The Polls Came Out (not of the closet)

Well, the first "true" polls have been released by the "experts". The polls show some interesting things, but none are as interesting as the Computer Ballot of your's truly. You will have to wait until either tomorrow evening or Friday morning to see the first Computer Ballot rankings but today will review what the pollsters think.

In the AP (which I think is probably a better indication of true rankings) we have these:

1. USC
2. LSU
3. West Virginia
4. Florida
5. Oklahoma

Compared to the USA Today "Coaches" Poll:

1. USC
2. LSU
3. Florida
4. West Virginia
5. Wisconsin

Alright, in the first week the remnants of the awfulness that is the preseason rankings are still showing there ugly heads. Clearly USC struggled in it's first contest but yet still ranks Numero Uno. Why? Because they didn't lose, so why "drop" them in the rankings. This does not make any sense because clearly they were not the best team, struggling with Idaho. Another interesting find of the preseason rankings: Tennessee. They LOST. Yet, are still ranked in the top 25. Why? They were ranked high enough in the preseason not to drop out. This philosophy is completely backwards. Why try to judge something on no experience in the contests yet when they actually have a said contest, rank according to the judgment of nothing? So many other teams actually won their first game, so why not put them higher than Tennessee? I can see if the game was close much of the way, and both played so well that you have to keep Tenn in the rankings, but here's the thing, Cal is 10. Not even ahead of Texas and USC who could barely get a W against their second/third tier teams. I say no more preseason rankings... or at least throw them completely out after the first week of the season.

Alright, lets start the countdown to the BCS.