A peek into how just about every analytics ranking system is biased by preseason ratings
Sagarin, FPI, SP+, etc. are all using preseason weightings early in the year.
Kenpom does the same thing as well.
FEI ratings updated through Week 3: https://t.co/wUM0PEDzdp 82% preseason projection weight for teams that have played only one FBS opponent, 67% for teams that have played two, 54% for teams that have played three, 43% for teams that have played four pic.twitter.com/EErKHN226M