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Message: [QUOTE="ar inj, post: 2144023, member: 281"] We can all have are own opinion, and I am sure we do, but this ranking by AP is not someone's or AP's 2017 opinion of how teams should be ranked. Rather it reflects the actual results over the past 68 years based on the 1,100 data points that were used (i.e., the 1,100 group opinions that have been tallied since January, 1949). If you are only as good or bad as your actual record then SU's actual performance or more correctly the 1,100 data points of collective opinions of third-parties over 68 years says SU is #9. Different criteria may lead to different results. If it is just total wins, Syracuse would be higher. If it is just NCAA championships lower. If all championships higher, maybe. It would be interesting if the rankings would if they assigned the points as 25 or 30 for a first place vote and 24 for 2nd, 23 for 3rd, etc., but I am guessing not by much. [/QUOTE]