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Oct 13, 2024
9:03
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Yllage Vidiot
Humbly Awesome
Anyone understand the rationale for Iowa State as a top 10 team and ranked way higher than BYU?
Because they beat Iowa? West Virginia?
While BYU beat SMU and K State?
I don’t get it.
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Yllage Vidiot
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Anyone understand the rationale for Iowa State as a top 10 team and ranked way higher than BYU?
Yllage Vidiot
Humbly Awesome
9:03pm
They built Iowa early and got an early jump in the polls.
CascadeBYUFan
9:04pm
Yeah that's pretty much it. If we rolled Kansas St wk 1 and entered the polls
Lord Jim
9:07pm
Midwest state with close media markets in the twin cities & Chicago.
gopman
9:04pm
Meanwhile we get Wilner and Furlong covering our area for the polls
BYU '80
9:18pm
Midwest bias
Zip
9:05pm
A lot of preseason bias. It’s all where you start. But neither of the rankings
Lefty24
9:05pm
Higher start earlier. Nothing more than that.
Big Daddy D
9:06pm
We were ranked right behind them 2 weeks ago
Yllage Vidiot
9:08pm
Fortunately rankings don't matter much any more. College football finally has a
porl thompson
9:08pm
Rankings (CFP commitee anyway) matter a TON in the 10-15 range now....
RGGeemer
9:15pm
The season is only half over. If we win out, we don't have to worry
byujacob
9:43pm
Polls are about momentum as much as anything. they started higher than us
JimmyZ
9:16pm
Iowa State has recency street cred, where we don't. I have no problem with
RebelScum
10:17pm
They killed us at home last year and look even better this year. But I agree the AP should be ISU #9, BYU #10
PigglyWiggly
10:38pm
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