Anonymous
9/2/2025, 10:17:39 PM
No.150553611
9/2/2025, 10:17:39 PM
No.150553611
>Annual reminder about the AP Rankings for any casuals in this general
They’re complete bullshit. They’re not built to show you the actual 25 best teams in college football. They exist to manufacture storylines and TV ratings.
Look at who votes. Almost every single one of them has a paycheck that, if you trace it back far enough, comes from Disney, Fox, CBS, or NBC or in some way gets promotion from those conglomerates. The rankings are just a tool for those networks to set up matchups they can hype.
So when you see something that makes no sense, like some random team jumping into the poll or a team getting way more credit than they deserve with a massive jump, don’t ask “why?” Ask “what’s coming?” Nine times out of ten, you’ll find two teams being set up with easy schedules until they meet in a “Top 25” "Top 10" or "Top 5" clash that stations can sell the shit out of.
So if you’re wondering, “Why the hell is Utah ranked for beating a garbage UCLA team?” the answer is probably Sept 20 when they face Texas Tech on a network that needs to advertise a ranked matchup, because to casuals those numbers beside the team name in the commercial and when they look up schedules online mean a lot.
They’re complete bullshit. They’re not built to show you the actual 25 best teams in college football. They exist to manufacture storylines and TV ratings.
Look at who votes. Almost every single one of them has a paycheck that, if you trace it back far enough, comes from Disney, Fox, CBS, or NBC or in some way gets promotion from those conglomerates. The rankings are just a tool for those networks to set up matchups they can hype.
So when you see something that makes no sense, like some random team jumping into the poll or a team getting way more credit than they deserve with a massive jump, don’t ask “why?” Ask “what’s coming?” Nine times out of ten, you’ll find two teams being set up with easy schedules until they meet in a “Top 25” "Top 10" or "Top 5" clash that stations can sell the shit out of.
So if you’re wondering, “Why the hell is Utah ranked for beating a garbage UCLA team?” the answer is probably Sept 20 when they face Texas Tech on a network that needs to advertise a ranked matchup, because to casuals those numbers beside the team name in the commercial and when they look up schedules online mean a lot.