I'm just wondering if that is the reason they didn't drop USC as far as they should have. I'm just trying to figure out the criteria the voters use. USC was obviously banged up with a broken finger QB, Two starting olinemen out. Starting LB and DB's out. Yet if you don't consider the injuries you have to drop USC to 20 or lower? So is that something they consider?
2007-10-08 08:03:52 · 9 answers · asked by Bruce Tzu 5 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
YT what the hell are you talking about I'm just trying to find a reson why USC is still so high? I don't even think they belong they high.
2007-10-08 08:47:01 · update #1
YT what the hell are you talking about I'm just trying to find a reson why USC is still so high? I don't even think they belong they high.
2007-10-08 08:47:06 · update #2
Last time I check Sagarin's rating on USA Today website, which is done by a computer and is not subjective, still had USC at no. 7, which is the same as the Coaches' poll and higher than the AP!
Stanford was a really really bad day at the office for SC. S_it happens. But SC played their other 4 games like one of the best teams in the country. And even averaging the Stanford game in, they are still (according to the computer and the pollsters) one of the better teams around and better than most of the teams in the top 25.
Voters, are not computers, but they take into account a lot of the same stuff, like the body of work to date. They know that flukey games do happen. Time will tell whether the Stanford game was a fluke or a trend.
That said, I believe that the pollster would take injuries into account if a) they were to key players, and b) they key players were expected to return shortly. In other words, what caused the poor performance was not likely to be repeated.
2007-10-08 13:24:42 · answer #1 · answered by Frst Grade Rocks! Ω 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only in preseason polling. Lets say you have a 6-0 team and the starting QB gets hurt with two minutes left in the fourth. Pollers would sure look stupid if they dropped the team 5 spots and then the back up comes in and clobbers the next team.
USC is a major marketing machine in the west. Pretty much the only one. This is way they aren't #15 like they should be. Money rules the world, even in college sports.
2007-10-08 08:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by NInnyhammer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They didn't drop them very far, because West Coast pollers still want them in the title game. A loss to Stanford (arguably the worst team in the PAC10) should at least knock a team out of the top 10. The polls are such a crock of ****. For comparisons's sake, if BC lost to Duke, they be ranked about 23rd. If LSU lost to Miss State they would drop to about 17th. But the masses of sports writers (and coaches) on the west coast need to relegitimize PAC10 football and USC is their golden boy. They know CAL will drop a game or 2 and Oregon is always inconsisten.
2007-10-08 08:43:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just face it dude, your team was overrated and got beat. Every team has injuries. Even the #1 team in the country LSU is battling the injury bug. They beat a solid defending championship team despite being without a starting defensive end, their best wide receiver, their best offensive lineman, the starting QB still has problems with an ankle sprain, and several others are dinged up. You need to stop searching for excuses and sympathy....everyone in the friggin country is sick and tired of USC except you dumbasses from that area. STANFORD BEAT USC....live with it and stop whining loser.
2007-10-08 08:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't see how you can cut a team slack for having hurt players. A teams ranking is supposed to signify the strength of that particular team. A team with injuries to key player's is a team that is weaker than they would normally be, thus they should have a higher ranking. There is no logical explanation to USC's absurd ranking.
2007-10-08 08:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no they dont.
they do look at the strength of the schedule, who is the home team and the margin of the victory...and the momentum for the most part of the game...
if a ranked team is dominated by an unranked team for most of the game and if the ranked team comes out as winner, they dont get lot of points/votes for any improvement from their previous week's rank
2007-10-08 08:07:44 · answer #6 · answered by officerpulaski 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They shouldn't, and for the most part don't.
Every team has injuries. Part of the game. You are what your record says you are, and if you are the #1 team in the country you find ways to win despite injuries.
2007-10-08 08:10:02 · answer #7 · answered by h_charles 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
(not here to answer....so much, just want to know myself....) I would venture a guess that coaches do consider it...but no one but the coaches know what arcane formula they use. I think the media probably looks for the prettist helmet.....cause most of the columnist's I read are pretty dang clueless, or obviously biased.
2007-10-08 08:10:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently there were two that didn't look at anything. Two of them gave Ohio State votes for #1.
2007-10-08 08:10:06 · answer #9 · answered by Calill C 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