Maybe it’s time to get rid of the AP Poll once and for all - Awful Announcing

[BRS24]

Maybe it's time to get rid of the AP Poll once and for all

The AP Poll made sense in 1936 but doesn't work today. Beat writers can't watch every team, yet they're asked to rank 25 programs every week.

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Will cross post this in M&WBB forums because there's some truth to it in all three sports. Beat writers aren't up to speed on the top 30-ish teams, never mind all 136 of them. In addition, there are probably a bunch of relatively inexperienced writers that are poll voters, so that complicates the whole deal.

And in M&WBB polls, there's always some head scratching votes. And yes, I will homer this one up, especially when UConn teams drop significantly after a loss that isn't a huge surprise.

 

[CTBasketball]

In football, if only we had a computerized ranking system that at seasons end put the two highest ranked teams together to play for the National Title.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

In football, if only we had a computerized ranking system that at seasons end put the two highest ranked teams together to play for the National Title.

Yeah but the bcs used the ap poll amongst other metrics

 

[Chin Diesel]

Or, maybe it's time to hold the poll voters accountable and pull their credentials when they show an obvious lack of effort in submitting their poll.