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1/10 Polls - Illinois #25 in AP Poll
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<blockquote data-quote="Piotyr" data-source="post: 1695367" data-attributes="member: 747104"><p>Polling is meaningless in terms of the teams' relative ability (in fact it's governed mostly be inertia, which is how USC keeps rising despite having played almost nobody good and not having played at all in 3 weeks).</p><p></p><p>The significance of polling is huge though in terms of national exposure and media coverage. If you're in the top 25, all your game scores and box scores end up on every sports site across the country, and you get stories about everything that goes on in your program. Outside the top 25, you get an occasional mention when something huge happens, or when you're playing a top 25 team. The difference in exposure between #25 and #26 is stark, which is why rising that one spot is a huge deal this week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piotyr, post: 1695367, member: 747104"] Polling is meaningless in terms of the teams' relative ability (in fact it's governed mostly be inertia, which is how USC keeps rising despite having played almost nobody good and not having played at all in 3 weeks). The significance of polling is huge though in terms of national exposure and media coverage. If you're in the top 25, all your game scores and box scores end up on every sports site across the country, and you get stories about everything that goes on in your program. Outside the top 25, you get an occasional mention when something huge happens, or when you're playing a top 25 team. The difference in exposure between #25 and #26 is stark, which is why rising that one spot is a huge deal this week. [/QUOTE]
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