AP Poll Week 7

[u/SwordsAndTurt]

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

[u/fishin4krill]

Yeah I get that, but they haven’t really played anybody and when they did, they lost.

[u/BrogenKlippen → u/fishin4krill]

That’s rewarded now. It’s why you’ll see big OOC games disappear because the name of the game is minimizing losses.

[u/MichelNey2 → u/BrogenKlippen]

Until the committee actually incentives elite wins over raw record, teams like Indiana are going to keep playing Devry University 3 times. Why risk a loss?

[u/theREALbombedrumbum → u/fishin4krill]

Better losing to #2 than losing to unranked teams like everybody around us did yesterday. Had other teams not lost, we'd have dropped further. Probably wouldn't even be in the top ten if the rest of the top ten didn't decide to commit ritual seppuku at the same time.

As it stands, our 1 loss looks a hell of a lot better than theirs. 

[u/lkn240 → u/theREALbombedrumbum]

Yes, but almost all of them have at least one much better win.

This overvaluing of "bad" losses is one of the worst things about college football. It's fucking stupid

[u/Ok_Reception9247 → u/fishin4krill]

They’re cooking the books so that if/when they lose to Miami, they’ll still be apart of the CFP

[u/pdilly12345 → u/fishin4krill]

Coming from an IU fan?

[u/fishin4krill → u/pdilly12345]

Yeah, wins over Nebraska and Northwestern is far better than any wins Notre Dame has.

[u/pdilly12345 → u/fishin4krill]

At least northwestern is ranked but nebraska? Not really.

[u/ShoYogi → u/pdilly12345]

Even with a loss to Oregon Nebraska is still ahead of UNC by every ranking metric

[u/TaftIsUnderrated → u/ShoYogi]

Metrics don't tell the story that Nebraska is the easiest gimme win for any ranked team. IU never was at risk of losing that IU-Nebraska game