Week 3 College Football Rankings: Surges, Crashes, and Contenders

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The article critiques the reliability of early college football rankings, especially analytics-based ones, highlighting their reliance on past performance data and the potential for misleading impressions early in the season. It emphasizes the importance of updating rankings based on current results and discusses the influence of conference politics and the push for more formula-driven selection processes in the sport.
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