College FB Polls

[CajunDreDog]

Here is a link to a site that list MANY MANY different polls! We are ranked anywhere from #31 to #104, but avg #60.

http://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm

Turb, do you want to add this link to the top?

[RaginFan2]

Here is a link to a site that list MANY MANY different polls! We are ranked anywhere from #31 to #104, but avg #60.

http://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm

Turb, do you want to add this link to the top?

Very, very interesting! Thanks for the link, AP! Looks like there are over 100 polls listed. We are ranked lower than the top 75 in only 14 of them (7 are 90 or lower). Only one lists us below 95. We are in the 30's and 40's in a number of polls (30 of them!). Things are looking up, folks!

[Kal]

And thus you can see why human opinion polls cause so much havoc. I can understand having a 20 or so margin of error, but having us in the 30's in one and over 95 in another. That's like 60 spots. That's unbelievable and ridiculous. That is the reason that computers have to be put into the formula.

[cajunpepper]

And thus you can see why human opinion polls cause so much havoc. I can understand having a 20 or so margin of error, but having us in the 30's in one and over 95 in another. That's like 60 spots. That's unbelievable and ridiculous. That is the reason that computers have to be put into the formula.

I may be in the vast minority, but I prefer the human polls over the computers. All computers do is mess with numbers, humans actually watch the games and formulate their own opinions. Sometimes the opinion is so incredibly biased that its not funny, but thats the human element

[Kal]

You're right humans do watch the games. But they can't watch all of them. Especially with a team like UL that has had only 2 televised games all year. So if they haven't seen a majority of these teams play, then how can they accurately form a poll. That's the reason you get the huge margins. There are those who actually pay attention to the newspapers and see the teams we are beating. Then there are those who see our name and conference and no matter what we do we won't go past a certain number because of our stereotype. I'm not saying that you eliminate the human aspect, I'm just trying to make the point of the necessity of a computer poll to be the unbiased poll. It's sort of like an experiment. You have a "variable group" (human polls) and you have the "control group" (computer poll).

[rhineaux]

You're right humans do watch the games. But they can't watch all of them. Especially with a team like UL that has had only 2 televised games all year. So if they haven't seen a majority of these teams play, then how can they accurately form a poll. That's the reason you get the huge margins. There are those who actually pay attention to the newspapers and see the teams we are beating. Then there are those who see our name and conference and no matter what we do we won't go past a certain number because of our stereotype. I'm not saying that you eliminate the human aspect, I'm just trying to make the point of the necessity of a computer poll to be the unbiased poll. It's sort of like an experiment. You have a "variable group" (human polls) and you have the "control group" (computer poll).

this is why real polls only rank 25 teams. they CAN watch 25 teams play, especially since a lot of times, they are playing each other or other similar teams.

[cajunpepper]

this is why real polls only rank 25 teams. they CAN watch 25 teams play, especially since a lot of times, they are playing each other or other similar teams.

Yah but then you have dillweeds putting a team like Rutgers in the top 15. WTF is up with that?

[rhineaux]

Yah but then you have dillweeds putting a team like Rutgers in the top 15. WTF is up with that?

That is only because these clowns think that just because a team, who deserves to be in the top ten, loses, then you automatically drop them down several spots and move everyone up, even if they don't deserve to be ni the top ten. It's the "My winning streak is longer than yours so I am ranked higher than you even though you are better than me" principle.

[AstroCajun]

That is only because these clowns think that just because a team, who deserves to be in the top ten, loses, then you automatically drop them down several spots.

Is it just me, or have you noticed that since the advent of the Bc$, the drop in the polls for a handful of elite teams is getting shorter and shorter?

If Rutgers loses, watch them drop like a goombah with a pair of cement shoes.

[CDeb]

Yah but then you have dillweeds putting a team like Rutgers in the top 15. WTF is up with that?

I say put them up there with the rest of the unbeatens until it is proven that they don't belong.