Coaches' Poll 11-03-14

[bostonspider]

To my eyes just as bad as the TSN one..

https://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/poll/20/week/11

[TypicalTribe]

It would be funny if it weren't so sad

[KPSUL]

After seeing TSN, I wouldn't believe it possible, but this is worse. JMU is not even close to the top 25; 36th??

[Sycamore62]

Proving coaches have less free time than sports writers and much less time than AGS voters

mathmatically it looks like this:
free time AGS>TSN voters>coaches
i assume this is true
caring about being correct AGS>TSN voters>coaches

[JMUNJ08]

Pretty much only Richmond got bumped for their win. If you look at the rest, its all slot voting with the losses (e.g. Bryant moved up 3 spots because SDSU, SFA & W&M all loss ahead of them). P-A-T-H-E-T-I-C

[UNH72Plus]

Coastal Carolina #2 and Illinois State #12?????

[CockyGeek]

These polls are all about name recognition, what conference you are in, etc... once you get past the top 10 or 12 teams.

[dgreco]

These polls are all about name recognition, what conference you are in, etc... once you get past the top 10 or 12 teams.

That doesn't account for a program like Liberty dropping out and Bryant staying in, nor does it make full sense that W&M is still ranked while JMU only has 3 votes. If they looked to see who W&M lost to, you would think they would then bump JMU in with a 6-3 record.

Glad Bryant is building some name ID, but it is a bad poll.

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I know you didn't say it was good.

[MacThor]

That's the thing that's apparent - they don't look. Those that noticed that UR beat VU probably put UR ahead in their polls, but not enough of them to overcome those that just moved the 7-2 teams to coincide with the previous week's rankings.

[frozennorth]

How is Illinois state behind multiple two and three loss teams?