Updated College Polls (Post-Week 1)

[CrazyPhuD]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

God love the polls.

Mizzou showed enough warts that they could've been legitimately knocked from the rankings altogether...and they actually go up in the USA Today poll.

I still don't know why they even bother with rankings until week 6 of the season. A lot of mischief would be avoided if they'd quit doing pre-season rankings and allowing the coming weeks to be nothing more than standard confirmation bias crap.

They should just be like school and get rid of the rankings entirely, every school gets an A or a B as it's ranking, for the national championship you'll draw two schools out of a hat to play each other(hey we have to be fair and equitable!).

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by CrazyPhuD

They should just be like school and get rid of the rankings entirely, every school gets an A or a B as it's ranking, for the national championship you'll draw two schools out of a hat to play each other(hey we have to be fair and equitable!).

I don't mind the rankings, but I hate that they have them before a team has even taken the field, especially in a game as volatile as college football. For all it's 'professional' mystique - we're still talking about amateur athletics here and a game played by guys that are 18-22 yrs old.

Then from there, they just spend the rest of the season moving teams up if they win and dropping them if they lose without even paying attention to how they play. Hell, in a lot of cases, the SID makes the vote.

Wait until week 6 then have your first vote. Those opinions will be far better informed and far more accurate than just throwing out a pre-season ranking and looking for reasons to maintain the status-quo.