Ohio State sits at No. 5 in the polls, but if David Pollack had his druthers, No. 8 Florida would be ahead of the Buckeyes.
Pollack believes No. 6 Indiana and No. 7 Alabama are also wrongfully ranked ahead of Florida in the AP Top 25 poll.
“Does Florida not have the best win in the country? They just destroyed Ole Miss,” Pollack said. “Florida just put Ole Miss on their shoe and stepped on them like it was a cockroach. If Florida was above Indiana, I’d be okay with that. It would not hurt my feelings. If they were above Alabama and Indiana, fine with me. If they were above Ohio State, fine with me.”
Pollack made the point that the Gators hadn't beaten Auburn on the road since 1999. There hadn't been a game on the Plains for Florida since 2011, which probably had the most to do with it. The past five years haven't been kind to the Tigers, and most certainly would've resulted in UF breaking through against AU had the game been scheduled.
Still, does Pollack have a point?
Should the Gators be ranked No. 5 behind, in order, Texas, Georgia, Notre Dame, and Miami?
Yes, Florida should be ranked ahead of Ohio State
Having a loss in the early season and still being No. 5 is impressive on the Buckeyes' end. Of course, not many teams would be given the same benefit of the doubt.
Ryan Day earned that with a title less than two years ago and by making the CFP in three of the last four years. Well, earned the benefit of the doubt. Not the ranking.
Losing to the Longhorns like Ohio State did in Week 2 is a sign that the talent is high in Columbus, but the coaching can be questionable. It should've been held against the Buckeyes more, especially since OSU doesn't have a win in the same stratosphere as Ole Miss yet.
That could change this Saturday against Iowa. The Hawkeyes are coming off a spectacular last-second win over TTUN, and Kinnick Stadium isn't exactly friendly to the Buckeyes. Ohio State winning would be more convincing than beating a ranked Missouri team that shouldn't be ranked. That's Florida's challenge in Week 5.
College football polls shouldn't exist until the CFP's first rankings
Ranking teams in the first month of the season is a pretty pointless exercise when you really think about it.
What exactly is it based on? Social media clips and recruiting rankings? We know that the recruiting industry has its own interests, whether it be sportsbooks, prediction markets, or the like.
While it provides nice sound bites like Pollack's, it's possible that a Mizzou upset of UF makes this whole dialogue obsolete within the week. Let alone by November.
Perhaps we as a society should save the rankings until the CFP selection committee releases one, since the others don't matter at all anyway, besides Notre Dame's unique case.
Because T.V. networks need to market their product, though, we won't see that. Cutting the AP Poll wouldn't be popular with the sport's purists, who already feel enough has left the sport in the last half-decade.
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