Even for the human committee, in the final poll it won't matter what the

Sep 27, 2024
11:30:40am

cwilke1 Truly Addicted User

rankings were at the time of the game - just what the rankings are at the end of the season. I personally don't care much about the human committee poll until its the final poll deciding who is in and out.

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cwilke1

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Time

Do we want KSU or OSU to win Saturday?

vandalcoug

11:09am

KSU

BYUheaven

11:09am

I can see K State beating OSU soundly being a good thing

vandalcoug

11:13am

Already benefitted from beating them. If OSU wins it gives us another ranked win

dYrtbYkerYder

11:15am

Pole fale

BYUtka

11:10am

Pool fale

DiamondMo

11:17am

Loop Leaf

Q-grr

11:23am

Since we play both of them this season, in the long view (full season) it

cwilke1

11:13am

There's a bigger benefit for beating a team that is ranked higher when you play

dYrtbYkerYder

11:17am

i think it depends on which polls you personally value most. I personally value

cwilke1

11:19am

It mostly matters what BYU is ranked, and BYU's rank in human polls is largely

dYrtbYkerYder

11:22am

The flip side of that is polls are more variable early in the year

NYC and Japan

11:27am

Even for the human committee, in the final poll it won't matter what the

cwilke1

11:30am

The rankings at the end of the season are determined by perceived big wins

dYrtbYkerYder

12:36pm

the committee doesn't follow the rules that the coach voters and ap voters in

cwilke1

12:38pm

The polls still influence them heavily.

dYrtbYkerYder

12:40pm

that's not a stated criteria, and I don't see evidence of that. Florida St. was

cwilke1

12:54pm

OSU, so they're ranked higher when we play them

macdizzle

11:14am

Ok state could be top 15 coming to Provo, I’m cheering for them in a close one

ZacSeljaas'Stache

11:25am

KSU, because of what it says about BYU

Section31 Coug

11:36am

Ranked wins matter. Beating (or losing to) and unraked Ok State doesn't help us

dYrtbYkerYder

12:41pm

Difference in perception vs. reality

Section31 Coug

1:30pm

Perception still matters and polls still matter.

dYrtbYkerYder

1:45pm

Not as much as actual wins

Section31 Coug

3:47pm

BYU plays Oklahoma State too...

dYrtbYkerYder

4:22pm

We want OSU to be ranked as high as possible when BYU plays them.

BYUfannonLDS

11:37am

KSU- large margin of victory over a really good team is better than OSU being

byusage

11:45am

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