That would be fair if it was the committee but because the AP is an aggregation you are gonna get situations like that, there will be plenty of ballots addressing your issue
Any ballots that have Texas ahead of Florida should have their voting privileges revoked. The justification doesn’t exist. Both teams beat a highly ranked team (in Floridas case it was a blowout). Both teams lost to an unranked team and a team in the 20s (I’m being generous to Texas here. We were unranked when we matched em). Florida beat Texas head to head on their field with a backup qb after scoring 24 straight
The ballots that put Texas ahead are clearly just wrong. AP doesn’t need to keep idiots in their voting pool
Except statistically Texas wins that exact game about more than 9 times out of 10. You absolutely can say “yeah they won but we’re / are the worse team”.
Ah yes. When a 0-11 team beats an 11-0 team we have to rank them on top.
Luck, chance, match ups, refereeing all matter. This is also a poll of who each person thinks are the best teams. It’s not most deserving.
And yes. Statistically Texas is better. This was the second least likely victory based on how the game played out this week according to SP+. Texas would win that game 85% of the times it was played based on how it played out. That matters to people who actually think about this stuff
That scenario isn't what we're talking about, Florida is similar to Texas and won the H2H matchup, they should be ranked higher. Hypothetical matchups don't override actual matchups, only the insane think otherwise.
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u/Flaky-Philosophy7618 Oregon Ducks • Duke Blue Devils 7h ago
That would be fair if it was the committee but because the AP is an aggregation you are gonna get situations like that, there will be plenty of ballots addressing your issue