But a lot of these seem suspect given the results yesterday. How do OK St and KSU move up? Related, why did Tulane stop receiving votes, especially since they pushed KSU around most of the game? Notre Dame doesn't fall farther (or out completely)? Alabama doesn't slide a little for messing around with USF (the final score does not tell the story of how that game went)?
And I feel like there's not enough credit given to Nebraska (who took it easy on CU), Clemson (shouldn't be punished too much for falling to #1 UGA), and Illinois (who beat a pretty good Kansas squad).
Voters just peeping the box score and relying on name brands, as is tradition
Ssssh, don't talk about Nebraska looking good this season lest the curse start paying attention to us again after finally being drawn away by Colorado.
Ideal state: we stay off the rankings list until, surprise! We're playing for Big 10 championship!
It's amazing that you can get blown out at home in week two and still be ranked. What on Earth have they earned or proven that shows they get to stay ranked?