What is the rationale for voters giving Michigan 39 pts. in the AP Week 2 poll?

Question

After losses to Appalachian St. and a blow-out loss to Oregon, it's difficult to justify any votes to Michigan, but Michigan still got some. Do those points just reflect lazy voters, or is there some justification that Michigan is should still be a lower-ranked, Top-25 team and Oregon and Appalachian St. are just higher-ranked Top-25 teams?

Answer 1

Those voters must have been on vacation the last 2 weeks. No, but seriously, I think voters give schools votes based on their name, conference, and history. And it's just ridiculous to do that, they don't understand that once was maybe luck, but 2 bad losses mean they are just a bad team.