by Every Monday, the Associated Press rolls out its weekly high school football poll. A week-by-week ranking of the top teams in each division, the poll judges each team up to the current point in their season, not looking forward or prognosticating. Though it means nothing in the grand scheme of things, some of the recent weeks’ voting has been egregious, to say the least.
Coming off a 55-7 blowout over Walsh Jesuit in Week 7, Hoban received 8 of a possible 21 first-place votes, trailing just Massillon, who finished with 11. While the potential matchup between the Knights and the Tigers is an intriguing thought, that debate has the chance to be settled on the field in the playoffs.
One matchup already decided was the Knights’ convincing victory over the Warriors. In the Week 7 AP Poll, Walsh Jesuit finished ranked eighth but somehow still received a first-place vote. This is no knock on the Warriors; Head Coach Nick Alexander has a top-notch squad.
The problem lies with the person who decided that Walsh was the best team in the state, coming off a game that was 50-0 at halftime. There is no way that someone with even the slightest clue of what’s going on would make such a blunder.
If the poll is going to continue to exist, the voters need to be held to a higher standard, even if that is as simple as visiting KeeOnSports.com or another outlet to check the score. With the entire world in your pocket, there is no excuse for being out of touch with the action.
