AP Fan Poll

[u/APnews]

We’ve seen the comments. We know you have thoughts about the AP Top 25 poll. Now it’s your turn. The AP Fan Poll is open for submissions.
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

[u/whatthepucks]

I’d love to hear the logic behind only taking votes until Thursday before games start and then posting those results after the weekends games. It’s literally designed to make the fans look dumb.

[u/thecravenone → u/whatthepucks]

Options:

• Malicious compliance with a handed-down directive for a fan poll. They get to say look how bad these results are and discontinue it.
• Bad fan polls make the real poll look better.
• Based on how often the real poll is late and/or contains errors, it is possible this poll needs additional time so that it can be tabulated by hand.

[u/SirMellencamp → u/thecravenone]

I think they just dont care enough about it to worry about getting it out before the games. No one is paying attention to a fan poll

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/whatthepucks]

> designed to make the fans look dumb

Tennessee fans would be mad if they could read this.

[u/NotADerekDooleyFan → u/midnight-architect7]

Tennessee: Home of Dolly's Imagination Library 

Missouri: Home of defunding Dolly's Imagination Library

[u/one-hour-photo → u/NotADerekDooleyFan]

their silver dollar city isn't even dolly themed!!

[u/upperclassdeadmemes → u/NotADerekDooleyFan]

Showing off those reading skills replying to a James Madison flair

[u/usetheforce_gaming → u/upperclassdeadmemes]

This is so fucking funny lol

[u/RedHand1917 → u/NotADerekDooleyFan]

If Tennessee fans could read, they'd get their clapback right. JMU is in Virginia.

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/NotADerekDooleyFan]

If you want to get into the nitty gritty of conservative legislation I’m not sure Tennessee would come out looking great either. Let’s stick to football in a football subreddit.

But RIP Dolly

[u/PriorPeak1277 → u/midnight-architect7]

Dog you started this

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/PriorPeak1277]

Yeah it was a mindless joke dude lol. Nobody made you respond about Missouri politics lol. It’s not that deep just downvote me and keep scrolling.

[u/dianeblackeatsass → u/midnight-architect7]

Maybe you shouldn’t be trash talking on the internet if you’re gonna cry stick to football after getting the slightest bit of heat back lol. Its all in good fun

[u/cooterdick → u/dianeblackeatsass]

Is it though? You seem to not be handling it well

[u/dianeblackeatsass → u/cooterdick]

must be confusing me with that other guy lol they’re still going back and forth

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/dianeblackeatsass]

Buddy it’s a stupid joke I made based on an internet meme relax. It didn’t require a response at all

[u/dianeblackeatsass → u/midnight-architect7]

yea exactly do you not see the irony?

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/dianeblackeatsass]

> yea exactly you not see the irony

You’re only helping my initial comment here brother

[u/UpTheWanderers → u/NotADerekDooleyFan]

Watch yourself, you know Dolly loved Missourian’s too.

[u/NotADerekDooleyFan → u/UpTheWanderers]

Someone should have told their politicians!

[u/PriorPeak1277 → u/midnight-architect7]

What did we do to you?

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/PriorPeak1277]

The biggest assholes I’ve ever met in life have been Tennessee fans and I am irrationally applying that hatred towards the entire fanbase as one does.

[u/berrin122 → u/midnight-architect7]

Subscribe

[u/storeactions → u/berrin122]

Subscribe x2

[u/philleferg → u/midnight-architect7]

I'm a fan of this. I hate a whole fucking color because of Tennessee and Texas, so....this works for me.

[u/NotStreamerNinja → u/midnight-architect7]

Would you say that they're "low down?" Perhaps, "dirty?" Maybe even "some snitches?"

[u/saharashooter → u/midnight-architect7]

Tennessee ranks ahead of Virginia on national literacy scores.

[u/RedHand1917 → u/saharashooter]

Since the statistic is English literacy, I'd bet a substantial part of Virginia's gap is immigrants, many of whom would be quite literate in their native languages but are still working on English.

[u/philleferg → u/RedHand1917]

I gotta be honest. We both have OU Flairs, and I double it with an Arkansas. We should sit this one out.

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/saharashooter]

Cool story but I’m not from Virginia. You’re not hurting my feelings by insulting people in rural Virginia.

But either way that’s a stupid comment considering Virginia ranks high on the education front.

[u/saharashooter → u/midnight-architect7]

You threw out a random stray at Tennessee and are surprised someone from Tennessee responded?

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/saharashooter]

I quoted one of the most popular dumb memes ever and this bro is pulling out literacy rates about a state I’m not from. It was just kind of a random reply that wasn’t even logical. I always laugh at people that can’t fathom the idea of people not living in the same state their entire life.

I welcome good insults but that one didnt even apply to me.

[u/saharashooter → u/midnight-architect7]

You care about this a lot more than I do.

[u/midnight-architect7 → u/saharashooter]

Why did you respond then

[u/Jonny_Peverell → u/whatthepucks]

Yeah I see no reason to participate. It's a trap like you said

[u/SucculentCrablegMeal → u/whatthepucks]

What?? That makes zero sense to do. Why would it not be the same timeline as the actual voters so that they can compare the voters to the fans?

Cool idea, but wasting it like this.

[u/remymang → u/SucculentCrablegMeal]

So how do you think FSU will finish this season after that outing? NMSU could be a low key good team by the end of the year.

[u/SucculentCrablegMeal → u/remymang]

No idea, I was on a trip and didn't get to watch any of it. Others don't seem optimistic though.

