Originally Posted by The_Jazz

I'm sorry, but which is it? Either polls matter or they don't. You've said that they matter - in re: GT - and that they don't - in re: UCLA. You can't have it both ways.

Air Force has been a ranked team and won their conference. If we're depending on record, they've had a great one some years. Clearly you don't know much about Air Force football. Perhaps you should take some time to educate yourself since they're seen as a much different program than either West Point or Annapolis.

You didn't explain anything about Michigan State that refutes what I said in any way other than to say that weekly rankings don't matter for UCLA then come back and say that they do in the case of Georgia Tech. Either they do or they don't. Not both. We're talking about strength of schedule here, so the only way to possibly quantify that before the end of the season is by rankings. If you want to argue that Notre Dame has a weak schedule, then come up with some sort of quantifiable way to make that arguement, but as it stands what you're saying doesn't make sense.

While we're at it, your arguement about the fact that rankings shouldn't matter ignores the little fact that players graduate or otherwise lose their eligibility. Florida has a quarterback who's never started a game, but USC doesn't. Hmmm, who's probably the better team?