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Originally Posted by TheIronColonel
I'm not convinced that's a good way to rank teams, though.
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I don't think there's a right or wrong way to do it, but I think it makes more sense than some methods because it is based more on performance and less on speculation.
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While it's true that LSU has won their last three games, one of them was last year.
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They started this season around #6 or 7 in most polls. They dropped from #1 without playing a game, and without anyone else playing a game.
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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.
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I think that's a great argument for not having polls at all until late in the season. The way it is now the second most important poll of the season is the one before it starts. Teams that people "expect to do well" get a high starting point and only have to defend it.