[u/Billquisha → u/remymang]

According to my calculations, if they continue with their current pattern (1 win, no losses), FSU will be undefeated. You can't argue with the math

[u/ChaseTheFalcon → u/whatthepucks]

Obviously we are because we aren't cool journalists who don't watch games at all!

[u/AliveFood4296 → u/whatthepucks]

Next you’ll be telling me they do polls before the season even starts and we can see the teams!!

[u/BeTheBall- → u/whatthepucks]

They don't even need a poll to do that.

[u/HideNZeke → u/whatthepucks]

Tbf that's kind of funny and maybe the fans deserve it a little bit

[u/ExternalTangents → u/whatthepucks]

Yeah, this is so unbelievably dumb that it’s hard to imagine anyone, even a sports reporter, might fail to recognize the problem of timing here.

[u/thismorningscoffee]

My Fan Rankings

1) Industrial

2) Overhead/ceiling

3) Computer

4) Oscillating

5) Battery-operated Handheld

6) Analog Handheld

7) The One the Shit Hits

[u/neovenator250 → u/thismorningscoffee]

Big Ass Fans deserves their own category and to be ranked

[u/philleferg → u/neovenator250]

I thought that was covered in 1) Industrial? Or is there a subtle difference?

[u/neovenator250 → u/philleferg]

Yeah, that's fair. I mostly just wanted to talk about them because of the name

[u/philleferg → u/neovenator250]

Fair enough!

[u/unsubpolitics → u/thismorningscoffee]

What about Only?

[u/StreetofChimes → u/thismorningscoffee]

I really like those neck fans. I would rank them at 5 instead of hand held. 

I also like exhaust fans. Maybe put them at 4 instead of oscillating. 

[u/DelBrowserHistory → u/StreetofChimes]

I think windmills are neat

[u/thismorningscoffee → u/DelBrowserHistory]

Morbo: “WINDMILLS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!”

[u/NephiandKorihor → u/thismorningscoffee]

Industrial ain’t played nobody! I can’t believe you have them at 1.

[u/rocket_beer → u/thismorningscoffee]

I like this brand of petty

[u/Foriegn_Picachu]

Mfs will say we shouldn’t have preseason rankings and then go and fill out one of these bad boys

I am mfs

[u/Aggressive_Intern778]

1) Memphis 2) OSU  3) Oregon  4) Georgia… and so on 

[u/TheWesternRizzler → u/Aggressive_Intern778]

The best teams rn are Memphis UNC and Stanford

[u/bakonydraco → u/TheWesternRizzler]

NDSU has to be up there.

[u/TheWesternRizzler → u/bakonydraco]

This is the 4 team playoff imo

[u/storeactions → u/Aggressive_Intern778]

Correct

[u/NinjaGhost42]

NDSU numbah 1

[u/bakonydraco]

I checked, and you can rank the following teams:

• All 138 FBS teams
• Chicago State
• Fort Lauderdale
• Lincoln (CA)
• Merrimack
• Virginia-Lynchburg

Notably, Lincoln (CA) has been discontinued this year.

[u/unsubpolitics → u/bakonydraco]

Notably, Lincoln (CA) has been discontinued this year.

So they'll be undefeated?

[u/bakonydraco → u/unsubpolitics]

Absolutely!

[u/Megalomanizac → u/bakonydraco]

Seems a little thin, why not the top of the FCS?

[u/bakonydraco → u/Megalomanizac]

WDYM, I just said Chicago State was included.

[u/Megalomanizac → u/bakonydraco]

Ah yes, the historic Chicago State football program. They have a long and storied history

[u/bakonydraco → u/Megalomanizac]

Many people don't know this, but they've never had a game in which they scored fewer than 28 points.

[u/Megalomanizac → u/bakonydraco]

Literally better than NDSU

[u/Jyingling21]

App State #1 as it should be

[u/Paladine_PSoT → u/Jyingling21]

If we can't reddit brigade umass to number 1 then can we even call ourselves sickos?

[u/bakonydraco]

If you click on “What is the fan poll?” there’s a brief description that shares

> You can submit as few as 10 teams, but a complete ballot of 25 gives you the best shot at the top of the leaderboard.

So it seems like maybe you’re trying to predict what the poll will be after the games? Much to discover!

[u/cooterdick → u/bakonydraco]

Would be useful if they actually included any ounce of information in the post here

[u/UT49-0U]

Just voted FIU #1, thanks!

[u/fm22fnam]

Cool

[u/Secure-Head7124 → u/fm22fnam]

can we vote for the bottom 25 instead

[u/releaseepsteinfiles1 → u/Secure-Head7124]

Bottom 3

auburn
lsu
tennessee

[u/ChaseTheFalcon → u/releaseepsteinfiles1]

I'll drink to that

[u/EIiteJT → u/releaseepsteinfiles1]

Can we change it to bottom 5 and throw OU and TAMU in there?

[u/releaseepsteinfiles1 → u/EIiteJT]

I’ll allow it

[u/Business_Permit_3686 → u/releaseepsteinfiles1]

Nah bottom 3 is Memphis, Texas, and Florida

[u/fm22fnam → u/Secure-Head7124]

You have my attention

[u/Lord777alt]

What is this window for votes? It should open Saturday evening and end Sunday or if you need more time then Mondayish. What's the point in a ranking before the games

[u/cooterdick → u/Lord777alt]

This is why I hate corporations, businesses, etc trying to post stuff like this in subreddits. They never return to answer anything and don’t actually provide the necessary context.

When we complain about the poll, we aren’t saying we could do it better. We mostly gripe about shitty ballots and not holding pollsters accountable for their (sometimes egregious) mistakes.