Anyone want to take a guess at the pre-season top 10? top 25?

[zacattak]

Lets see what you think.

[JBHuskers]

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. LSU
4. Oregon
5. Florida State
6. Stanford
7. Boise State
8. Virginia Tech
9. Wisconsin
10. Nebraska

[zacattak]

1.OU
2.Alabama
3.Oregon
4.LSU
5.Boise St.
6.Stanford
7.Tex A&M
8.Florida St.
9.Arkansas
10.Ohio St.
11-25: in no set order: Neb, OK St. South Car. TCU, VT, Tex Tech, Mich St. Wisc, Oreg St. USC, Auburn, Georgia, ND, North Carolina, Houston

[morsdraconis]

Has the previous MNC winner ever not been in the top 5 the next season's preseason poll since we started the whole BCS thing? I'm pretty sure they're always up there next season.

[zacattak]

not when you concider they lost BOTH KEY playmakers. in newton and fairley...

[morsdraconis]

After some quick research, turns out, since the beginning of the BCS formula, no team has ever been lower than #7 the following year in the preseason AP poll:

98 - Tennessee - #2
99 - Florida State - #2
00 - Oklahoma - #3
01 - Miami - #1
02 - Ohio State - #2
03 - LSU - #4
04 - USC - #1
05 - Texas - #3
06 - Florida - #6
07 - LSU - #7
08 - Florida - #1
09 - Alabama - #1


Will be interesting to see what happens with Auburn and their ranking. Gotta think at least top 10, even though there's no way they stay up there long since Newton was pretty much their whole team besides a pretty stout defense.

[CLW]

#1 North Carolina
#2 Kentucky
#3 Ohio State
#4 Duke
#5 Syracuse
#6 Louisville
#7 Florida
#8 Wisconsin
#9 Pitt
#10 Cinci

[JBHuskers]

#1 North Carolina
#2 Kentucky
#3 Ohio State
#4 Duke
#5 Syracuse
#6 Louisville
#7 Florida
#8 Wisconsin
#9 Pitt
#10 Cinci

Hey said YOUR top 10...not Spurrier's

[CLW]

Hey said YOUR top 10...not Spurrier's

That's actually my 2011-2012 Pre-Season Hoops rankings as the OP didn't specify which college sport so I went with the one that my school has a shot at so

[HWill]

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. LSU
5. Boise State
6. Florida State
7. Stanford
8. South Carolina
9. Oklahoma State
10. Ohio State
11. Texas A&M
12. Arkansas
13. Nebraska
14. Wisconsin
15. TCU
16. Michigan State
17. Notre Dame
18. Florida
19. Virginia Tech
20. Texas
21. Mississippi State
22. Auburn
23. Missouri
24. West Virginia
25. Arizona State

EDIT: I may or may not have copied this from ESPN.

[ram29jackson]

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. LSU
5. Boise State
6. Florida State
7. Stanford
8. South Carolina
9. Oklahoma State
10. Ohio State
11. Texas A&M
12. Arkansas
13. Nebraska
14. Wisconsin
15. TCU
16. Michigan State
17. Notre Dame
18. Florida
19. Virginia Tech
20. Texas
21. Mississippi State
22. Auburn
23. Missouri
24. West Virginia
25. Arizona State

EDIT: I may or may not have copied this from ESPN.

I dont see Oregon and Boise finishing that high anyway....Stanford changed its coach/culture, theyll probably drop off...

Nebraska having a top 13 year against teams they never play seems a stretch ?

[JBHuskers]

I dont see Oregon and Boise finishing that high anyway....Stanford changed its coach/culture, theyll probably drop off...

Nebraska having a top 13 year against teams they never play seems a stretch ?

That's why it's a preseason poll

[ram29jackson]

That's why it's a preseason poll

true, I know, but I like what a friend said last year. Without a playoff system they
shouldnt even bother ranking till after week 2

[JeffHCross]

Stanford changed its coach/culture, theyll probably drop off...

Stanford promoted their offensive coordinator. I think very little is going to change in the short term for them.

Plus ... Andrew Luck.

[ram29jackson]

Stanford promoted their offensive coordinator. I think very little is going to change in the short term for them.

Plus ... Andrew Luck.

true, but a lot of schools will have faster-dumber guys and thats usually what wins on the field and in the rankings haha

Andrew Luck- helping your team win isnt as important as keeping yourself healthy to further a career (thats just a side note,he will of course play hard)

[steelerfan]

No one has PSU even in the top 25? Hmm, ok.

[ram29jackson]

No one has PSU even in the top 25? Hmm, ok.

I did leave that alone haha

Hopefully, they have a decent QB from the get go. I think they could be top 4 in the BIG. As to where that translates in top 25.. I dont know?

[JeffHCross]

The Big Ten is going to be such a mess this year that Penn State has as much chance to win the division as they do to be #3. As for why they're not Top 25 (hard to tell if people are being predictive or power poll), when you don't have a QB you don't have much of a ranking.

[psusnoop]

I'm torn on this one, as I'm hearing all kinds of stuff from someone in the program that has me just about torqued right now. I'd leave PSU alone right now and root for a bowl game at the most.

Sorry psuexv, and Steelerfan things could be real messy.

Oh and about the QB's, I don't even want to start in on that right now. I might have a convulsion and need medical assistance immediately.

[jaymo76]

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. LSU
5. Boise State
6. Florida State
7. Stanford
8. South Carolina
9. Oklahoma State
10. Ohio State
11. Texas A&M
12. Arkansas
13. Nebraska
14. Wisconsin
15. TCU
16. Michigan State
17. Notre Dame
18. Florida
19. Virginia Tech
20. Texas
21. Mississippi State
22. Auburn
23. Missouri
24. West Virginia
25. Arizona State

EDIT: I may or may not have copied this from ESPN.

Hey, I cheer for Arizona St. U but there's no way they are top 25 calibre.