Rankings Comparison
As of 2026 Week 2. See how 4thand4cast stacks up vs the Coaches Poll.
Comparison data populates once the daily ingestion pulls Coaches Poll rankings.
Why the difference?
Polls are voted by humans — coaches, sportswriters, the Playoff Committee — and weight things like brand history, recency, and the eye test. GIE is a proprietary prediction engine. It ignores tradition. It looks at the season as it actually played out and produces a forecast for what comes next. The differences are where the disagreements live.