU has the best win of the season so far. They played very solid and therefore I think they deserve to be #1 until they show otherwise. If LSU struggles next week then bring them down some. The ranking sort themselves out eventually so no worries bro
Forgive the grammar I am NOT taking into account years prior
I saw Alabama at #2 and LSU at #3 and thought “Ok, maybe Kanell is on hid meds” this season. Then I found Georgia at #8, behind a joke of a Michigan team, and that notion was quickly dispelled.
I would say
1 Clemson
2 Alabama
3 Georgia
4 LSU
5 Oklahoma
6 Ohio State
you can insert a team for 7/8. These above are the clear 6 best teams. I wanted to give LSU some love for a great victory in Austin but a)the defense wasn’t convincing and b)everybody above them won convincingly and i don’t want to punish teams for doing what they are supposed to do. i believe that these 6 will make up the 4 in the playoffs.
after the top 6 there are a bunch of teams trying to take the next step. texas, michigan, auburn, florida, washington, utah, notre dame are all trying to differentiate themselves from each other. some of these games will decide if these teams can step up
Auburn vs Florida Oct.5 (if both teams remain unscathed)
Texas vs Oklahoma Oct. 12
Michigan vs Wisconsin Sept. 21
Utah vs Washington Nov. 2
I think other teams like Wisconsin, winner of the Cy-Hawk game next week, and maybe Oregon or A&M have an oppourtunity to make some noise as well
Great rankings. Injuries will ultimately play a huge role. If Lawrence, Tua,Fromm, Fields, Hurts, etc. Get hurt then things change alot and should mention LSU QB too haha which is crazy cause LSU was sick of that guy at one point last year
you right…
god forbid something happen to joe but he refuses to slide as we all know
idk what you guys think but if michigan loses at wisconsin in 2 weeks i would think his seat gets a lot warmer. they are as disappointing as LSU’s “new offense” prior to this year
In other news, my weird neighbors still have a cardboard cutout of a ghoul in their garage window.
As long as this ridiculously-biased idiot isn’t on the playoff committee, he can rank to his little heart’s content. No more valid opinion than yours or mine.
With a GATOR on the committee I don’t see him getting an invite. He does have GA too low. Wonder where he ranks the Noles?
No. 1 in his wittle heart of hearts, I’m sure ;-)
Yeah, the committee this year has the ADs from both Florida and Georgia Tech. If UGA wants to get in the playoff, best not leave much to debate in that room.
I agree with LSU at 3. Having Michigan in any sort of top 8 (or 10, really) after being taken to the wire by Army (in a game Army probably should have won) is a clear display of how disconnected Kanell is.
I’m sick of idiotic people who think Army is not a good football team. They went 10-3 last year and took OU to overtime, who made the playoff. Michigan is transitioning to a new offense and played a disciplined triple option team their second game of the season while most SEC teams played cupcake FCS teams or horrible FBS teams. Army would beat the bottom half of the SEC, which isn’t hard to do. Michigan held a running option team to under 200 yards. Michigan has to clean up the fumbles and Patterson has to stop being careless but everybody hating on Michigan needs to chill. It’s only the 2nd game of the season and everybody is over reacting. Harbaugh, yes is in a make it or break it year even though he has almost a 75% winning percentage. He cant win the big games and fans are pissed at about it. Georgia only scored 9 points the 2nd half against Vandy who just got scorched for 510 yards in the air against PURDUE. Auburn struggled with Tulane for most of the night. Florida barely beat a Miami team who just lost UNC. It’s only the 2nd week of the season. Everybody needs to chill with ranking teams until the meat of the season.
“Everybody needs to chill”
Frankly, it sounds like you should take your own advice. Not sure why you got so worked up about Michigan. And I never said or implied Army wasn’t good. Top 10 teams generally shouldn’t be taken into overtime by unranked teams though. Yes, it is obviously very early in the season. Nevertheless, chill out.