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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1245787, member: 289"] In other words it's about 10% the preseason rankings and 90% what happened after that. Here's the preseason Top 25: [url]http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/1[/url] Here's the first Top 25 from the committee: [url]http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/10[/url] Here's the final Top 25 from the committee: [url]http://espn.go.com/college-football/rankings/_/week/16[/url] Flordia State, Alabama and Oregon remained high in the standings and made the playoff because they kept winning. Oklahoma did not and they were gone by the first Committee Top 25. Ohio State dropped 11 spots but came back to make the playoff based on their great run at the end. Auburn was still highly ranked with the first Committee poll but had dropped to #19 by the final one. UCLA dropped then came back a bit. Michigan State was #8 in all three polls. South Carolina disappeared. Baylor dropped and came back up to almost make the playoff. Stanford dropped out. Georgia remained about the same LSU dropped steadily. Wiscosnin dropped out and then reappeared. USC dropped out and then reappeared at #24. Clemson remained about the same. Notre Dame dropped out. Mississippi rose from #18 to #4, then dropped to #9 and got blown out by TCU in the bowl game. Arizona State remained about the same. Kansas State moved up from 20 to 9 to 11. Texas A&M was ranked before they played South Carolina but dropped out. Nebraska rose, then dropped out. North Carolina dropped out. Missouri dropped out and then reappeared to #16. Washington dropped out. TCU, Mississippi State, Arizona, Georgia Tech, Boise State, Louisville, Utah and Minnesota we all absent from the pre-season poll but made the final poll. Yes, it can help to be highly ranked in the pre-season poll. But you've still got to win after that. [/QUOTE]

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