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I guess if ESPN or the AP wants to have a preseason poll, whatever, but why would the NCAA have an "official" preseason top 25?
You can have whatever opinion you want, but as far as the NCAA is concerned, the preseason CFB rankings should be a 130-way tie for #1
It's time for my annual touting of the #MarbleGame system:
1. All P5 teams start with 200 marbles
2. Remaining FBS schools start with 100 marbles
3. Beat a team at home/neutral site, take 20% of their marbles
4. Beat a team on road, take 25% of their marbles
1. All P5 teams start with 200 marbles
2. Remaining FBS schools start with 100 marbles
3. Beat a team at home/neutral site, take 20% of their marbles
4. Beat a team on road, take 25% of their marbles
If you're curious how it would work out, Nate Miller (@NateEMiller) coded it and played it out last year. Here's the final post-conference championship marble count:
thenemindex.blogspot.com/2018/12/iowaha…
thenemindex.blogspot.com/2018/12/iowaha…
@NateEMiller And here is the final top 10/25 marble rankings, post bowls and playoffs:
@NateEMiller The point here: it's possible to have an objective, simple, transparent & verifiable way to seed the college football playoffs that doesn't involve a bunch of people going into a smoke-filled room to discuss "style points" and "eye tests"
