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[QUOTE="wfschrec, post: 1245635, member: 361"]
Do I really ... really have to explain this to you?  When ranked highly in a preseason poll and certain victories are obtained it can give a team an inside track on the playoff spot ... contrary to what you think preseason polls drive a lot of decisions on where to seed teams heading into the playoffs and gives weight to certain early season victories that might not be as valuable near seasons end.

This really isn't a difficult concept to grasp and is probably something that cost TCU since they were unranked and had to fight and climb into the playoff picture ... had they been ranked in the top 5 at the start of the season I would guarantee you they would have been in ahead of OSU because they would be constantly dissected and watched and talked about.  You really need to step back from a rather jaded view and look at things objectively.  FWIW a UF team that went 6-6 and struggled in the SEC east just beat the best team in NC ... a team that made a living beating ACC teams ... but you probably aren't aware of that either.  ECU beat UNC and VT ... must mean UF is better than OSU right?  ECU > VT > OSU ... its idiotic the games people play without looking at the big picture.

So again give me your top 25 for next year ...
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