[OldTymer]

I agree with all your facts, but sometimes we are blinded by the college polls and the way that those teams advance and fall. Each week, I think you do have to look at who is playing well at that time. If you only go by a team's record, would Louisville Central ever get ranked? No. You have to factor in where they are relative to the other 3A teams and the fact their schedule is loaded with 6A teams. Is it fair to put JC behind Belfry? No. They just played and JC won. They should be ahead of the Pirates. Some people might say that SC should stay ahead of JC because they beat them and it was at JC. I disagree. JC is playing better now than SC. Granted, a lot of factors have gone into SC's struggles, and it does look like they are getting straightened out, but you are judged by your performance on the field and not by "ifs and buts" I think Pburg is definitely top 3 in this poll. I could go with them being number 2, just because they are undefeated, but you cannot compare their schedule to JC's, even though they have played some tough teams. Pburg would not beat Bell, and although they did beat SC, they struggled to beat them. I thought they were at least 2-3 TDs better on that night than SC, but the 'Cats never delivered the big dagger even though they got the win. Give SC some credit for hanging in there and to Mikie Moore for his big KO return. All I really care about regarding Pburg is that they advance in the playoffs and knock off a Corbin team who, in my opinion, is overrated due to the fact they have not played a great schedule, and have to be supsect defensively. In their two losses, they gave up over 75 points. LCA is by far the best team they played, and the other teams are a combination of average-above average, and not very good.

But if you go by what you say and that is "who is playing better that week" that is purely objective and opinionated. Which I realize that all these polls are, but in the end all we have to go by is record, not who would necessarily beat who that week if they played. All makes for good debate and convo tho.:Thumbs: