INCLUSION IN COMPILATION POLL


While it is generally our practice to include all media sources producing any sort of national rankings, we've had to make one exception to that in the eight year history of the compilation poll.  This involved a fairly extreme case of erratic rankings surrounding one media source during the 2011 season.  We did not take this decision lightly, as we did not want to send the wrong message since certainly difference of opinion is the entire point of the compilation.  However, once it becomes clear that someone is ranking teams many spots lower than he believes they should be in an effort to skew the compilation totals to the result he's looking for, it'd clearly make no sense to include those rankings.  As such, this source obviously can not and will not be added back unless/until there is a new person in charge of their ratings, at which point we'll be happy to start fresh with them and give the new person the benefit of the doubt.  If you're interested in seeing the original post explaining the details of this matter click here