And some 80+ year old who won the Heisman 60 years ago does?
I do think that media members in general probably have the best overall overview of the sport out of the relevant groups (players, coaches, journalists). Now the question which members you give a vote to is certainly debateable. I also think there's a place for the AP and Coaches poll, but I don't think they should be released until Week 6 or 7 (roughly the halfway point of the season) as the current system reinforces the point I keep making about the big name programs getting the benefit of the doubt. Everyone should start at zero as, especially in this day and age with the portal creating an unprecedented level of player turnover from season to season, we just don't know **** about most teams before the season and there's a heavy bias towards teams that were successful the previous season and it takes a while for things to reset and regress to the mean both for teams doing better than expected but also for teams doing worse than anticipated. I realise that the ultimately relevant ranking is the one by the CFP committee, but the AP poll helps shape perception and the narrative. But then I also realise that the US sports media has a fetish with rankings (probably also because it's a cheap and easy way to create engagement with your content, especially if you throw some rage bait).