Re: Galloway/ Jesse Palmer top 5

clemson2003

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Oct 28, 2019, 4:39 PM

I think there's a difference in thinking the SEC has more top 10 teams, or more good teams in general compared to other conferences(whether right or wrong in a particular year) and "being paid to promote the SEC."

I don't buy there being company meetings or emails being sent out telling the employees that they have to put SEC teams higher or else. If that was the case then why would Galloway be allowed to have Clemson as his #1 team? Even Paul Finebaum has had Ohio State as his #1 team over the past few weeks, and they had us #1 in their power rankings all the way up until the UNC game.

Each conference has teams that have won in the past and continue to get the benefit of the doubt often times, and who often find themselves overrated as a result.

It's USC in the PAC 10.

It's Oklahoma and Texas in the Big 12.

It's Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State in the Big 10.

It's FSU, Miami, Clemson, and VT in the ACC.

The SEC just has more of those teams than the others with Bama, LSU, Auburn, Georgia, Florida, and even Texas A&M to a lesser extent. Tennessee would be included on this list if they hadn't been so terrible for several years now.

What I mean by this is these teams carry the name weight, so people are more likely to assume they're going to be good, and will be quicker to assume they actually are good at the first sign of a decent win. This is the same reason began last season ranked #19 despite coming off of a 6-6 season the year before, and even had a few votes in the preseason this year after coming off of a 5-7 year last season. It's the same reason Miami started this season just a few spots outside of the top 25 for no real reason at all.

I personally don't believe it's bias on purpose like many here seem to think. I think it's the same sort of thing where Michael Jordan would drive to the basket and get a lot of calls from the refs. I don't think it was a product of "let's help Mike out by getting him some free throws" but rather a "there may have been contact there, and well Jordan missed the shot and he's the best player ever so he must have been fouled there."

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The SEC had 6 teams ranked in the preseason, not 10. Also, what do you consider to be a decent team? You can argue Georgia, Florida, and Auburn as being overrated if you don't think they're top 5-10 teams, but not even decent? Do you not think any of those 3 teams deserve to be in the top 25?

It's also not as if they're all ranked simply by starting off in the top 25 and beating up on each other. Auburn beat Oregon on a neutral field, and Oregon is now ranked 7th. Georgia did beat ND, and yes ND was overrated, but that's still a decent win at least.

On the other hand, if it's as simple as starting the year off ranked in order to stay there, then why isn't Syracuse ranked now? They started the season at #22, and it wasn't bias that took them out of the top 25, it was a 43 point loss to a average at best Maryland team.

UVA was ranked, but losing to the same ND team that Georgia beat, and the same Miami team that Florida beat in addition to losing to Louisville(who also lost to that same ND team that Georgia beat) is the reason they aren't ranked currently.

Seriously, what ACC team is unranked at the moment that has an argument for deserving to be ranked?

Galloway/ Jesse Palmer top 5