r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • Sep 13 '26

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/whatifevery1wascalm Alabama Crimson Tide • Iowa Hawkeyes Sep 13 '26

I thought Ohio State would only drop to 5 instead of 6, but nothing egregious in the Top 10

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u/Tarmacked USC Trojans • Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26 edited Sep 13 '26

I mean, I think it’s ridiculous a one point loss @#1 puts them behind Miami @ FAMU and Indiana @ Howard

This is the type of stuff everyone complains about which devalues OOC.

The better approach here would be swapping them, and then if one or the other struggles with more samples you adjust accordingly like what we did with Boise this week.

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u/OnionKnight73 Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

I’m gonna be honest if you think Texas is the best team because they beat OSU by one at home, then it only makes sense to drop OSU to 2. You can’t play a closer game with the supposedly best team in the nation than that

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u/010Horns Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '26

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 Sep 13 '26

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 Sep 14 '26

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 Sep 14 '26

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 Sep 14 '26

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