Another banner midweek for SEC teams.

[BuckyIsAB****]

You can say that about rankings in pretty much every sport. Outside of the top 5-6 in each sport the rest can be interchangeable. You have to wait and see who's standing at the end and see what conference against conference records look like. By the end of the season it'll show once again sec baseball is the best by far.

I agree with you

[Commercecomet24]

I agree with you

You better! Lol!

[CaptainObvious]

I absolutely understand that the ranking at the end of regular season is what matters before the tournament participants are selected. But Why? How do we know pollsters will get it right?

They never get it right on pre-season polls.

Was Florida really Expected to be the 4th best team? Why? Was LSU really expected to be the 7th best team? Why?

Last year, Ole Miss was ranked 3rd pre-season. They finished dead-last in the SEC.
In 2022, State was ranked 4th pre-season. They finished dead-last in the SEC.

Why does a pollster believe a team that lost 2 to Austin Peay, 1 to Central Arkansas and 1 to South Alabama is the 15th ranked team? Same pollster that had LSU and Florida incorrectly ranked in the Top 7.

Far too often where you start is nowhere near where you finish. My point. Ignore any poll prior to May 1. By then you will have an idea who the best teams are.

[Commercecomet24]

I absolutely understand that the ranking at the end of regular season is what matters before the tournament participants are selected. But Why? How do we know pollsters will get it right?

They never get it right on pre-season polls.

Was Florida really Expected to be the 4th best team? Why? Was LSU really expected to be the 7th best team? Why?

Last year, Ole Miss was ranked 3rd pre-season. They finished dead-last in the SEC.
In 2022, State was ranked 4th pre-season. They finished dead-last in the SEC.

Why does a pollster believe a team that lost 2 to Austin Peay, 1 to Central Arkansas and 1 to South Alabama is the 15th ranked team? Same pollster that had LSU and Florida incorrectly ranked in the Top 7.

Far too often where you start is nowhere near where you finish. My point. Ignore any poll prior to May 1. By then you will have an idea who the best teams are.

You're right. It's cool to be ranked definitely for the publicity and all, but pre season and in season, until much later are pretty much just people guessing based on what happened last year. As me and Bucky agreed it's pretty much the same in every sport.