Can someone explain? Rankings question

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TNHopeful505 said:
How A&M can beat vandy by 5 at home and only drop 3 spots in the polls, but we beat South Carolina on the road and drop from 16 to 21?

That just doesnt seem right
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I believe we were 25th in the preseason AP Poll but moved up to 15th a couple weeks ago when they dropped the leagues that weren't playing. They added those teams back in this week.

Vols in the Polls
Preseason: 25 AP, RV Coaches
Sept. 13: 15 AP, 17 Coaches
Sept. 20: 16 AP, 21 Coaches
Sept. 27: 21 AP, 20 Coaches
 
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TNHopeful505 said:
How A&M can beat vandy by 5 at home and only drop 3 spots in the polls, but we beat South Carolina on the road and drop from 16 to 21?

That just doesnt seem right
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4 fumbles lost by 1 player in extremely rare and unlikely to happen again...i bet w/o those fumbles Vandy gets run....thats my guess....from the stats alone...havent watched the game...going to tonight 🤪
 
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Freak said:
I believe we were 25th in the preseason AP Poll but moved up to 15th a couple weeks ago when they dropped the leagues that weren't playing. They added those teams back in this week.

Vols in the Polls
Preseason: 25 AP, RV Coaches
Sept. 13: 15 AP, 17 Coaches
Sept. 20: 16 AP, 21 Coaches
Sept. 27: 21 AP, 20 Coaches
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Well. That makes sense. I still don't like it though.
 
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It was purely the re-introduction of the B10 and PAC into the polls. Inserting Ohio State at #6, Penn State at #10, Oregon at #14, and Wisconsin at #19 explains almost all of our 5-position shift to #21. The last piece of that is the voters rewarding Mississippi State for knocking off the defending national champs by adding the Bulldogs at #16.

Meanwhile, only two of those teams affected A&M, because they started higher in the standings. Ohio State and Penn State pushed them down two spots, and they lost a spot because of their sloppy play against an inferior team.

So, net effect: we didn't get punished at all, we're actually up 4 spots from a pre-season #25 ranking (the last time the B10 and PAC were included), while A&M got punished just a little bit (loss of one spot for poor play).*

Go Vols!


* funnily enough, A&M fans could make the argument they weren't punished at all...since their pre-season ranking of #13, and their current ranking of #13, puts them with no net change from the absence and return of the B10/PAC.
 
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Boy!! They sure are trying to help the B10!! It's hard to understand how they can "shove" those teams right up there with nothing to go on. Looks like a preseason poll evaluation was used for them. Not what has happened on the field.
 
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what else would you use as a metric?

The B10 teams actually took a considerable hit from their original preseason polling positions. Look at Michigan.

Better to "shove" them in now rather than later. It's just September anyway, does it matter?
 
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