2017 Early Rankings

[9nationalchampionships]

Saturdaydownsouth.com rankings:

Pitt - #22

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...op-25/&usg=AFQjCNHhTOzcqJl1IV-0WLj0Y44weAllYg

Not sure what criteria was used but it is nice to be noticed.

 

[PantherO]

4 Big 10 teams on the top 10. I don't think so. Therefore, I can't get too excited they picked Pitt. Almost looks like the final rankings.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

I don't think in our case they used final rankings as we will be outside of the top 25. I am happy PITT is being noticed!

4 Big 10 teams on the top 10. I don't think so. Therefore, I can't get too excited they picked Pitt. Almost looks like the final rankings.

 

[wbrpanther]

4 Big 10 teams on the top 10. I don't think so. Therefore, I can't get too excited they picked Pitt. Almost looks like the final rankings.

Well Pitt will knock one of them out of the top 10 early.

 

[steel_curtain]

4 Big 10 teams on the top 10. I don't think so. Therefore, I can't get too excited they picked Pitt. Almost looks like the final rankings.

-I will bet both my nuts Michigan doesnt come close to finishing Top 10 next year. They are losing over 40 seniors not including early draft entrants, LOL. And still lost 3 games this year. And still lost to an ACC team.

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

I can't see anything until I see the New Pitt OC?

 

[ncyajleel]

I Googled the AP football voters. There are 60 of them and at first glance it looks like there are these number of voters for each conference. Again, this is just a glance without going into their bios.
B1G = 15 voters
SEC = 11 voters
PAC = 10 voters
B12 = 7 voters
ACC = 5 voters

I went by their region, there are a few national and from other smaller conferences. So no big surprise why the B1G and SEC get all the votes.

4 Big 10 teams on the top 10. I don't think so. Therefore, I can't get too excited they picked Pitt. Almost looks like the final rankings.

 

[9nationalchampionships]

This is not from the AP voters.

I Googled the AP football voters. There are 60 of them and at first glance it looks like there are these number of voters for each conference. Again, this is just a glance without going into their bios.
B1G = 15 voters
SEC = 11 voters
PAC = 10 voters
B12 = 7 voters
ACC = 5 voters

I went by their region, there are a few national and from other smaller conferences. So no big surprise why the B1G and SEC get all the votes.

 

[Nittany1997]

Great job!

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

I Googled the AP football voters. There are 60 of them and at first glance it looks like there are these number of voters for each conference. Again, this is just a glance without going into their bios.
B1G = 15 voters
SEC = 11 voters
PAC = 10 voters
B12 = 7 voters
ACC = 5 voters

I went by their region, there are a few national and from other smaller conferences. So no big surprise why the B1G and SEC get all the votes.

I don't know if the formula is still the same, but it used to be that votes were given by state based on how many D1 schools were in that state. So since PA only has Pitt, Penn State and Temple there were relatively few voters from PA. Ohio was always very well represented by voters because of Ohio State, Cincinnati and all the Ohio MAC schools. There were always a boatload of voters from Texas and California because of all the D1 teams there.

 

[ncyajleel]

I'm not sure myself. Everything I look up seems to say there are 60-65 voters. I did find this very interesting I haven't read it all the way through yet. Voter Bias in AP Football Poll , its from 2007.

I also found this on the AP website, you view by week and even voter:

Poll Methodology
The AP Top 25 is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks college football's best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest. The mathematical formula is the same as the one used for the AP Pro 32 rankings and the AP Top 25 rankings for men's and women's basketball.

http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll


If anyone had the time they could look up each voter and see their region, who they cover, and where they went to school. Got to love the internet, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Wikipedia. There is information on almost everyone! Big brother IS watching!!

I don't know if the formula is still the same, but it used to be that votes were given by state based on how many D1 schools were in that state. So since PA only has Pitt, Penn State and Temple there were relatively few voters from PA. Ohio was always very well represented by voters because of Ohio State, Cincinnati and all the Ohio MAC schools. There were always a boatload of voters from Texas and California because of all the D1 teams there.

 

[steel_curtain]

I'm not sure myself. Everything I look up seems to say there are 60-65 voters. I did find this very interesting I haven't read it all the way through yet. Voter Bias in AP Football Poll , its from 2007.

I also found this on the AP website, you view by week and even voter:

Poll Methodology
The AP Top 25 is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks college football's best teams. A team receives 25 points for each first place vote, 24 for second place and so on through to the 25th team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest. The mathematical formula is the same as the one used for the AP Pro 32 rankings and the AP Top 25 rankings for men's and women's basketball.

http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll


If anyone had the time they could look up each voter and see there region, who they cover, and where they went to school. Got to love the internet, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Wikipedia. There is information on almost everyone! Big brother IS watching!!

-These are your Poll Voters.

