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Here's the data for football.

https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2013/8...-bell-8-19

Over the last 15 years (i.e. the "BCS era"), the writers have been pretty good at spotting the frontrunners: Almost half of eventual BCS champions (7 of 15) began the season ranked No. 1 or No. 2, and all but three started in the top ten. Of the 120 teams in that span tabbed to finish in the top eight, 104 of them landed somewhere in the final poll, and well over half finished in the top ten.

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[BostonCard]

Here's the data for football.

https://www.footballstudyhall.com/2013/8...-bell-8-19

Over the last 15 years (i.e. the "BCS era"), the writers have been pretty good at spotting the frontrunners: Almost half of eventual BCS champions (7 of 15) began the season ranked No. 1 or No. 2, and all but three started in the top ten. Of the 120 teams in that span tabbed to finish in the top eight, 104 of them landed somewhere in the final poll, and well over half finished in the top ten.

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