Not that they’re bad this year, but Austin Veritas and Waco Live Oak are traditionally powerhouses and both are having a “down” year. It just seems those teams inflate everything. I could be wrong and it could be very opinionated.
In TAPPS D3, Prestonwood North dropped to #8 after losing their first game of the year to drop to 8-1….2 spots behind 5-5 Nazarene Christian, who Prestonwood beat by 37 at their place. I know the toy can’t account for the circumstances behind WHY a team loses the way they do (like weather or illness), but even if the game was lost straight up, something doesn’t add up when an 8-1 team destroys a 5-5 team and is ranked behind them.
And not to mention, Irion County is too high in my opinion. They haven’t played anyone noteworthy all year and I just find it funny that they’ve jumped Rankin AND May in the rankings. I know Rankin didn’t cover anywhere near the spread against Borden County, but I’m looking at a common opponent in Buena Vista, who Rankin beat 56-6, and Irion County beat 80-60. Rankings don’t matter as much as playoffs, but I just find it funny how the toy determined this weeks rankings. I think that first round matchup between May and Irion County will be a cool matchup, but I think that May exposes Irion County.
Yeah....technically it was Prestonwood's varsity that got 45'd, but Prestonwood only had 3 healthy varsity starters (and one of those is a kicker only) suited up. 6 starters were out completely with the flu. 2 starters didn't practice all week because of the flu. 2 other starters started experiencing flu like symptoms during the game. A forfeit would have eliminated them from playoff consideration, so it was really mostly Prestonwood's JV that got 45'd. It's just a ranking and doesn't impact anything other than internet fodder. To win a championship, games have to be won on the field. I'm just pointing out that the rankings don't tell the whole story.
Funny! But you left out the fact that this is the week of Halloween with all those evil spirits around to boot!
Ya I don't even wanna get into that. @Mike just turn off the toy until week 1 of the playoffs.
The toy got this right, but I see the same thing in other rankings. For instance, in D2, Dave Campbells had Rising Star at 9 and Bluff Dale at 10. Looking at common opponents, Rising Star lost to Sidney 50-44 and Bluff Dale beat Sidney 70-22. Rising Star lost to Sidney; Bluff Dale lost to arguably the best team in the state, in my opinion.
this made me chuckle
I think guys are taking the rankings way too seriously. In example, last year's two champions in December were NEVER ranked on top during any point in the season as well as the playoffs until the final poll. no one was arguing that Westbrook should be ranked #1 in D-1 with 4 losses, yet they stood supreme after a great championship game, a game that COULD have gone the other way had a pass been caught at the end. Had that happened the "Toy" would have been proven right. Had Motley County beaten Strawn the "Toy" again would be proven right. In both cases the lower ranked team pulled "upsets" to win the title. Those upsets are strictly on paper (print). Rankings are for fun only, a starting point, an educated guess. They are not the Bible. What happens on the field can't always be predicted. By the way, if you are a subscriber to DCTF those rankings were also wrong last year. Don't make more of the rankings than what they are.
This made me chuckle
