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[AlaskaGuy]

Projecting preseason AP Top 25 college football rankings

 

[AlaskaGuy]

13. Washington Huskies

 

[Hang_On_Sloopy08]

I’m tired of being ranked behind anybody.

 

[ellupo]

I’m tired of being ranked behind anybody.

The only rankings that matter are being in the top 4 at the end of the regular season and #1 after the playoffs.

 

[Hang_On_Sloopy08]

The only rankings that matter are being in the top 4 at the end of the regular season and #1 after the playoffs.

Trust me I know. Two years in a row ass fucked.

 

[outofyourmind]

I can live with that.

 

[rmilia1]

CFB. The only sport where rankings that occur before anyone even plays a game impact who makes the playoffs at season end .

Woop-dee-doo

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

Washington is 13 spots too high.

 

[Across The Field]

CFB. The only sport where rankings that occur before anyone even plays a game impact who makes the playoffs at season end .

Woop-dee-doo

Not really. The committee has shown that they're not that concerned with the polls based on where they place teams.

 

[Red_Alert]

CFB. The only sport where rankings that occur before anyone even plays a game impact who makes the playoffs at season end .

Woop-dee-doo

How is that?

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

How is that?

See -- Nebraska's 1997 Coaches Poll national title.

 

[Red_Alert]

See -- Nebraska's 1997 Coaches Poll national title.

The one where Nebraska went 13-0 and the Big 10 refused to join the Bowl Alliance so they could hide in the Rose Bowl against lesser opponent #8 Washington St.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

The one where Nebraska went 13-0 and the Big 10 refused to join the Bowl Alliance so they could hide in the Rose Bowl against lesser opponent #8 Washington St.

It's not like we could choose mid-season to adjust that bowl tie in. Plenty of error in the way CFB was handled pre-playoff.

 

[outofyourmind]

See -- Nebraska's 1997 Coaches Poll national title.

Who was the best team in 1997/Nebraska or Michigan/Discuss

 

[Red_Alert]

This is how much of a flaming idiot Maize&Blew is.

CFB. The only sport where rankings that occur before anyone even plays a game impact who makes the playoffs at season end .

Woop-dee-doo

How is that?

See -- Nebraska's 1997 Coaches Poll national title.

Nebraska was not even preseason #1 in 1997. They were #6 in both polls.

1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings - Wikipedia

That's how much of a flaming idiot Maize&Blew is.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Who was the best team in 1997/Nebraska or Michigan/Discuss

Right. Accepting that data as factual assumes that the majority of posters on here (myself included) aren't idiots.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

This is how much of a flaming idiot Maize&Blew is.







Nebraska was not even preseason #1 in 1997. They were #6 in both polls.

1997 NCAA Division I-A football rankings - Wikipedia

That's how much of a flaming idiot Maize&Blew is.

You don't seem to understand the argument. Nebraska started higher in both polls than Michigan. It's very likely that helped determine the final rankings. @rmilia1's post has nothing to do with teams only being ranked #1. We've seen it plenty of times before. Teams who start higher are harder to jump and stay ahead of in the polls. Teams who start high in the polls are at an advantage because climbing a poll and jumping those already ranked high is hard.

 

[Red_Alert]

It's not like we could choose mid-season to adjust that bowl tie in. Plenty of error in the way CFB was handled pre-playoff.

You didn't have to "choose mid-season"

The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition in 1992 which was formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1993 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1994 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.

The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Alliance in 1995 which was formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1996 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1997 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.

You had 6 fucking years of January's to join. Not "Mid-season".

The Big 10 did not want to join those agreements meant to pit #1 vs #2 because they figured their chances of winning a national title were better against lesser opponents in the Rose Bowl.
i.e The last minute 21-16 win over #8 Washington St. while Nebraska was destroying Peyton Mannings #3 Tennessee 42-17.

Bowl Coalition - Wikipedia
Bowl Alliance - Wikipedia

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

You didn't have to "choose mid-season"

The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition in 1992 which was formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1993 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1994 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.

The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Alliance in 1995 which was formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1996 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.
The Big 10 could have chosen to join the Bowl Coalition which was still in place in 1997 and formed to match #1 vs #2 at the end of the season.

You had 6 fucking years of January's to join. Not "Mid-season".

The Big 10 did not want to join those agreements meant to pit #1 vs #2 because they figured their chances of winning a national title were better against lesser opponents in the Rose Bowl.
i.e The last minute 21-16 win over #8 Washington St. while Nebraska was destroying Peyton Mannings #3 Tennessee 42-17.

Bowl Coalition - Wikipedia
Bowl Alliance - Wikipedia

Yup, I agree. No need to be so angry. The B10 as a conference could have chosen a different path, they didn't. So we ended up with a split title.

 

[Red_Alert]

You don't seem to understand the argument. Nebraska started higher in both polls than Michigan. It's very likely that helped determine the final rankings. @rmilia1's post has nothing to do with teams only being ranked #1. We've seen it plenty of times before. Teams who start higher are harder to jump and stay ahead of in the polls. Teams who start high in the polls are at an advantage because climbing a poll and jumping those already ranked high is hard.

Shut up, stupid. You're a crying little 2 year old.