If one could ascribe a theme to my ballot, last week's vote was about sample size.

Could one bad loss drop Florida and Alabama behind two teams they were heads and shoulders above in my preseason rankings? Were two games enough to determine that Clemson has systemic issues on offense? Had Miami erased all of its potential question marks after one big win over Notre Dame?

Dear reader, I offer these questions to you to ask: Are just one or two weeks of games enough to radically change your outlook on a team? If your answer to that question is yes, then you likely thought my AP poll last week was the work of a shmuck.

It's true that leaning on preseason outlooks for the first week or two to a strong degree — at least in comparison to my colleagues — may be flawed. But the truth is, t

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