College Football
WVU Still Getting Votes in AP Top 25 Despite Poor Play to Open Season
While this might sound crazy, watching WVU lose 34-12 to Penn State wasn’t enough for the Mountaineers to fall completely out of the top 25 picture. In fact, West Virginia is still receiving votes in one major poll.
Shockingly, WVU earned two votes in the Associated Press poll.
Below are the other teams outside of the actual rankings to secure votes.
Texas A&M 97, Boston College 49, Boise St. 47, Iowa St. 32, Memphis 27, Nebraska 27, SMU 23, Washington 20, Liberty 12, Vanderbilt 8, Wisconsin 8, Auburn 8, Tulane 4, North Carolina 4, UTSA 3, Appalachian St. 3, Kentucky 2, West Virginia 2, Arkansas 2, UNLV 1, Colorado 1.
Despite tons of fanfare and hype, WVU failed to even stay competitive with the Nittany Lions on the Fox “Big Noon Kickoff” national stage. But even though fans are disappointed, Neal Brown has one clear message to fans doubting the Mountaineers.
WVU HC Neal Brown Asks Fans to Have Faith Despite Penn State Performance
Brown, who knows there are plenty of West Virginia fans who now regret buying in throughout the offseason, does not want to lose the faith of Mountaineer Nation just yet. During his weekly press conference on Monday, Brown told the fans to not lose faith after just one game. Brown then added that he still has a good team and they’re going to go out and show it.
Brown’s rallying cry to fans came after reiterating a lot of what he said immediately following the game on Saturday. At that time, Brown said WVU “played bad football” before getting to any further analysis. And Brown did more of the same after watching film all Sunday.
“I’m not sure we could have beat a subpar team on Saturday. The product on the field is on me and I wasn’t very fired up about it,” said a clearly frustrated Brown.
Next up for West Virginia is a home matchup with Albany and then a trip to Pittsburgh for another edition of the Backyard Brawl.
For a related story, WV Sports Now’s Mike Asti provided his takeaways from WVU’s loss to Penn State.
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