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Week 10 Polls - Illinois #14 in AP Poll
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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1808311" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>It's a good question. What matters is how these rankings predict future outcomes. I believe the answer to that is "fairly well" but I've never seen independent conformation of it. I understand that the media and coaches polls get much more attention and influence recruits much more. I prefer something much objective, which is what Sagarin's ratings are. They're an order of magnitude more useful in comparing teams than the polls are. The delta between adjoining teams is important, and it's small. But there's a heck of a gap between 1-5 and 20-25.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I don't mind Illinois sitting at 13/14 in the coaches/AP polls compared with 22 in Sagarin's stack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1808311, member: 2886"] It's a good question. What matters is how these rankings predict future outcomes. I believe the answer to that is "fairly well" but I've never seen independent conformation of it. I understand that the media and coaches polls get much more attention and influence recruits much more. I prefer something much objective, which is what Sagarin's ratings are. They're an order of magnitude more useful in comparing teams than the polls are. The delta between adjoining teams is important, and it's small. But there's a heck of a gap between 1-5 and 20-25. Having said that, I don't mind Illinois sitting at 13/14 in the coaches/AP polls compared with 22 in Sagarin's stack. [/QUOTE]
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