How does this happen?

[ohio herd]

Looking at USA Today 1-130 poll. We win on the road and drop 13 spots. Ohio barely beats Howard at home and gains 2 spots.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...football-auburn-notre-dame-lsu-climb/11879180

 

[Y.A.G Si Ye Nots]

IT'S BECAUSE ESPN HAS A CONSPIRACY AGAINST CONFERENCE USA!

What? USA Today isn't owned by ESPN? Oh, never mind.

 

[Jeepers Creepers]

Looking at USA Today 1-130 poll. We win on the road and drop 13 spots. Ohio barely beats Howard at home and gains 2 spots.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...football-auburn-notre-dame-lsu-climb/11879180

The USA Today NCAA re-rank is not a poll. It is not the collective opinion of USA Today sports writers. It is one man's opinion (Paul Myerberg).

 

[herdfan429]

Who cares it’s week fvcking one

 

[The Real SamC]

The USA Today NCAA re-rank is not a poll. It is not the collective opinion of USA Today sports writers. It is one man's opinion (Paul Myerberg).

THIS.

And not only is is just one "man's" opinion, that man is a millennial rich kid who has been covering college sports for darn near five years.

I would lay $1000 that Myerberg could not tell you what state Marshall, or 90% of schools not named for a state or city, is even in; the names of 10 G5 head coaches; 5 players on any team outside the top 25; or the difference between Eastern Kentucky and Western Kentucky. He is a know nothing.

Like most people at USAT.

 

[Jeepers Creepers]

I would lay $1000 that Myerberg could not tell you what state Marshall, or 90% of schools not named for a state or city, is even in; the names of 10 G5 head coaches; 5 players on any team outside the top 25.

This is likely true. However, Myerberg does tend to give G5 schools higher rankings than most actual polls.

 

[The Real SamC]

This is likely true. However, Myerberg does tend to give G5 schools higher rankings than most actual polls.

That is true. And probably mostly a function of, as you so correctly point out, this is not a poll. He is listing the teams from 1 to 130.

I never really liked it when, be it us or whoever, people extrapolate the real polls and say things like "X team is 31st". No. The poll asked no body to pick 31 teams, just 25. X team was in the "also receiving votes" column. If you add their points up it is 31st best, but no body actually said anything about 31 teams.

 

[ARandomHerdFan]

 

[mlblack16.]

because once you get beyond the top 50, it's just made up BS

 

[ohio herd]

because once you get beyond the top 50, it's just made up BS

no doubt cause Ohio played beyond terrible against a average FCS school on Saturday