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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4101051, member: 1329"] That's exactly how it always works for the AP and Coaches polls. It's why they're garbage. Theoretically they should consider the things you mention and some individual voters do, but there are too many people who don't follow all the teams so they end up just checking recent results and you end up with the average ballot being "did you win? great you stay the same or move up if the people ahead of you lost. did you lose? You drop commensurate with how bad the team you lost to was from 1-10 spots." So if you play nobodies and win, you end up steadily moving up in the polls. Maybe being jumped once or twice, but still mostly climbing when others lose. [/QUOTE]