# Week 9 CFB -- Which AP Top 25 team(s) will lose?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-9-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/701838>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 19, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-9-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/701838 "2014-10-19T19:23:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-9-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/701838/21 "2014-10-26T18:55:00Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> I really hate the negative point for incorrect guesses. Hate it.

How would you like it to be?

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**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-9-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/701838/22 "2014-10-26T20:19:33Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> So sorry for the mixup, **zoog**. Congrats on the week!

Woohoo, thanks! What did I win? 😃

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-9-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/701838/23 "2014-10-26T20:35:08Z")

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> [@zoog](#):
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> Woohoo, thanks! What did I win? 😃

Massive respect! 😃

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-9-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/701838/24 "2014-10-26T22:07:35Z")

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And the approbation of your peers.

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/week-9-cfb-which-ap-top-25-team-s-will-lose/701838/25 "2014-10-27T04:39:29Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> How would you like it to be?

My preference would be only positive points for correct picks, but the obvious flaw there would be it would encourage picking long shot upsets.

My second choice would be to award 2 points for correct picks, while subtracting one for incorrect picks. There’s probably an obvious flaw there too, but I don’t see it at the moment.

Doesn’t really matter as the system you’ve devised is working fine.

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