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[QUOTE="Quazzum69, post: 778051, member: 2653"]
There is a reason that so many SEC teams get propped up: they do really well the year before (not just from a human's perspective, but from computer rankings) and they get great recruiting classes. What else do you base preseason rankings on?

The SEC has had six teams finish in the top 25 of the BCS the past three seasons (remarkably, all six were in the top 11 of composite computer scores last year). Since the human component makes up a sizable portion, many of the lower teams won't even be in the top 25 of some computer rankings yet still be in the BCS top 25.

Of of the 18 SEC teams from 2010 to 2012 that have been ranked in the final top 25 BCS, only one team was not a unanimous top 25 based on computer rankings (Auburn in 2011, ranked in 5 of 6 computer polls). What do you think is more biased: humans or a set formula performed by a computer?

Some of the rankings are only based on the result of the game and the strength of the opponent, such as the Colley Matrix. It doesn't add extra points to SEC teams; you could jumble up all the teams and name them by number and the result would be the same. Even computer rankings that have different methodologies, factoring in margin of victory, home-away, etc. seem to agree.
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