[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Amazin69

(This is how the Committee had them ranked last week. None of them played. Nothing shoulld change.)

I'm going to stop you right here because this point you keep harping on. This is what the ND AD kept bringing up. Respectfully, you are both wrong.

From the beginning of this playoff system, the committee has stated each week's poll has no bearing on the last one. They take the season as a whole as has been played up to that point. Then everything is "rebooted" the next week. Because beating LSU back in October when they were ranked #4 is a lot different than beating them, after Thanx when they are coach shopping. So beating the Tigers back then may have meant a lot & jumped you a few spots. But it is going to get re-evaluated in December & weighed properly. And then, what was a strength of your credentials becomes the weak point on your resume.

And that is so important in this modern age of college football. Because we don't know what these teams are on Labor Day thanks to the transfer portal. Waiting til the end to make a final judgement on these teams eliminates the fantasy guesses & undue influence from pre season polls.

So I've said it before and I will say it again: Previous polls are worth diddly-squat. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Confederate dollars. Blockbuster video stock. There is absolutely no obligation for the committee to allow last week's opinion to influence this week's.

Those previous polls are designed to get sports radio talking. To give ESPN programming something to show. They are often ranked wrong on purpose just to get fans riled up. And when the final one comes out, it gets fans buzzing because something flipped that they weren't expecting. And/or someone feels snubbed.

So reasoning x team should remain in front is a bogus argument, because no one's ranking was ever set in stone pending a loss. Instead of thinking X was ranked coming into Saturday, you need to be thinking nobody was ranked coming into Saturday.