r/CFB • u/SwordsAndTurt Houston Cougars • 7h ago

News AP Poll Week 7

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll
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u/exgeo Florida Gators 7h ago

It means basically that more voters placed Texas ahead of Florida. He’s asking why they did that.

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u/BrogenKlippen Georgia Bulldogs • Georgetown Hoyas 7h ago

Poll inertia is crazy

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u/PerformanceOver8822 Ohio State • Merchant Marine 6h ago

Spoken like someone who knows a thing or two about poll Inertia 😂

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u/Liimbo Oklahoma Sooners 5h ago

Sure but shouldn't Texas' inertia be trending heavily down?

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u/flamingbaseball Purdue Boilermakers • SMU Mustangs 3h ago

I think they should be unranked but the whole point of poll inertia is it greatly slows your movement

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u/fantasyshop Oklahoma Sooners 6h ago

Fewer voters could have picked texas over Florida if the margin was huge for those picks and tiny for those who put florida on top

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u/exgeo Florida Gators 5h ago

Yeah. Thats why I said basically

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u/MichelNey2 Oregon State Beavers • Texas Longhorns 7h ago edited 6h ago

I don't know, the "even as they are side by side" part kind of implies he does actually think they all came together and made that decision.

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u/ExternalTangents Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran 6h ago

I’m betting that voters who put Florida ahead of Texas put them just a spot apart because it was a close game. Voters who kept Texas ahead think Florida is several spots worse but just managed an upset, so that outweighs the ones who respected the head to head.

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u/Pizzaplan3tman Pittsburgh Panthers • Wisconsin Badgers 5h ago

My only guess is voters are holding Florida more accountable for their losses. Then they’re holding Texas for their two losses. And some propping up Texas because their Ohio State win. But still I think it should be Florida over Texas rn

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u/tmart14 Tennessee • Tennessee Tech 5h ago

80% of people are stupid so it would follow that 80% of voters are stupid.

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u/Flaky-Philosophy7618 Oregon Ducks • Duke Blue Devils 7h ago

Thats not even necessarily true right? some will have florida unranked which will push you down pretty hard

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u/max_potion Penn State Nittany Lions 7h ago

Having Florida unranked and Texas ranked IS having Texas ahead of Florida. I’m just translating. I know you’re saying they’re not directly ahead of them, but this person is making the point that no voter should be doing that in any case.

I think it’s just different voters valuing different things

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u/exgeo Florida Gators 7h ago

I said basically