First game proves why preseason ranks are BS

Or maybe Miami might be better than expected?

Week 6 IMO

Most pre-season rankings are based on last year....can be somewhat accurate but not always

Really only one poll matters and it don’t come out until October. Need to do away with other polls

Sooo right about the B1G and their dregs! Purdue beats tOSU and Auburn skullfricks them!!

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also proves that college teams should have a live scrimmage against another school in fall camp.

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Why? The polls literally change every week. All you are doing is adding a week.

Rankings shouldn't come out until week 6

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It creates a lot of bias

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It doesn't

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it does, and plenty of data supports it. It is a matter of confirmation bias where voters tend to interpret results in a manner that supports a pre-existing belief... e.g. their preseason poll order.

Any variety of things from pride, ego, group think, etc. weigh into their reluctance to change. But, it most certainly creates a bias.

A great example is a test where 1 group starts looking at a blurred pixelated image 30 seconds before the other group. Group 1 starts guessing immediately as the image slowly clears up. Group 2 joins in to view a less blurry image at the same 30 second point as Group 1. Group 2 guesses the correct image before Group 1 in spite of their early start in the vast majority of instances. It is a pretty simple concept where waiting to make a more informed decision without anchoring oneself to the cloudy assumptions of the lesser known is a better method for making decisions. It is the rationale behind delaying the first CFP poll.

However, the need to have top rated matchups to drive TV ratings and headlines on opening weekend and throughout Sept keeps the preseason polls, not named the CFP poll, alive.

Pills aren't too early people's willingness to change their poll is the problem