ESPN releases new preseason Top 25 college football poll

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Looking forward to Cincy @ ND.

Why? Two second class teams battling it out for no reason whatsoever?

 

[WinterBorn]

Looking forward to Cincy @ ND.

Why? Two second class teams battling it out for no reason whatsoever?

Maybe ND can make it to the playoffs and Bama can humiliate them again!

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

#6 - Texas A&M

Too high. We lost too many starters on the O-line.

And now, the fucking longhorns are trying to crash our SEC party.

I hate college football.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

There shouldn't be preseason polls at all. No polls until like 4+ games are played.

Preseason polls skew the rankings in favor of top programs. When you start high, even if you hiccup you won't fall as far.

 

[WinterBorn]

Too high. We lost too many starters on the O-line.

And now, the fucking longhorns are trying to crash our SEC party.

I hate college football.

Texas hasn't been anyone since Bama beat them for the National Championship in '09. Texas A&M is already firmly seated in the SEC.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

There shouldn't be preseason polls at all. No polls until like 4+ games are played.

Preseason polls skew the rankings in favor of top programs. When you start high, even if you hiccup you won't fall as far.

History says that is simply not true. Many national championships were won by teams unranked or ranked very low early in the season. In 2010, Auburn started at #22 in the preseason poll and went undefeated to the be national champions.

Now, a nod to Winterborn, Alabama's dominance of college football has prevented a lot of that from happening recently..

 

[WinterBorn]

History says that is simply not true. Many national championships were won by teams unranked or ranked very low early in the season. In 2010, Auburn started at #22 in the preseason poll and went undefeated to the be national champions.

Now, a nod to Winterborn, Alabama's dominance of college football has prevented a lot of that from happening recently..

The preseason polls are to satisfy the hardcore college football fans. And they are mostly accurate for what they are. But every season someone blows them up.

The sports writers that make most of the polls spend a lot of time studying the various teams. But it is based on last seasons performance and rumors of what is new. This doesn't work when someone truly phenomenal arrives on the scene without much of a track record. Auburn's 2010 season is a perfect example. The team looked solid but no spectacular based on what was known. That was because no one had seen Cam Newton play much, and especially not for an OC who knew how to utilize his talents.

As for Alabama, there is a proven track record of Saban reloading season after season.

 

[Mac-7]

ESPN Computer Releases New Preseason Top 25 Poll

The Top 6 are:

#1 - Alabama
#2 - Clemson
#3 - Oklahoma
#4 - Ohio State
#5 - Georgia
#6 - Texas A&M

I think Clemson should be a notch or two lower, but the rest seems accurate.

Imagine the Aggies at #6

they used to be perennial doormats in the late and great Southwest Conference

 

[Mac-7]

Yeah man...they got cats kneelin in Ireland before soccer matches!

The tough part is finding a black person so the guilt-ridden lib Paddies can shine their shoes

 

[Mac-7]

As for Alabama, there is a proven track record of Saban reloading season after season.

Saban is 70

enjoy it while it lasts

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

The tough part is finding a black person so the guilt-ridden lib Paddies to shine their shoes

Not in Dublin...filllllled with Africans.

White man's burden...even the Irish...they got Irish people buying into this shit...they were some of the most abused people in Europe for centuries.

Irish could be minority ethnic group here by 2050 - professor

Ireland's native population could be in a minority by the middle of this century, the president of Dublin City University (DCU…

www.irishtimes.com

White erasure is a very real thing.

 

[Mac-7]

Not in Dublin...filllllled with Africans.

Yes I know

Ireland is a cog in the EU machine

 

[WinterBorn]

Saban is 70

enjoy it while it lasts

I am enjoying every second of it.

 

[otto105]

If NCAA football goes woke and starts pandering to the kneelers, I'll be without ANY sports to watch.

Well, so long, bye.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Golly gee, and here I thought we would have a new batch of top rated teams that would finally change from the last 30 years

Who knew?

Where's Baylor?

 

[WinterBorn]

Golly gee, and here I thought we would have a new batch of top rated teams that would finally change from the last 30 years

Who knew?

Well, over the last 30 years Alabama has been in the top 10 only about half the time.

In the last 15 years we have lived there.

 

[AMart]

Golly gee, and here I thought we would have a new batch of top rated teams that would finally change from the last 30 years

Who knew?

Back then you could pencil in The U, FSU, Florida, ND, Cuse, Nebraska ....Colorado was still good, Washington etc.