State or Region Voter's Name Affliate web site Votes
Alabama Cecil Hurt The Tuscaloosa News
Alabama Jon Solomon The Birmingham News
Arizona Doug Haller The Arizona Republic
Arkansas Tom Murphy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
California Scott Wolf Los Angeles Daily News
California Ray Ratto Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
California Jon Wilner San Jose Mercury News
Colorado Kyle Ringo Daily Camera
Connecticut Desmond Conner The Hartford Courant
Florida Brett McMurphy AOLFanhouse
Florida Manny Navarro Miami Herald
Florida David Jones Florida Today
Georgia Cole Harvey The Macon Telegraph
Hawaii Ferd Lewis Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Idaho Chadd Cripe Idaho Statesman
Illinois Bob Asmussen Champaign News-GAzette
Indiana Pete DiPrimio Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Indiana Eric Hansen South Bend Tribune
Iowa Mike Hlas Cedar Rapids Gazette
Kansas Tom Keegan Lawrence Journal World
Kentucky Chip Cosby Lexington Herald-Leader
Louisiana Randy Rosetta The Advocate
Louisiana Garland Gillen WWL-TV Channel 4
Maryland/DC Rob Long Fox-1370 Radio
Massachusetts Steve Conroy Boston Herald
Michigan Lisa Byington WLNS-TV Lansing
Michigan John Niyo The Detroit News
Minnesota Marcus Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press
Mississippi Kyle Veazey The Clarion-Ledger
Missouri Mike Dearmond The Kansas City Star
Nebraska Steve Sipple Lincoln Journal Star
Nevada Mark Anderson Las Vegas Review-Journal
New Jersey Keith Sargeant Home News Tribune
New Mexico Rick Wright Albuquerque Journal
New York Sal Interdonato Time Herald-Record
North Carolina Bill Cole Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina Joe Giglio News & Observer of Raleigh
Ohio Kirk Herbstreit ESPN/ABC
Ohio Doug Lesmerises Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio Matt McCoy WTVN-AM
Oklahoma John Shinn The Norman Transcript
Oregon John Hunt The Oregonian
Pennsylvania Ray Fittipaldo Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
South Carolina Travis Haney The Charleston Post and Courier
Tennessee Dave Foster WZTV-TV
Tennessee Wes Rucker Chattanooga Times-Free Press
Texas Robert Cessna Bryan-College Station Eagle
Texas Kirk Bohls Austin American-Statesman
Texas John Werner Waco Tribune-Herald
Texas Adam Zuvanich LubbockAvalanche-Journal
Utah Wade Denniston Logan Herald-Journal
Virginia Kyle Tucker The Virginian-Pilot
Washington Bob Condotta The Seattle Times
West Virginia Jack Bogaczyk The Charleston Daily Mail
Wisconsin Tom Mulhern Wisconsin State Journal
Wyoming Bob Hammond Laramie Daily Boomerang
National Chris Fowler ESPN
National Greg Auman St. Petersburg, (Fla.) Times
National Craig James ABC
National Andy Staples SI.com

 

[ncyajleel]

Yeah, that's one of the lists I saw, the actual AP site has a different list but it was still 65 voters. Here is the AP site where you can see who voted for what school.

http://collegefootball.ap.org/poll/2017/15

-These are your Poll Voters.

State or Region Voter's Name Affliate web site Votes
Alabama Cecil Hurt The Tuscaloosa News
Alabama Jon Solomon The Birmingham News
Arizona Doug Haller The Arizona Republic
Arkansas Tom Murphy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
California Scott Wolf Los Angeles Daily News
California Ray Ratto Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
California Jon Wilner San Jose Mercury News
Colorado Kyle Ringo Daily Camera
Connecticut Desmond Conner The Hartford Courant
Florida Brett McMurphy AOLFanhouse
Florida Manny Navarro Miami Herald
Florida David Jones Florida Today
Georgia Cole Harvey The Macon Telegraph
Hawaii Ferd Lewis Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Idaho Chadd Cripe Idaho Statesman
Illinois Bob Asmussen Champaign News-GAzette
Indiana Pete DiPrimio Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Indiana Eric Hansen South Bend Tribune
Iowa Mike Hlas Cedar Rapids Gazette
Kansas Tom Keegan Lawrence Journal World
Kentucky Chip Cosby Lexington Herald-Leader
Louisiana Randy Rosetta The Advocate
Louisiana Garland Gillen WWL-TV Channel 4
Maryland/DC Rob Long Fox-1370 Radio
Massachusetts Steve Conroy Boston Herald
Michigan Lisa Byington WLNS-TV Lansing
Michigan John Niyo The Detroit News
Minnesota Marcus Fuller St. Paul Pioneer Press
Mississippi Kyle Veazey The Clarion-Ledger
Missouri Mike Dearmond The Kansas City Star
Nebraska Steve Sipple Lincoln Journal Star
Nevada Mark Anderson Las Vegas Review-Journal
New Jersey Keith Sargeant Home News Tribune
New Mexico Rick Wright Albuquerque Journal
New York Sal Interdonato Time Herald-Record
North Carolina Bill Cole Winston-Salem Journal
North Carolina Joe Giglio News & Observer of Raleigh
Ohio Kirk Herbstreit ESPN/ABC
Ohio Doug Lesmerises Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio Matt McCoy WTVN-AM
Oklahoma John Shinn The Norman Transcript
Oregon John Hunt The Oregonian
Pennsylvania Ray Fittipaldo Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
South Carolina Travis Haney The Charleston Post and Courier
Tennessee Dave Foster WZTV-TV
Tennessee Wes Rucker Chattanooga Times-Free Press
Texas Robert Cessna Bryan-College Station Eagle
Texas Kirk Bohls Austin American-Statesman
Texas John Werner Waco Tribune-Herald
Texas Adam Zuvanich LubbockAvalanche-Journal
Utah Wade Denniston Logan Herald-Journal
Virginia Kyle Tucker The Virginian-Pilot
Washington Bob Condotta The Seattle Times
West Virginia Jack Bogaczyk The Charleston Daily Mail
Wisconsin Tom Mulhern Wisconsin State Journal
Wyoming Bob Hammond Laramie Daily Boomerang
National Chris Fowler ESPN
National Greg Auman St. Petersburg, (Fla.) Times
National Craig James ABC
National Andy Staples SI.com