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Rece Davis on AP Rankings Fear
Rece Davis admits he’s scared to death ranking teams after a fellow voter’s bias cost him voting rights.
In brief
Rece Davis admits he’s scared to death ranking teams after a fellow voter’s bias cost him voting rights. Rece Davis says he’s scared to death each week ranking AP Top 25 teams after a fellow voter’s bias nearly cost him his voting rights. Originally reported by EssentiallySports.
Rece Davis shares ranking fears
Rece Davis says he’s scared to death every week while ranking AP Top 25 teams.
“I’m scared to death every week that in the process of physically moving teams around, that I accidentally axe somebody out”
Fellow voter faces backlash
Greg Luca’s rankings left out Pittsburgh Panthers despite their 35, 33 win over Virginia Tech.
“Why wouldn’t they be ranked in that order, then?”
Mississippi State moves up
Mississippi State moved from 15th to 14th after Luca’s rankings.
“Mississippi State had beaten Missouri, Missouri had defeated Florida, and Florida had come out on top against Ole Miss”
Davis’s similar ranking choices
Davis left out Pittsburgh Panthers despite their comeback win.
“Miss beat LSU, right? But several spots behind Miss, Florida killed Miss”
Davis admits list is messy
Davis says his list is a mess and people might call him ‘What an idiot’.
“He did admit that his list is a ‘mess’ and that people might call him ‘What an idiot’”
AP rankings face criticism
AP voters face backlash for leaving out teams despite their wins.
“This is not the first time that AP voters have faced backlash for their rankings”
The essence
Rece Davis says he’s scared to death each week ranking AP Top 25 teams after a fellow voter’s bias nearly cost him his voting rights.
