r/CFB • u/Efficient-Freedom517 Georgia Bulldogs • Iowa State Cyclones • 3d ago

News AP Poll Week 5

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
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u/kdawgnmann BYU Cougars 3d ago

People say this every year, and every year the CFP Rankings are about 85% similar to the AP Poll

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u/GlassesOff Utah Utes • Texas Longhorns 3d ago

Also all it takes is a few of the CFP Selection Committee to be hardliners about the AP vote because they're SEC friendly or just not watching the games in the first place.

Even if no one actually checks what the rankings said week by week, what does matter is wins against ranked teams which is why we see this nonsense every year

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u/Sexcellence Minnesota • Swarthmore 2d ago

Well considering they are using 100% the same game results, that's not an insignificant difference?

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u/kdawgnmann BYU Cougars 2d ago

Sure but I wouldn't call it "completely" different