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Sep 27, 2024
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dYrtbYkerYder
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It mostly matters what BYU is ranked, and BYU's rank in human polls is largely
determined by the perceived quality of each win, which is boosted when BYU beats a ranked team.
I get what you're saying, but the human polls still matter and the selection committee is comprised of humans.
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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
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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