Canes no. 23 in Coaches poll

These early Rankings are so stupid and create such an unfair advantage for any team that starts the season with a preseason ranking in the top 10.
 
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After week 2? It is meaningless
No, it matters for selling the program for recruiting, makes your ceiling higher for where you can rise throughout the year and helps determine which windows of TV our games come on. It matters. Just because we normally suck and don’t think we can stay in the Top 25 we convince ourselves otherwise.
 
No, it matters for selling the program for recruiting, makes your ceiling higher for where you can rise throughout the year and helps determine which windows of TV our games come on. It matters. Just because we normally suck and don’t think we can stay in the Top 25 we convince ourselves otherwise.
s t r e t c h armstrong argument

Any kid who makes a fall commit decision based on an early season ranking is getting horrible advice.
 
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It matters. It shouldnt, but it does.
Top 25 gets more exposure, better TV slots, something to point to in recruiting etc.

You also want your league to have as many ranked teams as possible going into conference play. Thats what the SEC always does, play nobody away out of conference and have a boat load of ranked teams early. Then they just keep exchanging spots in the top 25 because conferences losses are SEC SEC!
 
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