Cobb: Recent voting fiasco exposes how the AP Top 25 structure is broken

September 10, 2025

By David Cobb, CBS Sports: The AP Top 25 Poll may not matter as much as it used to, but it still plays a vital role in establishing narratives and perception around certain teams until the first College Football Playoff rankings are revealed in early November.

That’s why there was collective outrage this week when an AP voter moved Florida up two spots to No. 14 and left South Florida unranked after the Bulls improved to 2-0 with a road victory over the Gators.

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Florida-South Florida voting fiasco exposes how the AP Top 25 structure is fundamentally broken

The AP poll still carries influence in college football, so why don't we use this moment to improve it?

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