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<p>Perhaps the point of posting a football ranking that was based on the (rather dubious) perception of “experts” in the pre-season plus one week of “performance” to the SIMILARLY based 1983 original USNEWS was to show … how silly and misleading both were. </p>
<p>Let’s remember that last year the same “expected” and “perceived” ranking placed USC at the pinnacle plus your usual Ponziesque Southeastern darlings that hardly ever pan out. </p>
<p>This year is hardly different, except for the dividends yielded for such victories as Clemson over Georgia. Place them high enough and it will take several losses to make them come down, and make it hard to be replaced by teams that REALLY perform well on the gridiron. </p>
<p>That is what happens when you poll experts that are biased and love the power of cronyism. No difference between the football rankers and the academic whores who respond to the PA surveys.</p>