The Cougars cracked the top-10 after beating Baylor while the Irish dropped out after a stunning loss to Marshall.
Given all the changes you’ll find below, this seems like an appropriate time to remind readers of two voting guidelines the Associated Press provides the 63 participants in its weekly poll.This seems self-explanatory but is difficult to apply across the board early in the season. Many teams have yet to face high-level opponents, creating an uneven distribution of quality results.
Some teams on my ballot have a quality win; some have a quality loss; others have zippo and are ranked based on an admitted subjective assessment.“Don’t hesitate to make significant changes in your ballot from week to week. There’s no rule against jumping a 16th-ranked team over the eighth-ranked team if No. 16 is coming off a big victory and No. 8 survived an unranked team.”— Notre Dame and Texas A&M aren’t on the ballot following their upset losses, for example.
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