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Originally Posted by Jake
I guess it depends on how one looks at the poll. I don't see it as making a prediction each week, so whether or not I think a team could go unbeaten is irrelevant to me in September.
I see filling out a poll as an assessment of where teams are THAT week. That's why LSU is still #1 in my poll. They're undefeated since they won the title game. If/when they lose, I'll drop them.
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I'm not convinced that's a good way to rank teams, though. While it's true that LSU has won their last three games, one of them was last year. I'd rather rank teams based on some combination of what they've done this year and what I expect them to do this year.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't rank ECU highly because I think they can go unbeaten. The only reason I'd rank them highly right now is because they've beaten two top ten teams so far (yeah, VT isn't as good as advertised, but still). That's way more than any other team can claim up to this point.