I know, you guys love arbitrary rankings. And today’s is among the most arbitrary we’ve yet seen: Ranking college football’s top 25 based on likability,
In the USA Today piece, they take a look at all 25 teams in the Coaches Poll and put them in order of how “likeable” they are. This would seem to be in the Syracuse Orange’s favor because of how much the national media enjoys Dino Babers. However, that is not the case here.
SU winds up 20th out of 25, while completely dismissing the ability for Babers alone to get them ranked No.