What is the rationale?

[8u11`o3]

Final rankings for 2017:

USF 21

Boise St 22

Preseason rankings for 2018:

USF NR

Boise St 22

 

We finished 2017 strong, reloaded all skill positions on offense.  Is it the loss of Hector/Senat?

 

[NewEnglandBull]

Just now, 8u11`o3 said:

Final rankings for 2017:

USF 21

Boise St 22

Preseason rankings for 2018:

USF NR

Boise St 22

 

We finished 2017 strong, reloaded all skill positions on offense.  Is it the loss of Hector/Senat?

 

Loss of Q and loss of more than half of starters. 

[Ricky the Bull]

They assumed QF had a lot to do with that success.

[Flowers4Heisman]

My fault!

I went to bed one night and didn't flip the lights on/off five times like I usually do and we lost our rankings. 

[8u11`o3]

9 minutes ago, Ricky the Bull said:

They assumed QF had a lot to do with that success.

Yeah, he certainly did, but at some point, when you see that we are still scoring just as many(more) points as last year, don't you have to make a correction to your voting?  Realize that the loss of Q has been mitigated, admit your oversight, and restore our ranking?

If we put another 40 point W up, on B1G, no less, I would think a conscientious voter in tune with actual events would have to do that.

[Ricky the Bull]

A lot of where we currently are is based on where we started.  This is one of the major fallacies of preseason rankings....conjecture. 

[MMW]

16 minutes ago, Ricky the Bull said:

A lot of where we currently are is based on where we started.  This is one of the major fallacies of preseason rankings....conjecture. 

Yea, the die is cast.  

[JTrue]

I’d wager it had quite a bit to do with Boise being ranked for the past 15 years.

[puc86]

They let people from TBT vote, you are trying to apply reason and logic where none exists.