Quote:I think all of this can be solved by not having preseason polls. Let the season play out for 5-6 weeks. The folks in the media simply don't know enough/can't keep up/really are clueless to do a preseason polls. 

 

Look at Iowa. No one on this board, let alone the media would have had Iowa in the top 15, let alone #3 and on the verge of a playoff spot. Who'd a thunk Georgia Tech would have been as bad as they are after a phenomenal season? 

 

The coaches poll preseason wise, was not much different. Fact of the matter of it is, preseason polls are probably a bit to difficult to do. Even at that though the cream always rises.

 

The AP creates the polls purely to have something to talk about.  They could care less if SEC fans toot their own horn for having the best conference or if ACC fans get mad that the SEC has 10 teams in the top 25 to start out the year.  That's the point, to get people to talk. 

 

Besides that, it's all a pure guess at that point.  It's the main reason the playoff committee waits so long for their first poll to come out.  The AP has all the right in the world to put the poll out, it's the fans that need to relax and not give it so much importance.

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