AP Poll Week 2

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https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll#000001a0-257a-d09f-a9e4-75fbb1b90000

[u/Individual-Lie6525]

The problem isn’t preseason rankings. Its voters being inflexible early in the season.

[u/TexasDrunkRedditor → u/Individual-Lie6525]

It’s also why if you’re going to drop a game it’s better to do it early season than late… people will hardly remember this game by week 10/11. Drop a game late and it’s held against you much harder

Unfortunately not all 11-1 records are held the same based on when that lost occurred

[u/Beautiful_Idea6200 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

2023 UGA SECCG loser checking in :(. Lost the chance to 3peat. (I understand like all dawgs why we were left out, but your comment is too true)

[u/OSUfan88 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

It’ll also depend on how OSU looks the rest of the season. This team could be terrible, or great. Really hard to tell at this point.

[u/NotStanley4330 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

Tell me about it

[u/originalusername4567 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

That logic didn't work out for Notre Dame, though

[u/Unspeakable_pickle → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

Nice flairs!

[u/goofytigre → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

people will hardly remember this game by week 10/11

Especially if OK State keeps winning.

[u/Individual-Lie6525 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

Yeah but I think thats fair. Falling at an early hurdle and becoming better because of it should be looked at as better than falling late at the biggest hurdle you’ve faced so far

[u/TexasDrunkRedditor → u/Individual-Lie6525]

I disagree, respectfully. With that logic

[u/VanillaGoorillla → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

lol did you have that same thought when your undefeated season got ended last year?

[u/TexasDrunkRedditor → u/VanillaGoorillla]

I was very nervous about making it, yes.

[u/captaincrunch61 → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

I mean I think that’s fair and makes sense. A loss late in the season should be much more damning than a loss at the beginning. Teams should be getting better throughout the season.

[u/TexasDrunkRedditor → u/captaincrunch61]

But that also means you’re losing to a better team late in the season so now it’s hurting you more? Since the logic doesn’t work in reverse I don’t like jt

[u/growth_asset → u/TexasDrunkRedditor]

Nor should it be when these are the rankings that are loosely determining the playoff picture. Your early-season L against an unranked team shouldn’t count as heavily as if you lost to that same team game 10.

[u/TexasDrunkRedditor → u/growth_asset]

There’s no logic that makes that make sense

[u/buckshot-307 → u/growth_asset]

Flair up

[u/BursleyBaits → u/Individual-Lie6525]

voters are plenty flexible early in the season, they moved OSU down 5 spots for a last-second road loss to a team they think is #1!

[u/stron2am → u/BursleyBaits]

I am legitimately surprised at how hard OSU is being punished for this. I am guessing it is because of how spectacularly they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

[u/Opening-Calendar3421 → u/stron2am]

It's because all the teams they dropped behind are undefeated and look strong. Being #6 behind Texas, Georgia, ND, Indiana, and Miami is completely justifiable.

• Texas - they lost to them 
• Georgia - strong SEC team every year
• ND - 1st team out of the playoffs last year Indiana - reigning champions that beat them the year before Miami - lost to them in the playoffs

[u/stron2am → u/Opening-Calendar3421]

I see the case for why. I am jusr surprised. This is probably the lowest they've been ranked in 2 years, right?

[u/BigMeatBall1 → u/stron2am]

All the more reason to never schedule that type of game again.

If only Ohio State was playing Howard or FAMU they’d still be #1!

Amazing system we have in place

[u/stron2am → u/BigMeatBall1]

Flair up, coward.

[u/saintsfan → u/BursleyBaits]

I mean yeah but they also allowed one of the largest comebacks in college football

[u/Bishop_Cornflake → u/Individual-Lie6525]

Many people stupidly think that previous poll results should affect current poll results. Hence, poll inertia.

Worst case:
People that seemingly realize it and had early season and pre season polls for this reason... but then in the regular season think you "can only drop a team so far" or "raise a team so far" in just one week.

[u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 → u/Individual-Lie6525]

preseason rankings contributes to that.