Where will Louisiana rank in Final College football polls?

[Grantvb]

Late season losses ...not post season ones

Michigan beat the dog ____ out of Iowa and They only drop 4 spots

So you're looking at it game-by-game, not trending....so 2 losses in a row doesn't necessarily move the needle.

[Grantvb]

Take a look at these two graphics. Granted, this is from a COVID shortened season, but it's the most recent. Look at Liberty, Coastal, Indiana, Northwestern, UNC and Miami. It appears that the pollsters can penalize after bowl losses. Just HOW MUCH is the question. If you are Cincinnati and lose to #7 Georgia by 3, you drop 2. If you are COVID Carolina and lose to Liberty, you drop 5. BWK was talking about the precarious situation that Utah is in. Look at Indiana. Lost to unranked Ole Miss by 5 and fell like a rock.

[Crawfish]

In my opinion, it is a travesty that a team that was 12-1 (now 13-1) did not get the opportunity to finish the season on New Year's eve or New Year's day. This speaks volumes about what is wrong with college football. Forget about P5 and G5, we are both FBS. The Bowl system needs to be reformed. I hope the new playoff system addresses this issue. I enjoyed the New Orleans Bowl but we should have gotten higher profile bowl. College football is broken and I fear that it is getting worse with the ridiculously high coaches salaries as well as the NIL deals. To me, the NIL deals are an open invitation to get gambling concerns involved with running college football. This is especially true with the recent proliferation of sports books everywhere. I have nothing agianst gambling, but I think this may be a toxic mix for college sports.

This is my opinion and I will not harp on it, but it is a shame that the once great sport of college football is being corrupted by greed.

[Esqueleto]

College football has always been corrupted, it's just more out in the open now. I'd be willing to bet games were a lot easier to rig by the gamblers in the 50s and 60s with fewer eyes on them.

[Scott Malkinson]

So you're looking at it game-by-game, not trending....so 2 losses in a row doesn't necessarily move the needle.

I think of post season as a separate season.

[Scott Malkinson]

Take a look at these two graphics. Granted, this is from a COVID shortened season, but it's the most recent. Look at Liberty, Coastal, Indiana, Northwestern, UNC and Miami. It appears that the pollsters can penalize after bowl losses. Just HOW MUCH is the question. If you are Cincinnati and lose to #7 Georgia by 3, you drop 2. If you are COVID Carolina and lose to Liberty, you drop 5. BWK was talking about the precarious situation that Utah is in. Look at Indiana. Lost to unranked Ole Miss by 5 and fell like a rock.

Look at Clemson ND, FL who all got dragged. Voters won't penalize you for losing to a ranked team in bowl season.

[RaginDave]

Look at Clemson ND, FL who all got dragged. Voters won't penalize you for losing to a ranked team in bowl season.

Specifically P5 schools.

[Scott Malkinson]

Specifically P5 schools.

Yep you win the prize!!!!

[CajunEXPRESS]

College football is broken and I fear that it is getting worse with the ridiculously high coaches salaries as well as the NIL deals. To me, the NIL deals are an open invitation to get gambling concerns involved with running college football. This is especially true with the recent proliferation of sports books everywhere. I have nothing agianst gambling, but I think this may be a toxic mix for college sports

Tulane basketball would beg to differ with you. There’s no problem with gambling. There’s nothing about gambling and college sports needs more transparency.

On a more serious note about money? Who should benefit from all the money being generated by football, and mens basketball? Excessive coaches contracts, but they (universities)want that coach. Who deserves the excessive money other than the partnership between players and universities.

[IberiaCajun]

I believe after looking at Grantvb’s analysis, we will be better than that. We did our part at least a couple others will also.

I hope so.
I don't trust the pollsters.
I do believe in Santa Clause, though.

[Scott Malkinson]

Regardless where we rank we will he the 2nd highest G5 team

[angeleast]

Strength of schedule killing us... hate to say it .