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<blockquote data-quote="lstewart53x3" data-source="post: 1974731" data-attributes="member: 10313"><p>It’s still weighted towards last season, yes, so it’s not perfect. I personally still like it better than the AP poll this early because it’s less reactive to wins & losses.</p><p></p><p>Tennessee has 3 losses, so the AP poll has dropped them from 7 a few weeks ago to 17 today. All 3 of those losses, however, were against top 10 teams (the current 2, 4, and 9 ranked teams) and all 3 games were extremely close. </p><p></p><p>Take us, for example, had we beat Marquette by 1, an 8 point swing, we’d likely be a top 10, maybe even top 5 team right now in the AP poll. But we lost by 7, so we’re currently 20 in the AP. In KenPom, those 8 extra points likely would have made very little difference at all.</p><p></p><p>No poll, human or computer, is perfect this time of year (or ever, really, that’s what makes the games so exciting). Overall, I still trust the computers more than the humans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lstewart53x3, post: 1974731, member: 10313"] It’s still weighted towards last season, yes, so it’s not perfect. I personally still like it better than the AP poll this early because it’s less reactive to wins & losses. Tennessee has 3 losses, so the AP poll has dropped them from 7 a few weeks ago to 17 today. All 3 of those losses, however, were against top 10 teams (the current 2, 4, and 9 ranked teams) and all 3 games were extremely close. Take us, for example, had we beat Marquette by 1, an 8 point swing, we’d likely be a top 10, maybe even top 5 team right now in the AP poll. But we lost by 7, so we’re currently 20 in the AP. In KenPom, those 8 extra points likely would have made very little difference at all. No poll, human or computer, is perfect this time of year (or ever, really, that’s what makes the games so exciting). Overall, I still trust the computers more than the humans. [/QUOTE]
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