If you follow my work, I believe preseason rankings are useless and should be eliminated due to the inherent bias that goes into them with voters. The same applies to ESPN’s FPI (Football Power Index) because the formula used is rigged.
The FPI stacks teams from the SEC/B1G in the preseason and keeps them propped up when they lose and rewards them when they win, regardless of the opponent.
Here are some prime examples. FSU dominated Alabama in week one and destroyed East Texas A&M in week two, and the FPI has FSU at No.