To elaborate...
If we're not getting enough respect to garner a number 25 spot right now...what makes you think if we go, say, 10-2, and should be in the Sugar Bowl spot, that we are ranked high enough to get it?
What if, God forbid, we run the table. What makes you think we won't be more likely to be left holding the bag AGAIN than we were in 04? We've got to at least get on the map, is all I'm saying...
Anything is possible, but we're just 3-0 right now and haven't come up to our true "opportunity" games yet. Remember, West Virginia wasn't ranked, so it's not like we've even had a huge "statement" game yet. We continue to win, and continue to gain respect (notice we're at least getting the "watch out for Auburn" acknowledgment).
As time goes on, if we're 10-2, that will mean we beat some highly ranked teams. As of right now, we have three Top 10 teams left on our schedule, plus Georgia. We just haven't gotten to our opportunities yet.
Most everyone is still waiting for the meat of their schedule. There is no way for everyone to keep winning. Kansas is #20, they still have Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Nebraska, Texas, and Missouri.
North Carolina still has Georgia Tech, FSU, Virginia Tech, and Miami.
Michigan still has @ MSU, @ Iowa, Penn State, and Ohio State.
Washington could easily lose this week at Stanford, or @ Notre Dame, Oregon, @ UCLA, or to #6 Cal. Nebraska is barely hanging on now, and has @ MIssouri, Texas Tech, Oklahoma, and Kansas coming.
Point is, just as our opportunities to win and move are still to come, a lot of teams opportunities to lose and drop out are still to come. If we're 6-1 after 7 games, we will be in the top 20, not just the top 25 (I guess #19 or so). If we then go into LSU and win, that will be our first "jump" game, probably moving us up into the top 15, maybe #12 or 13.
We just have to be patient and wait for those chances to make some noise. At this point we're a previously 5-7 team who has started well at 3-0, that's all.
And, we also have to realize that is just may not be for us this year. We may take one step forward and two steps back all year and end up 7-5...there's a long way to go.