[Johnny Spread]

1. Ohio State (28)

2. Texas (11)

3. (tie) Notre Dame (9)

3. (tie) Southern California (1)

5. Oklahoma (13)

6. Auburn (1)

7. West Virginia

8. Florida

9. LSU

10. Florida State

11. Miami (Fla.)

12. California

13. Louisville

14. Georgia

15. Michigan

16. Virginia Tech

17. Iowa

18. Clemson

19. Penn State

20. Oregon

21. TCU

22. Nebraska

23. Tennessee

24. Alabama

25. Texas Tech



From www.collegefootballnews.com

Usually I don't buy into these preseason polls, they dont' mean shit. Remember last year, Tennessee was in the top 5 preseason polls...well, riiiiight.
So, thoughts?

[black al bundy]

Well, obviously Oklahoma shouldn't be that high, considering recent NCAA violations.
Louisville will have a meltdown sometime this season and won't be top 25 at the end of the year.
Clemson and Michigan should stay up there all year.
Other than that....hmmmm Preseason polls really are bullshit. They do the same usual suspects: 5 SEC teams, 3-4 Big XII teams, 2-3 Big Ten teams, 2-3 Pac-10 teams and sprinkle in some mid-majors. Same formula every year.

[papa smurf]

^^^^^
hahahah, yeah. Same formula every year.
But how did West Virginia get all the way up to #7.
They were a fluke last year. Every opponent is going to be gunning for them this year. I don't see them being consistent with last year.

[black al bundy]

Okay that was the USA Today pre-season rankings...
here's the Associated Press rankings:

1. Ohio State (35) 0-0 1,558 2. Notre Dame (10) 0-0 1,470 3. Texas (8) 0-0 1,411 4. Auburn (3) 0-0 1,395 5. West Virginia (6) 0-0 1,354 6. USC (3) 0-0 1,345 7. Florida 0-0 1,178 8. LSU 0-0 1,144 9. California 0-0 97510. Oklahoma 0-0 96011. Florida State 0-0 94912. Miami (FL) 0-0 89313. Louisville 0-0 84414. Michigan 0-0 82415. Georgia 0-0 74316. Iowa 0-0 72017. Virginia Tech 0-0 61418. Clemson 0-0 47919. Penn State 0-0 38620. Nebraska 0-0 33221. Oregon 0-0 32422. TCU 0-0 25723. Tennessee 0-0 21524. Arizona State 0-0 18225. Texas Tech 0-0 181


Couple flip flops around but pretty much the same formula as I said earlier.
I'm surprised at Cal's #9 ranking. Also the AP left Alabama off...hmmm, not sure about that one.

[black al bundy]

The two polls right next to each other:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/rankingsindex