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As we all should recognize in today's information age, Polls are click bait. It's easy to see how bias and inaccurate they are.
This is especially bad considering that Final polls basically ignore records, and wins & losses.
There have been 1464 teams that have been "ranked" int he AP preseason polls.
Of the teams ranked in the preseason poll, 909 have finished ranked (62.1%).
Of the 701 teams that were ranked in the top 10 in the preseason, 537 have finished ranked, 375 finishing in the top 10.
Preseason #1 teams have finished unranked 6 times.
Preseason #2 teams have finished unranked 5 times.
The following chart shows how many times each position has been ranked and how many times the team at that position finished ranked:
1 69 63
2 69 64
3 69 55
4 69 52
5 69 60
6 70 54
7 68 49
8 69 47
9 70 45
10 69 41
11 63 33
12 61 32
13 62 30
14 62 37
15 62 29
16 63 34
17 63 33
18 60 26
19 63 32
20 65 32
21 29 18
22 30 15
23 30 9
24 31 11
25 29 8
The average winning percentage of teams that were ranked in the preseason is 0.714
The average winning percentage of teams that were ranked top 10 in the preseason is 0.769 which is 10 wins out of 13 games.
1 (686-119-10)--0.848
2 (691-120-14)--0.846
3 (611-183-14)--0.765
4 (614-188-12)--0.762
5 (634-166-18)--0.786
6 (619-187-14)--0.763
7 (581-202-16)--0.737
8 (596-200-13)--0.745
9 (597-211-16)--0.734
10 (554-236-14)--0.698
11 (497-217-20)--0.691
12 (479-229-13)--0.673
13 (491-224-14)--0.683
14 (508-213-11)--0.702
15 (466-240-15)--0.657
16 (485-248-7)--0.660
17 (492-234-15)--0.674
18 (457-236-10)--0.657
19 (486-236-7)--0.671
20 (484-259-13)--0.649
21 (255-106-2)--0.705
22 (242-128-0)--0.654
23 (224-143-1)--0.610
24 (248-138-3)--0.641
25 (214-143-0)--0.599
Of the preseason ranked teams, 56 have finished undefeated and untied.
The lowest starting position to end up undefeated was un-ranked UCF in 2017. Auburn is 2nd at 22 in 2010.
The worse winning percentage among preseason ranked teams was USC in 1957 who finished with a 1-9 record.
162 teams ranked in the preseason finished with a losing record.
#UCFacts
This is especially bad considering that Final polls basically ignore records, and wins & losses.
There have been 1464 teams that have been "ranked" int he AP preseason polls.
Of the teams ranked in the preseason poll, 909 have finished ranked (62.1%).
Of the 701 teams that were ranked in the top 10 in the preseason, 537 have finished ranked, 375 finishing in the top 10.
Preseason #1 teams have finished unranked 6 times.
Preseason #2 teams have finished unranked 5 times.
The following chart shows how many times each position has been ranked and how many times the team at that position finished ranked:
1 69 63
2 69 64
3 69 55
4 69 52
5 69 60
6 70 54
7 68 49
8 69 47
9 70 45
10 69 41
11 63 33
12 61 32
13 62 30
14 62 37
15 62 29
16 63 34
17 63 33
18 60 26
19 63 32
20 65 32
21 29 18
22 30 15
23 30 9
24 31 11
25 29 8
The average winning percentage of teams that were ranked in the preseason is 0.714
The average winning percentage of teams that were ranked top 10 in the preseason is 0.769 which is 10 wins out of 13 games.
1 (686-119-10)--0.848
2 (691-120-14)--0.846
3 (611-183-14)--0.765
4 (614-188-12)--0.762
5 (634-166-18)--0.786
6 (619-187-14)--0.763
7 (581-202-16)--0.737
8 (596-200-13)--0.745
9 (597-211-16)--0.734
10 (554-236-14)--0.698
11 (497-217-20)--0.691
12 (479-229-13)--0.673
13 (491-224-14)--0.683
14 (508-213-11)--0.702
15 (466-240-15)--0.657
16 (485-248-7)--0.660
17 (492-234-15)--0.674
18 (457-236-10)--0.657
19 (486-236-7)--0.671
20 (484-259-13)--0.649
21 (255-106-2)--0.705
22 (242-128-0)--0.654
23 (224-143-1)--0.610
24 (248-138-3)--0.641
25 (214-143-0)--0.599
Of the preseason ranked teams, 56 have finished undefeated and untied.
The lowest starting position to end up undefeated was un-ranked UCF in 2017. Auburn is 2nd at 22 in 2010.
The worse winning percentage among preseason ranked teams was USC in 1957 who finished with a 1-9 record.
162 teams ranked in the preseason finished with a losing record.
#UCFacts