"Anger is a natural and often entirely reasonable emotion, but it can also be a little like misplacing your car keys. There's frustration, outrage, exasperation and a string of epithets that would make Pat Narduzzi blush, and then just when the emotions have reached their apex, you realize the keys have been in your coat pocket the whole time. So it was with last week's Anger Index. BYU was right to be upset that, in spite of a spotless record, it was slotted behind three one-loss teams."
"Because the committee is made up of some particularly wise college football minds, those folks can watch a team's performance and create a trend line. They can see Virginia squeaking by in close games or compare the recruiting pedigree of BYU's roster with teams from the SEC and make an entirely reasonable prediction that, on a long enough timeline, those teams' flaws will become evident and the results will prove the committee right."
Anger in response to rankings is natural and often understandable, with reactions ranging from frustration to outrage. Specific grievances arose when BYU, despite an unbeaten record, was placed behind three one-loss teams, and when ACC teams lacked top-13 representation despite strong profiles. Memphis felt slighted after being pushed out while a three-loss in-state team reached the top 25. The committee evaluates teams using trend lines, game performance, and recruiting pedigree to forecast future results. Those evaluations can justify current rankings because predictions about how flaws will manifest over time often prove accurate. Patience is advised rather than immediate judgment.
Read at ESPN.com
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