I've always loved that.... How do you rank a team before they've played ? I guess if they have a LOT of returning starters, that's a good sign, but who's to say that a team with new kids won't be perfectly sync'd with one another and be a great combination ? Heh, I think the rankings are just know-it-all sports "analysts" making themselves feel important anywayI agree, that's why beating a team that ranked earlier in the season means nothing when that team is unranked at the end of the season, because that earlier ranking was just a bad guess.