re: SEC coaches records vs final AP top 25 teams

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Let's all congratulate Appy State on beating a top-10 aTm, team last year. Sure, they finished the season 2-6 in conference and 5-7 overall...but those week 2 rankings are really important and something to hang your hat on.

I won't say that weeks 1-12 don't matter...but the rankings in weeks 1-6 are pretty much a crap shoot on accuracy. There just isn't enough data to make an accurate assessment.

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100% this. Early season rankings are frequently way off for many teams, so using only the final AP after completeing a full schedule makes the most sense.

List is surprising in some ways and not really in others. Interesting list overall.