Dawgs Stay At 10 In Coaches Poll

Don't matter. Just win baby

One goal:

Win the east baby!

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We could have easily dropped a few spots

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no. we won 34-0 on the road. just no.

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no. we won 34-0 on the road. just no.

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Doesn't matter. Voters rank teams based on how they'll fare in their remaining games based on the available roster. Losing Gurley hurts the prevailing opinion of Georgia's chances, and winning by 34 on the road doesn't change that, especially when we needed 40 something touches from Nick Chubb.

In the preseason polls, Ohio State was ranked #5 or #6. Then they lost their qb for the year. In the first game they beat Navy by 17 on the road, and dropped 3 spots in the AP poll, one spot in the coaches poll. I'm fairly certain they would have dropped even if they had won by a bigger margin, because the voters were evaluating a different team without Braxton Miller. The following week when tOSU played a better opponent, that voter skepticism was validated.


Maybe UGA can play lights out defense in coming games, and maybe we can continue to win with a heavy dose of Chubb and short passing even as we face better defenses. But we are a less effective offense without Gurley, and there's no rule that says poll voters must make those assumptions. If we get word this week that Gurley is out for a prolonged period, I wouldn't be surprised if we dropped in the next poll even with a victory against Arky.

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This is retarded. Polls are not Vegas futures.

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So what is your interpretation of how voters decide on rankings?

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Don't matter. Just win baby

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Exactly. Another loss reduces us to .... I ain't even thinking that way. Let's run the table and play in the dome.

We move up from 13th to 10th in the AP poll...

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I would argue that a large component of preseason polls are based upon expected performance in the future and that carries over throughout the season, albeit to a lesser degree.

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Prior performance. Strength of schedule. Margin of victory. Style.

Future schedule has shite to do with polls.

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Pollsters base their rankings on the perceived talent/coaching of each team, and they also consider how that team will fare against future opponents, including possible post-season games. If a team is 6-0 right now, but still has the meat of their schedule with 5 or 6 tough games left, some voters will consider the possibility of future losses when they assign a ranking. If a team plays an entire weak schedule, they may be ranked lower because they're not considered likely to be successful in the post-season.

Likewise, if a team loses a player or players considered critical to that team's success, and that team still has several tough games left, some voters may change their assessment of the team's future outcomes. That's what happened to Ohio State at the beginning of the season and it wouldn't be surprising if that had happened to UGA, and it still could depending no what we learn about Todd Gurley's future with the team.

I'm actually surprised that Georgia didn't drop a spot or two this week despite a very nice win on the road. Our offense has been heavily dependent on the run game, and we're currently without 4 of our 6 tailbacks. We still face several tough SEC games against good defenses and it's uncertain if Chubb and Douglas can continue to carry this workload without some help. Hopefully the defense and the passing game have turned the corner, but we're a different team without Gurley either way..