could you imagine if any other coach pulled this stunt? how many other coaches have we blasted for ranking their teams higher than we thought they deserved? do you think if bret bielema had the exact same schedule (when he was at wiscy) and the exact same wins-losses, by the same margin, people would be commending him for motivating his players and arguing, "why should he not rank his team?" there is no perspective here.
I've always assumed coaches are biased towards their own team and that the coach's poll is not entirely objective (it's a poll made by the very coaches they're ranking - if somone truly believes it's totally objective, it's time to go play in traffic). So I will continue to not care when there are small discrepancies like this, whether it is regarding our team or others. Others, though, will continue to grasp at straws and flip sh#t to amuse the rest of us.