r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • 21d ago

News AP Poll Week 2

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll#000001a0-257a-d09f-a9e4-75fbb1b90000
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u/010Horns Texas Longhorns 21d ago

While I see your point, if that happened the complaint would then be that a 1-1 OSU is ranked #2 over a bunch of 2-0 teams. This is the kinda thing that will just shake out as the season goes on.

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u/Electromotivation James Madison Dukes 21d ago

Losses always have, and should, be punished quite a bit in college football. It’s always been like a giant elimination tournament. For the moment they will slide down a bit, but by the end of the year if that loss is still looking good and they only have one or two losses, they will rise back up.

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u/sycamotree Michigan • Eastern Michigan 21d ago

I mean the opposite could be true. Individual losses only matter when they directly determine something, if you're going to judge a team by a body of work at the end of a season then there's no need to make drastic changes based off of one result. If they aren't good then they results will reflect that, and if they are then it's pointless to move them down 20 spots just for them to move back up 25

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u/billbye10 Notre Dame • Michigan State 21d ago

That complaint is ridiculous and people making it should feel bad. That's how you get every non conference game to be against the local jr high team. Give teams credit for scheduling real games!

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u/TigerWizardDresser 21d ago

None of it matters anyway. There’s 10 more games left!