Bryan’s Ruminations

Where I think hard, try to be fair, and sometimes get carried away.
Home Blog Books Podcasts Uses About Contact
Home Blog Books Podcasts Uses About Contact
Home Blog Posts Polls Are A Farce

Polls Are A Farce

by Bryan on in Sports

Texas was ranked #5 and lost a hard-fought, close game to #3 ou and drops 6 spots to #11 in the AP poll. #4 Oregon loses a shootout to unranked Stanford and drops 7 spots to #11 in the AP poll. Does this seem right to you? It doesn't seem right to me. It will be interesting to see what happens when the polls come out after this coming weekends games, when #2 ou or #3 Nebraska will be handed their first loss of the season. I bet anyone willing, that regardless of who loses, they will not fall out of the top 10. In fact, assuming that Texas takes care of business against Missouri, I bet that they loser does not fall below Texas, which has worked their way back to #7 just barely behind Florida. Florida...there is a team that was #1 in the land and lost to an unranked team. They fell 6 spots to #7. So I just can't figure out how in world Texas barely loses to a higher ranked team and end up where they do, while other teams in similar positions completely bomb to unranked teams and don't fall farther back?

F*ck the pollsters. Give me a playoff system.


Newer Older
Categories
📚 Books 4 🍴 Eats and Drinks 18 🏫 Education 1 🍎 Health and Fitness 172 ⭐ Reviews 6 🔐 Security 2 ℹ️ Site Information 24 🧳 Travel 2 Companies That Could Do Better 2 Cool Stuff 8 Cutting The Cord 4 Day Job 3 Developer Stuff 56 Entertainment 6 Family & Friends 26 In General 114 IndieWeb 1 My Weight Loss Journey 3 🗒️Notes To Myself 1 Politics 3 Project 18,253 8 Sports 68 Technology 27 Weblog Applications 23
© 2026 - Bryan Daneman - RSS
Home About Uses
Archives Books Podcasts Contact
Bluesky Mastodon LinkedIn Github Strava