#22 in AP poll

[lawgator1]

Confirmation bias is the #1 driver of every poll before October.

That is arguably what drives pretty much any poll, at any point.

 

[kxtop]

Alabama drops to right in front of us. Both Texas A&M AND Oklahoma debut in front of us after beating G5/FCS teams. Iowa State jumps 6 spots for beating a Kansas St team that nearly lost to an FCS squad. What an utter farce.

Complete joke!

 

[jimed1]

Ahh. My bad.

That leads me to my next question…. Shouldn’t OU have needed to show something to get ranked after 6-7last year?

Yep. It's all messed up right now. I guess they think OU's new OC and QB would make them better.

 

[RDU VOL#14]

Was Texas not Number 1?

You’re right Texas was #1, Ohio St #3.

 

[Volanta]

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Alabama should not be ranked.

 

[Krunchi]

By facing a Michigan team that went 8-5 last year and is also being propped up without showing anything?

You're B1tching about polls it'll fix itself in the next two weeks just beat Georgia.

 

[deatojl]

You're B1tching about polls it'll fix itself in the next two weeks just beat Georgia.

I'm not b1tching about anything. You said we would know about Oklahoma Saturday night. If they beat another team that was mediocre last season but have an inflated preseason ranking, what will that actually tell anyone about how good Oklahoma is?

 

[barknoxbrawler]

Polls are not very meaningful until about midway through the season.

 

[dduncan4163]

So we handle a quality ACC opponent and Bama gets man handled by theirs, but they're still ranked higher.

What a joke

 

[gobravesvols16]

If LSU goes 10-2 with that schedule they deserve to be on the playoff. It’s brutal. The SEC is going to eat each other this year

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

How do you drop Texas 6 spots for losing to the #1 on the road by basically a half yard, while only dropping Notre Dame 3 spots?

Easy. They have to keep ND close to or in the Top 10 to ensure they make the playoffs. So if, realistically, they stay Top 8-13 and only lose one more, then they have the argument to make the playoffs. The fact they get a carve out just for their name is complete .

 

[dduncan4163]

you can literally see the bias between the treatment of teams that played during other big games, versus the treatment of teams that played island/primetime games

Yup

 

[Krunchi]

I'm not b1tching about anything. You said we would know about Oklahoma Saturday night. If they beat another team that was mediocre last season but have an inflated preseason ranking, what will that actually tell anyone about how good Oklahoma is?

It really doesn't matter for any SEC or Big-10 team you get plenty of chances to move up by winning games but if you're in the ACC or Big-12 you have a more difficult time doing because of SOS.

 

[knoxvol52]

The only rankings that matters is the CFP rankings and as long as Tennessee is within the top 11 and above I'm good... These early season polls are just for entertainment and fan reaction...

 

[barknoxbrawler]

If LSU goes 10-2 with that schedule they deserve to be on the playoff. It’s brutal. The SEC is going to eat each other this year

It does every year. Nothing new.

 

[Brave Volunteer]

Jeez I feel like we are still being penalized for the OSU game.

 

[Sarms58]

SCAR at #10 is laughable.

Yea, I think they’re a good team but beating VT doesn’t make you a top 10 team anymore than beating Syracuse does…both South Carolina and Tennessee had good wins in their season openers but way too early to jump to conclusion….

Now Alabama just sucks and that’s objective fact!

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

Tennessee is 17th in coaches poll abd bama is 20th. Coaches poll is much more realistic. If the AP can’t do any better they need to quit. They obviously don’t watch all the games and go more on name recognition and popularity. They are a joke. GBO

 

[Volinnooga]

That’s ridiculous . Kept an 0-1 Alabama in front of an 1-0 Tennessee. Comical

Same reason you had Alabama at 8 to begin with. No starting QB experience and coming off a bit of a down year, and they get picked as #8. It's cause they are Bammer.

 

[Go aeiou]

About right.
We beat a not very good Syracuse team. They are expected to finish near the bottom of the ACC.

 

[deatojl]

It really doesn't matter for any SEC or Big-10 team you get plenty of chances to move up by winning games but if you're in the ACC or Big-12 you have a more difficult time doing because of SOS.

I agree with that point. What is stupid about the preseason polls is they aren't really based on any tangible data, just what writers think about teams before the season starts with bias going toward the biggest brands. Eventually, it will work itself out to a degree. However, teams like Alabama can get trucked by an unranked FSU who only won 1 FBS game last season(2 total wins) and still be ranked higher than Tennessee, who dominated a Syracuse team that won 10 games last year in the same conference as FSU al because of who they thought would be good before anyone played a game.

 

[Vol Farmer]

That’s ridiculous . Kept an 0-1 Alabama in front of an 1-0 Tennessee. Comical

 

[ALLINVOL9]

Guess we’ll just have to take all of the disrespect and use it to beat Ga in a couple of weeks. They won’t have choice but to put us in the top 10 then.

 

[LieutenantNeyland]

LSU is fools gold as well. They love Clemson and Cade for no apparent reason. Must be due to how exciting getting on a bus and driving 100 yards and running down hill is.

 

[dillyo51]

It matters not where the pollsters ranks UT, they are always number 1 in my heart.