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2014 Preseason and Regular Season Polls

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Looking forward to the polls today. Expecting LSU to leap way up in the polls for upsetting (10-7) a high ranked SEC team, Ole Miss to remain in the top 10 after losing to a low-ranked but still SEC team, and OSU to drop. Nope, not pessimistic at all.
 
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Gothmog8 said:
Looking forward to the polls today. Expecting LSU to leap way up in the polls for upsetting (10-7) a high ranked SEC team, Ole Miss to remain in the top 10 after losing to a low-ranked but still SEC team, and OSU to drop. Nope, not pessimistic at all.
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Not too hard to predict, but so far right.

Coaches...
Miss at 9
MSU gets jumped by Auburn (guessing they picked up Miss' votes from the SEC homers)
Ohio State gets jumped by Baylor
LSU jumps up to 17
 
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Baylor also plays in a conference that doesn't believe in defending, at all. Yet they get a free pass. For what?

Not to mention, Ohio State was passed by a team coming off a loss to an unranked opponent (by the same margin Ohio State lost to VT) and now are on a fucking BYE WEEK. What in the exact fuck?
 
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TooTallMenardo said:
The voting this year has been so fucked. I'm just going to enjoy watching the games, if these numb skulls feel we are worthy enough to compete with the sacred SEC, then so be it. But this [Mark May] is getting ridiculous.
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The polls are a joke. Ole Miss has no business being ranked ahead of teams like TCU and Kansas State. K-State's worse loss was to a then Top 5 Auburn and they beat a Top 10 Sooner team at their place.
 
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JXC said:
No, playoff is better than no playoff...I just don't think 4 teams based on a small group with many biases is much of a way to decide things. Too easy to work the system to get the 4 teams you want in, without what happened on the field mattering. Heck, some Espin talking heads sound like both Notre Dame and FSU won. Sports don't work that way. Sports should not be a popularity contest in as far as deciding championships are concerned.

As I said years ago, the way to minimize this outside influence is to have all conferences get thier champions in, and then fill the rest of the spots (I'd assume this would be a 16 team playoff) with at-large teams. Those teams will obviously have bias, but at least 10 of the entered would be completely bias free, just based on results.

This may also encourage stronger OOC games, because losing them won't affect your conference standing, but will prepare you for conference play. And the at-large teams would need these strong games to stand out. But who freaking know. CFB scheduling is a joke. Needs a complete overhaul.

The one positive thing about the 4, is it is better than 2. 2 was still a popularity contest, now with 4 we at least have the champion decided on the field from those 4. It's just figuring out who those 4 are is impossible to do.
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the 'Power Five' needs to become the 'Power Four' with four 16-team leagues. 8 divisions of 8 teams. division winners get in. no one else. @jwinslow this keeps the regular season important.

DONE. SOLVED.
 
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TooTallMenardo said:
Baylor also plays in a conference that doesn't believe in defending, at all. Yet they get a free pass. For what?

Not to mention, Ohio State was passed by a team coming off a loss to an unranked opponent (by the same margin Ohio State lost to VT) and now are on a fucking BYE WEEK. What in the exact fuck?
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Meaningless polls are thankfully meaningless. The only poll that matters comes out on Tuesday.
 
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