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[QUOTE="wfschrec, post: 1246000, member: 361"]
My point continues to go over your head ... the perception of the preseason poll and how good OSU is vs the perception of how good TCU is and what their respective SOSes are is what drives this whole thing ... that starts with a preseason poll.  All 120 teams don't play each other ... they have an SOS that is contrived from rankings since you can't have a round robin scheme.  These rankings form their foundation in the pre season poll.  This poll gives a lot of weight to future calculations ... i.e. wins over a top 5, top 10 etc which are obviously much better than a win over a team that is unranked.  Even though the rankings adjust as they should those wins are still held in high regard based on the PRESEASON POLL ... per my A&M reference.  Who was given a lot of latitude in the polls because of a win over a top 10 program.  This is not rocket science ... even then a team might lose and drop out of the top 10 for a loss ... but at that point in time they were highly ranked and therefore the win is held in high regard ... how many times when reviewing a schedule and they talk about wins vs ranked foes do they say ... oh so and so beat the #5 team in the country but since they aren't #5 anymore that win is less important ... NO ONE.  It still holds significant weight throughout the season.
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