ratings of players based on who is offering or where they commit.

It’s why people are always complaining about services downgrading a player if they don’t commit to a blue blood program. Similarly guys committing to a blue blood often get upgraded.

Unfortunately, some of the people advocating for us to move back to computer polls for selection criteria don’t realize that if we do, we will likely end up with a metric that takes “talent ratings” as part of the formula.