Obviously these polls mean nothing and are purely speculative but 10 SEC teams in the top 25 is comical and goes to show the level of bias given to those teams.
Alabama and A&M had good games against good competition so no hate thrown in their direction.
But I laugh when the storyline after TCU plays a true road game against a good Minnesota team is about hey the “struggled”. But Auburn beats Louisville in a neutral site game and that game is talked up as if Auburn beat a top 25 team. Both teams won by about a TD margin but somehow Auburn’s win is viewed as more impressive.
Also, look around the rest of the conference and take note of all the teams that made significant moves up the polls for beating up on teams like Tennessee- Martin, SE Missouri St., Bowling Green, UTEP, etc.
Oklahoma beat Akron handedly only giving up 3 points in the process and they didn’t budge in the rankings.
Bowling Green hangs 30 on Tennessee….Tennessee is rewarded by moving up a few spots in the poll.
As usual what we’re going to see is a bunch of “ranked” SEC teams beating up on each other, as they like to say, pointing at a win over another over-rated team as a win over a ranked opponent.
SEC Team X: “We beat <Insert “ranked” SEC Team>, so that’s a quality win.
It’s resume padding at its best.
I just shake my head and laugh. About the only thing these polls are good for are generating conversation.
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