Not that I'm crazy about the Comp Poll, but Massey definitely should be kicked out of it.

Bixby, OK at #2 is just really bizarre.
This is exactly why most people that post on the Louisiana Forum don't give a crap about national polls.

If I had to guess, it looks like they are getting credit for beating Owasso 49-21 twice. Once that is corrected,  I would assume that would drastically affect their ranking.

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One nice thing about TheCompPoll is that it serves as weekly snapshots of the various rankings - something that neither HSRatings/CalPreps nor Massey ever provided. Last week Massey had Bixby at #11 - very much arguably still too high but much more reasonable than #2. The other thing you have to remember about algorithm-based rankings is that they do rely too heavily on preseason rankings early on and they tend to get better as they get more in-season data - although you can probably say the same thing about the human made rankings as well. 🙃

Massey also has Jenks, OK at #25 Nationally.
It's probably been a couple decades since anybody's even mentioned Jenks, OK
They were 8-4 last year.

This is the internet and people will believe what they want to believe.....I guess!

Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far. A lot of states haven't even started yet so I may wait a couple weeks.
Bixby and Jenks won't be in my Top 25.

If I had to guess, it looks like they are getting credit for beating Owasso 49-21 twice. Once that is corrected,  I would assume that would drastically affect their ranking.

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One nice thing about TheCompPoll is that it serves as weekly snapshots of the various rankings - something that neither HSRatings/CalPreps nor Massey ever provided. Last week Massey had Bixby at #11 - very much arguably still too high but much more reasonable than #2. The other thing you have to remember about algorithm-based rankings is that they do rely too heavily on preseason rankings early on and they tend to get better as they get more in-season data - although you can probably say the same thing about the human made rankings as well. 🙃

It's hard to have a Comp Poll with red and green apples.
Massey is a green apple
If all the apples were red you might have something.

It's hard to have a Comp Poll with red and green apples.
Massey is a green apple
If all the apples were red you might have something.

Honestly, I think having both red and green apples is the perfect argument FOR a comp poll.

The BCS was the same way and the inspiration for the HSFB comp poll - the BCS had 2 human polls (AP and Coaches) and 5 computer algorithms (one of which was Massey). Obviously having a playoff and settling a winner on the field is a much better system, but that will likely never be a realistic option for HSFB.

It's hard to have a Comp Poll with red and green apples.
Massey is a green apple
If all the apples were red you might have something.

Honestly, I think having both red and green apples is the perfect argument FOR a comp poll.

The BCS was the same way and the inspiration for the HSFB comp poll - the BCS had 2 human polls (AP and Coaches) and 5 computer algorithms (one of which was Massey). Obviously having a playoff and settling a winner on the field is a much better system, but that will likely never be a realistic option for HSFB.

That's all good, but they're only 136 FBS teams.
and over a 100 of them have no shot ever of making the playoffs..

They're over 15,000 high schools playing high school football.

They're over 15,000 high schools playing high school football.

And well over 14,000 of them have no shot ever of a MNC.  

But jokes aside, from my perspective, the scale of HSFB is only an argument for including algorithm-based rankings as part of a compilation poll.

They're over 15,000 high schools playing high school football.

And well over 14,000 of them have no shot ever of a MNC.   

But jokes aside, from my perspective, the scale of HSFB is only an argument for including algorithm-based rankings as part of a compilation poll.

I don't know what the exact number would be, but the POINT is probably 500 teams OR nore have a legitimate shot of making a Top 25 High School National Football Poll...... some of the things stopping that from happening are Bixby, OK and Jenks, OK.........

[Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far.]

Massey also has Jenks, OK at #25 Nationally.
It's probably been a couple decades since anybody's even mentioned Jenks, OK
They were 8-4 last year.

This is the internet and people will believe what they want to believe.....I guess!

Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far. A lot of states haven't even started yet so I may wait a couple weeks.
Bixby and Jenks won't be in my Top 25.

Come on.  I'll believe this when I see your Seal Team 30 ranking 😄.  Just sayin'

[Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far.]

Massey also has Jenks, OK at #25 Nationally.
It's probably been a couple decades since anybody's even mentioned Jenks, OK
They were 8-4 last year.

This is the internet and people will believe what they want to believe.....I guess!

Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far. A lot of states haven't even started yet so I may wait a couple weeks.
Bixby and Jenks won't be in my Top 25.

Come on.  I'll believe this when I see your Seal Team 30 ranking 😄.  Just sayin'

The Navy Seal Team Top 30 was so in-depth it took me 8 or 9 weeks to decide on just 1 team sometimes. It was much too complex and complicated for even me.  I'm still working on that poll from 2013  or whenever I did that. 😀🤔

My new poll will just be teams I like .....like everybody else does. The only thing is I don't think anybody watches more games than me. Sometimes I don't always finish the entire game, but I watch enough to know what's going on normally .



I don't care about no one

[Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far.]

Massey also has Jenks, OK at #25 Nationally.
It's probably been a couple decades since anybody's even mentioned Jenks, OK
They were 8-4 last year.

This is the internet and people will believe what they want to believe.....I guess!

Noice ! 😀
Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far. A lot of states haven't even started yet so I may wait a couple weeks.
Bixby and Jenks won't be in my Top 25.

Come on.  I'll believe this when I see your Seal Team 30 ranking 😄.  Just sayin'

The Navy Seal Team Top 30 was so in-depth it took me 8 or 9 weeks to decide on just 1 team sometimes. It was much too complex and complicated for even me.  I'm still working on that poll from 2013  or whenever I did that. 😀🤔

My new poll will just be teams I like .....like everybody else does. The only thing is I don't think anybody watches more games than me. Sometimes I don't always finish the entire game, but I watch enough to know what's going on normally .



I don't care about no one

[Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far.]

Massey also has Jenks, OK at #25 Nationally.
It's probably been a couple decades since anybody's even mentioned Jenks, OK
They were 8-4 last year.

This is the internet and people will believe what they want to believe.....I guess!

Think I'll work out a Top 25 National Poll with teams I like so far. A lot of states haven't even started yet so I may wait a couple weeks.
Bixby and Jenks won't be in my Top 25.

Come on.  I'll believe this when I see your Seal Team 30 ranking 😄.  Just sayin'

The Navy Seal Team Top 30 was so in-depth it took me 8 or 9 weeks to decide on just 1 team sometimes. It was much too complex and complicated for even me.  I'm still working on that poll from 2013  or whenever I did that. 😀🤔

My new poll will just be teams I like .....like everybody else does. The only thing is I don't think anybody watches more games than me. Sometimes I don't always finish the entire game, but I watch enough to know what's going on normally .



I don't care about no one

Noice 😀

Massey also has Jenks, OK at #25 Nationally.
It's probably been a couple decades since anybody's even mentioned Jenks, OK
They were 8-4 last year.

Bixby and Jenks won't be in my Top 25.

Bixby is legit. Not #2 or 12 legit, but a top 25-35 team right now.

Karr has its chance vs Heritage this year.

Karr has its chance vs Heritage this year.

after losing 36-6 to Arlington Bowie they realized that they will need a once in a generation team to play OOS