The great thing about power rankings is that they’re not just the conference standings. Anyone can look up conference standings and say, this team is better than them because of something like “head to head matchups” and “winning percentages.” It takes a real maniac to insist that a one win team is actually good.
I feel like I’m ready to be that maniac. The truth is that someone is always going to be ahead of someone who they lost to. Everyone’s situation is different, and it can be difficult to balance not being a prisoner of the moment with making sure that trending results matter.