Scholarship table
Some of this validates the points that Davis made. The rankings get people talking, encourage a focus on teams that are collectively agreed to be good, and they stir debate. Even if they're not very accurate until later in the year, the game benefits overall from having rankings from the preseason through to the end of the year.
And on that I continue to agree, it allows the fans to argue back and forth. Seth does his own top 25 every Sunday night on twitter and he lives the bickering back and forth. 100% agreement with that.