From: james.m.gibson@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 5:10:17 PM UTC-5, JE Corbett wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 at 2:28:33 PM UTC-5, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:    
   > > Strange that, after Alabama lost in OT to the eventual national champion,   
   not only did both the coaches' and sportswriters' polls put Texas ahead of   
   Alabama, but they both put Georgia ahead of Alabama as well.   
   > It is inevitable that by the end of the college football season, there are   
   going to be teams ranked ahead of teams that beat    
   > them. There was only on team that went undefeated and they are on top.   
   Everybody else got beat by somebody else but    
   > there is no way to rank teams without a team being ranked behind a team they   
   beat. Should Oklahoma be ranked ahead of    
   > Texas because they beat they?   
      
   But in this case, the logic of the AP poll makes little sense.  Alabama was   
   ranked ahead of Georgia in the last poll.  Alabama's only loss since that poll   
   was to the #1 team in overtime.   
      
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