re: Las Vegas Power Poll: used by oddsmakers to set lines

Books don't "use" this poll to set the lines they use it to possibly tinker with the line (maybe a point or so) given after running millions of computer simulations on each game. It helps counter public perception and make the bettor have a tough decision but they aren't sitting around saying okay well we have LSU ranked 4 and the AP has them ranked this so we are gonna blah blah blah etc etc etc that's not how it works