Finally, clarity.
Well, some clarity. In a sport like college football, maybe that's the most we could realistically ask for anyway.
With the halfway point in the 2015 college football season officially here, the landscape is starting to come together. Playoff-caliber teams are emerging from the pack. The list of likely playoff candidates has shrunk to somewhere between 10-15 teams. That's progress.
Still, caught in the intersection is the timeless question about polling: do you rank teams based on what they've done or what they look like? Or both?
It's time to find out and peruse all of the latest trends by evaluating the recent USA Today coaches poll and the Associated Press Top 25.