They took some grief last year when the initial rankings came out. Much of it was over the top; all early computer rankings have some wackiness - they need more data to fine-tune. I remember Hardt and Bob spent a decent amount of his segment on Black & Drew mocking the initial NET last season; I suppose it freed him from spending the entire hour addressing the dismal state of our program at the time.They are releasing initial NET ratings on Monday. They are waiting longer this year so the ratings can stabilize before the initial release.
Ironically, Ohio State was #1 in last year's initial NET - and that's what they got the most ridicule for.
This year's most likely initial #1? Ohio State.