Why have rankings

ever...?

They can't see most games. There are well over 600 games in I-A per season. How can the coaches (who have to coach 7 days a week) see all of them? How can the media see all of them? And then how can you watch Maryland play WVU, and Oklahoma play North Texas and make any comparisons?

I'm an Oklahoma fan, and the only reason OU is ranked above WVU is because of high scores. They have substituted, it's not like they're running up the points, but the fact that they've decimated teams is a big reason why they're ahead of WVU.

they barely beat Arkansas state, they barely beat #22 TCU, who ain't 22 no more, and they beat UCF by 3 points. They're overrated.

it has nothin to do with whinning it has every thing to do with just tring to figure out the purpose of rankings before the 5th or 6th week guess you only read part of my article!

Hey cheif longhorn, I think that Rawbeezeitz hit it on the head with that comment your beloved Texas has not won a meaningful game yet as a matter of fact the teams that they have beat are um how do I put this, high school teams they have gotten lucky. I dont know though we will see what happens next week when Texas plays Rice oh there is another great team it should be a close game. If they win that game big if they will see oklahoma in couple of weeks, hit me back then.

Yeah, I knew this was going to happen, because this is what happened last year. I wasn't touting Texas, yet it became a completely impertinent attack on them. I never said ANYTHING about Texas being overrated or underrated. In fact, if you had bothered to ask, I would have said that they're ranked higher than they deserve. My point was, you asked how a team can drop when they haven't lost a game. I gave you two examples of teams who are very popular that that has happened to, demonstrating that this isn't picking on the Big East and that it's not a popularity contest. I can give you more examples if you want. But, the point is, West Virginia's not the only team to have dropped without losing this year. They're not getting picked on anymore than Texas or Wisconsin was getting picked on. That's just the way it goes early in the season.

And yes, I did read your whole article, I just chose not to address the part about not having rankings before the 5th or 6th week because I agree with that part. However, preseason polls are a part of the hype and tradition of college football, so pointless as they may be, I don't see them going anywhere any time soon.

aswaff thanks for clearing that up and i have nothing against texas as all. my whole point which you finally comented on was the polls it just happens that my favorite team was one that was affected! im a football fan first and a wv fans 2nd.