NCAAF: Polling Injustice

This is about right:

News flash for voters in the AP and coaches polls: Tennessee beat Georgia last week. In Athens. Maintained the upper hand from the outset.

Nonetheless, both polls somehow kept the Vols behind UGa this week. The coaches were particularly conspicuous, ranking the Dawgs six spots in front.

What, did they use a butterfly ballot?

Remember, these people now are entrusted with two-thirds of the system that determines the national-title game.

Unbeaten Auburn handed Tennessee its lone setback. The Vols handed Georgia its lone loss.

That makes the SEC pecking order Auburn, Tennessee, Georgia. It doesn't get any clearer.

I'm primarliy a Wisconsin/Big Ten fan, but the SEC (and Tennessee in particular -- long story) is my next conference of choice, because in any given year in those conferences, there's almost always competition. There are usually at least three or four schools with a legitimate shot at the title, and just about any team can beat any other team in a given week (more true of the Big Ten than the SEC). But the idea that Tennessee, a one-loss team, is ranked behind another one-loss team that Tennessee defeated in Athens is silly to me.