r/CFB • u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Michigan Wolverines • Akron Zips • Sep 13 '26

News AP Poll Week 2

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll#000001a0-257a-d09f-a9e4-75fbb1b90000
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u/OnionKnight73 Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 13 '26

I don’t understand rankings. If you really think that Texas is the best team in college football as the rankings indicate, and last week you thought the best team was Ohio State, then how do they drop to 6 after a 1-point loss in Austin? Georgia has two wins and no losses, but a one-point loss at the best team’s stadium is more impressive to me than beating Tennessee State and WKU by a million. It’s never clear to me what these polls are actually supposed to measure

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u/morelibertarianvotes Virginia Cavaliers Sep 14 '26

It actually makes plenty of sense. You need to consider that rankings are evaluations based on limited information. Prior to the game, you might've thought Ohio st would win 60% of their matches vs Texas and rank them that way. After the game, you actually know they lost, and that means they lose all 60% of that win likelihood as far as this season results go.

You don't get to play everyone against everyone to get to the point where you can granularly rank them that way, you need to text to the limited information you get.