AP Preseason Poll is released
1. Southern Cal (62) 11-2 1,622
2. LSU (2) 11-2 1,511
3. West Virginia (1) 11-2 1,396
4. Texas 10-3 1,375
5. Michigan 11-2 1,371
6. Florida 13-1 1,276
7. Wisconsin 12-1 1,192
8. Oklahoma 11-3 1,166
9. Virginia Tech 10-3 1,148
10. Louisville 12-1 1,031
11. Ohio St. 12-1 876
12. California 10-3 790
13. Georgia 9-4 782
14. UCLA 7-6 605
15. Tennessee 9-4 571
16. Rutgers 11-2 560
17. Penn St. 9-4 542
18. Auburn 11-2 519
19. Florida State 7-6 392
20. Nebraska 9-5 377
21. Arkansas 10-4 376
22. TCU 11-2 283
23. Hawaii 11-3 256
24. Boise St. 13-0 187
25. Texas A&M 9-4 162
Others receiving votes: Missouri 128, Georgia Tech 94, Boston College 75, Oregon 73, South Carolina 69, Miami 68, Alabama 66, Oregon St. 42, Wake Forest 40, South Florida 28, Arizona St. 17, BYU 14, Southern Miss. 12, Notre Dame 11, Virginia 7, Clemson 6, Oklahoma St. 3, Texas Tech 2, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, N.C. State 1, Purdue 1.
I'd love to hear the rationalization for the idiot sports writers for Tenn being ranked ahead of us--they have the same record from last year and we beat them in the bowl game.
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Its all about the SEC. The media is in constant bash Big 10 mode and praise SEC, so does not surprise me the Tenn is ranked higher.
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The SEC is tough, but how does that play into overranking teams before games are played?
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Ok, not to throw a hissy fit or anything...But why in the hell FSU ranked. No matter what they do, they get freaking ranked. They could lose all the freaking GD games and still be ranked in the top 25. Pisses me off. I am not saying they suck by no means, but last years performance by there team and they get that ranking this year. B freaking S
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