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It's Time to Get Rid of Preseason Polls

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1/8/19 at 8:39a in the College Sports Forum
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People have been saying this for a long time, but preseason polls are bad for football. Yes, they cook in a narrative that you have to fight with the entire season, but more than that, they are just bad at gauging a team's abilities before a game is played.

Look at the preseason Top 25 from this year. If I've bolded the team, it's because they aren't in the top 25 at season's end. 

AP Top 25 (Preseason)
Rank Team
1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Georgia
4 Wisconsin
5 Ohio State
6 Washington
7 Oklahoma
8 Miami
Auburn
10 Penn State
11 Michigan State
12 Notre Dame
13 Stanford
14 Michigan
15 USC
16 TCU
17 West Virginia
18 Mississippi State
19 Florida State
20 Virginia Tech
21 UCF
22 Boise State
23 Texas
24 Oregon
25 LSU

11 of the "media-voted" top 25 teams in the preseason ended up unranked by season's end. 3 of the top 10. 

Wait until midseason, at least, after week 6/7 to rank teams. 

 

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