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Message: [QUOTE="Lax Mouse, post: 5727455, member: 8158"] The thing is, it's a very chaotic season. There's no clear number 1 and the field is wide open. So, from that perpsective, I can understand a wide variety in pollsters' opinions and rankings. But at this point, as you think about how to rank teams (which is admittedly arbitrary and somewhat pointless), you've got to start using some methodology to understand the field. Rankings can't be purely reactionary, and you've got to keep an eye on the big picture. And this is my problem with Terry's rankings - they feel very reactionary and there seems to be no consistent application of rationale. He's got Harvard at number 1 - ok. If that's the case - Cuse should be ranked higher seeing as their only losses were on the road to his number 1 team and another of his top 10 teams. Cuse has 7 wins over teams in his top 20, I don't feel like counting, but does anyone else have more? But Harvard only has 2 wins over teams in his top 20. Notre Dame has more with three. Princeton loses a tight game to Cornell and he drops them 6 to 10 even though they have more top 10 wins in his rankings than anyone else. Penn St seems completely unpunished despite having 2 losses to teams outside of his top 20. He's clearly gotten his top 4 as the undefeated teams (minus SHU) but Duke has only 2 victories over teams in his top 20. Again - Cuse has 7! OSU has only 3 by a combined 4 goals. They haven't scored double digit goals since February. So their undefeated records push them up but PSU's 3 losses don't push them down? At some point your records have to matter - as much as I want the Georgetown and MD wins to look good for Cuse, they're barely moving in his rankings following losses week after week. Alright, that's my rant for the day, will save more of those thoughts for when more polls come out tomorrow :) [/QUOTE]

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