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You have distain for the polls..but you keep quoting Sagarin.
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That's because Sagarin isn't a poll, but uses an objective statistical formula for determining the relative strength of competitors within a group (the Elo rating), plus the most reliable predictor of which team will win a head-to-head matchup (the White Owl rating).
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Illinois was a far better team that 40th...check the final polls.
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You're right, by virtue of their win over OSU, the Illini vaulted up to the 21st spot in the Sagarin ratings. Even at that, this OSU team has yet to play a top-20 team.
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...you keep missing this...they already had their chsot.
These teams play 12 games...thats it
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They had their shots against unequal competition, some of which was hand-picked to produce a win. Even at that, the one team that had no losses also gets no chance to prove that they're the best in the nation. In other words, the one undefeated team has no shot at a title - and never did. Even by your own reasoning, the OSU-LSU exhibition game will not produce a legitimate champion.