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Apparently College Voters Were Also On Vacation

I'm not going to say that my rankings are the best or perfect system, they certainly aren't, because well no system is perfect when it's all subjective. I just personally believe in the system of crediting teams for what they have done this season and against whom, but I understand the counterpoint of not lowering someone because they haven't played anyone good because you perceive them to be an elite team. Just opposite opinions. So I'm not going to kill people for the votes usually despite these gaps in opinions.

But after looking at the polls this week it's obvious to me that the AP as well as coaches poll voters were at Disney me with me this weekend. Why? Apparently they missed the fact that Tennessee beat Georgia. Not only did Tennessee beat Georgia, they throttled them 35-14 and the game was essentially over at the half when it was 28-0. So how in the world is Georgia ranked 24th in the AP poll while UT is 25th and in the coaches poll Georgia is ranked 23rd while UT remains unranked.

Both teams have 2 losses to good teams, UT's coming at #2 Cal and at #13 Florida while Georgia lost at Tennesee (obviously) and home versus South Carolina. Both teams have one solid win UT over UGA and UGA's win at Alabama. There resumes are overly similar and only a day earlier UT put the hammer down on the Bulldogs. It was right in front of your face on Saturday, it was on National TV, I even saw a few minutes of the game. So, what the hell am I missing here?

Oh I know, last week UT was unranked and Georgia was ranked 12th so of course a #12 ranked team shouldn't fall out of the polls. A very rational decision of course.
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