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Sep 27, 2024
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The flip side of that is polls are more variable early in the year
KSU looking good early, makes BYU look good early and boosts poll position. Later wins impact position less, because position is more established and stable.
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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
Difference in perception vs. reality
Section31 Coug
1:30pm
Perception still matters and polls still matter.
dYrtbYkerYder
1:45pm
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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