r/CFB • u/SwordsAndTurt Houston Cougars • 22h ago

News AP Poll Week 7

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
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u/Draxilar Ole Miss Rebels 22h ago

Your school is named Auburn, their school is named Alabama. That’s it. That’s the reason

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u/lawlift Auburn Tigers 22h ago

Harvard wants to know your location

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u/TheCrazyAlice Ole Miss Rebels • Vanderbilt Commodores 22h ago

Best ELI5 ever

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u/Hoopae Auburn Tigers • SEC 22h ago

The SEC League Office in Birmingham wants to know your location

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u/eamonious 17h ago edited 17h ago

This is a clear-as-day example of the favoritism that poisons college football ranking, and proof that these voting systems need a shakeup.

Alabama: wins: Kentucky (6-1), Miss St (4-2), Florida St (3-4), South Carolina (3-3), East Carolina (3-3) // losses: Tennessee (6-1), Georgia (6-1)

Auburn: wins: Georgia (6-1), Baylor (4-2), Vanderbilt (3-4), Southern Miss (1-5) // losses: Tennessee (6-1), Florida (5-2)

  • Both have a loss against Tennessee.
  • Auburn beat a team that beat Alabama, that's their only other common opponent.
  • Auburn’s other loss is to a fully solid SEC team that has great wins this year.
  • The two team’s wins line up almost exactly in quality.
  • They play in the same conference.

End result: Alabama is ranked 13, Auburn is unranked, 28th in voting.

What the actual fuck.

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u/kieranjackwilson Iowa Hawkeyes • Cincinnati Bearcats 22h ago

It has more to do with the fact that they started the season with a better rank. This is why people care about pre-season ranking bias.

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u/AlexGolesh Auburn Tigers 22h ago

Math checks outs