FRC Top 25 week 3 results

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Originally Posted by JamesBrown

There is no way that number can go up if more "experts" post. I wouldn't expect every ones lists to match, but the diferences should be in the lower ranked teams. If you look at college sports polls then there is usually consensus between the experts, it is pretty rare to see a team raked #3 by one person and not ranked by any one else.

I don't know who the "experts" are but I have to say I agree with Tom, I would not take the rankings too seriously.

Something to keep in mind is there are between 100 and 150 NCAA Div. 1 football teams. Picking a top 25 out of that is deciding on the 1/4 to 1/6th best teams. This is just slightly harder than making a pick-list for a FRC Championship Division (a little under 90 teams). Picking a Top 25 out of a current 800-ish teams is picking the top couple of percent. This would be pretty tough. If you think about it, if you and draw a random 25 out of a deck of 100, we will likely have around 6 matching teams. Do the same experiment on a deck of 800, and you are likely to have 1 or fewer matches.

I really appreciate the folks contributing and putting this together. If you have ever made a pick-list at an event, you know how tough it can be trying to sort out teams.
What actually surprises me is that there are not a ton more on the mention list. I figured there would be a fair amount of overlap for the top 10, but the next 15 or so would be much more random thus the mention list would be HUGE.