We have been “embellishing” the Athlon Top 25 because we need a football fix. Sorry, Athlon is all we got right now. We are waiting on Phil Steele’s preview [Feel Steel]. He seems to be the only guy that gets it right.
Coming up next week is a Florida preview and not to far away is an SEC preview.
I realize these are preseason rankings and that they will change, but it’s nice to see where the teams stand, plus it’s something to do in the off season!
25. TCU
24. Miami (FL)
23. Texas A&M
22. Oregon State
21. Auburn
20. Tennessee
19. Hawaii
18. Nebraska
17. Penn State
16. Georgia
15. UCLA
14. Georgia Tech
13. Louisville
12. Ohio State
11. California
10. Rutgers
9. Virginia Tech
8. Michigan
7. Oklahoma
6. Florida
5. West Virginia
4. Wisconsin
3. LSU
2. Texas
1. USC
Here are the rankings from last season from Athlon.com. The (number) denotes their actual finish according their website.
25. Nebraska (26)
24. Arizona State (42)
23. Utah (49)
22. Texas Tech (32)
21. Virginia Tech (22)
20. Tennessee (20)
19. Oregon (52)
18. TCU (25)
17. FSU (33)
16. Iowa (56)
15. Georgia (21)
14. Miami (46)
13. Michigan (8)
12. Clemson (38)
11. LSU (3)
10. Louisville (5)
9. Auburn (7)
8. California (15)
7. Texas (12)
6. WVU (11)
5. Florida (1)
4. Ohio State (2)
3. USC (4)
2. Notre Dame (16)
1. Oklahoma (10) Obviously put out before Stoops gave the boot to Bomar.
Things I hate: Soccer ball car magnets, “sales” at Kohls, Fans of any college football team that doesn’t know who their team’s 3rd string quarterback is, and preseason rankings.
What a huge waste of time it is investing any attention towards these articles. I will look at them just to see how far off the authors are about the team their reporting on just to humor myself. It’s real simple: there are only 3 maybe 5 teams that have a shot at a MNC. The rest, teams ranked 6-25, are all equally average. Actually, I’ll give teams ranked in the top 7 and edge over the rest.
I see there are 3 tiers: The top 3, teams 4-7, and then 8-25. People who brag about their team being 11th in the final poll over another team being ranked 22nd is dumb. Both of you are irrelevant, so shut up. #1 is all that matters, period. If your team wins the conference title, that gives you a little bragging rights over the other teams in your conference, but that’s it.
I wish rankings of any type would not come out until the first week of November. Not until then does anyone really have an idea of how good a team is. Then again, it still wouldn’t matter. If your not one of the top 5, just hush and enjoy the tailgate.