Link: AP Poll Is Out And....

BamaBoySince89 · Sep 18, 2016

Louisville jumps to #3 (to the surprise of no one), ND is out. Texas falls 10 spots. I'm starting to be a believer that polls shouldn't come out until the 1st week of October at the earliest.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

JDCrimson · Sep 18, 2016

Yeah its still really hard to figure out who is good. Imo Michigan is getting too much love right now.

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Tidewater · Sep 18, 2016

BamaBoySince89 said:
Louisville jumps to #3 (to the surprise of no one), ND is out. Texas falls 10 spots. I'm starting to be a believer that polls shouldn't come out until the 1st week of October at the earliest.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

You can't stop journalists from expressing an opinion (even a structured collective opinion like a poll), but I would agree. They are pretty much worthless until 1 October.

Redwood Forrest · Sep 18, 2016

BamaBoySince89 said:
Louisville jumps to #3 (to the surprise of no one), ND is out. Texas falls 10 spots. I'm starting to be a believer that polls shouldn't come out until the 1st week of October at the earliest.

http://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings

I don't understand what a voter can do in mid October that he can't do in mid September.

NationalTitles18 · Sep 18, 2016

It's about as worthless now as a poll of this nature at any time.

Alasippi · Sep 18, 2016

Redwood Forrest said:
I don't understand what a voter can do in mid October that he can't do in mid September.

I've always thought they should wait until the teams play around five games. That way they could at least have a pretty good idea of who's really good and who's not.
Plus, if a team is ranked high in the preseason they have an advantage for staying ranked. Like 1-2 Oklahoma.

Sabanizer · Sep 18, 2016

OSU and Michigan in the top 5 wow. Pretty diverse, all power 5 in there. We have 2 in one poll. Petrino is one of those coaches that builds a machine that no one else can drive when he leaves, but he drives well when there. Glad I am not a FSU fan. I would still be in the bed if we ever had 63 put on us in a lopsided loss. I think Jimbo is fading, which helps our recruiting I think.

JBama_in_PCOLA · Sep 18, 2016

Louisville caught a bad Florida State team by surprise and Free Shoes got the worst beat down in their history. We'll see how good they are in the weeks to come.

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Probius · Sep 18, 2016

Until we have a system that doesn't involve voting, the polls will always be a problem. Pollsters get excited and vote based upon the most recent game, instead of looking at the entire body of work. That being said, the Ohio St. v. Michigan game later in the season will be a great game.

Alabama22 · Sep 19, 2016

No reason to change the fact that we have polls out early in the season. It all eventually lines up in October anyway. The preseason polls give everybody something to talk about and argue about.

The Ols · Sep 19, 2016

Like everything else in this world we live in it's driven by money...How many magazines, clicks, posts, etc. Why give it up when we ALL buy into it? Plus, we're aways pretty easy to find...

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Alabama22 said:
No reason to change the fact that we have polls out early in the season. It all eventually lines up in October anyway. The preseason polls give everybody something to talk about and argue about.

UntouchableCrew · Sep 19, 2016

I like the preseason/early polls just because they give you some frame of reference for expectations, but I definitely agree that they don't really matter until far later. The playoff selection committee has definitely gone the right direction by not releasing their first rankings until November.

drwho · Sep 19, 2016

I wondered how high Louisville would jump. That's about what I figured.

bamamc1 · Sep 19, 2016

drwho said:
I wondered how high Louisville would jump. That's about what I figured.

They are good but they are also one QB injury away from being average. That guy can PLAY.

rgw · Sep 19, 2016

The only reason any poll other than the CFP Committee Rankings exist anymore is that they need numbers to put next to school names for promos during the first 8 or 9 weeks of the season.

TidenLA · Sep 19, 2016

Can anyone beat OSU??? This guy at work seems to think OSU is a World beater...

DzynKingRTR · Sep 19, 2016

TidenLA said:
Can anyone beat OSU??? This guy at work seems to think OSU is a World beater...

yes, one of the michigan teams will beat them.

CajunCrimson · Sep 19, 2016

JBama_in_PCOLA said:
Louisville caught a bad Florida State team by surprise and Free Shoes got the worst beat down in their history. We'll see how good they are in the weeks to come.

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I'm not sure we would beat Louisville at the moment. I think we will come January. But right now we would struggle. Our schedule really does lay out well for us.

Power Eye · Sep 19, 2016

CajunCrimson said:
I'm not sure we would beat Louisville at the moment. I think we will come January. But right now we would struggle. Our schedule really does lay out well for us.

No doubt Louisville is a very good football team with Lamar Jackson, but I don't think they are going through the season without a loss. They get Clemson in 2 weeks in Death Valley. Clemson plays Georgia Tech this Thursday, so they will be coming off a game where the defensive focus will be maintaining your lane and not over-pursue. Georgia Tech is a far cry from Louisville, but to beat them I think you have to play a similar defensive scheme.

uaintn · Sep 19, 2016

Be interesting to see how Louisville handles the pressure, especially on the road. Jackson is very good. They have to protect him at all costs.

FWIW, I was traveling and had to listen to this one on the radio. Their announcers make the Barners sound objective.

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