COLUMBIA, Mo. — ’Tis the season to be ranked.
Not in the AP Poll, mind you, nor the College Football Playoff Selection Committee’s rankings. Not even in a preseason poll of coaches or media members.
Rather, it’s the time of year when a snappy numerical graphic and enough confidence to convey presumed authority make for quality rankings — of players, prospects, playoff chances and everything in between. College football preview magazines dedicate full spreads to it. Some accounts on X dedicate their full existence to it.
It’s like that Benjamin Franklin quote: “A place for everything and everything in its place.