LawDawg
Sic 'em Dawgs ... woof!
did a little research and Alabama dropped to just 4th after losing to #15 A&M. after beating powerhouse western Carolina the following week they moved up 2 spots to 2nd....SMH. had Alabama dropped to 10-12 range they wouldn't have been able to get back in championship game even with win vs georgia... sec bias lives
I agree there is a bias ... there always is and always will be. Typically it is for the traditional powerhouses. I can't tell you the times I would bitch when Notre Dame would start out 20th, win 2 games and be in the top 5 (just an example). Right now there is SEC bias. Winning 7 straight NCs, something that has never been done, tends to make that happen. Who knows, one day maybe it will be another conference.
As for Bama, you can complain about the drop of 2 spots ... as a Dawg, I know I did. If that had been no. 2 UGa losing to TAMU, we would have dropped to 6 or 7 (I'd have to look at the standings at that point to know exactly where they would drop). But there is no question that any team that wasn't UT, OU, USCw, ND, OSU, UM would have dropped further. That's the top all-time programs bias we all live with.
But, you are wrong on the move the following week. It has nothing to do with who they played, and everything to do with the fact that the two teams in front of them lost (that was the week K-State and Oregon lost, I believe).