This is the final for preseason. Changes from draft:

Rank	Team
1	Florida
2	Texas
3	Southern Cal
4	Oklahoma
5	Alabama
6	Virginia Tech
7	California
8	Georgia
9	Ohio State
10	Mississippi
11	Penn State
12	Oklahoma State
13	Georgia Tech
14	Iowa
15	Miami (Florida)
16	Illinois
17	TCU
18	LSU
19	Nebraska
20	Boise State
21	Pittsburgh
22	Kansas
23	Clemson
24	North Carolina
25	Oregon

• Dropped UCLA, on whom I was being irrationally exuberant. Even if they improve markedly from last year, that doesn't necessarily mean they'll be one of the 25 most deserving college football teams.
• Added Kansas in place of UCLA (though I moved them a couple sots back). They were a decent, not great team last year, and they return most of the pieces from a strong offense, and nearly all of the defensive line, to go along with the entire secondary. I have trepidation about their offensive line (must replace 3 starters, and a couple guys might be changing positions) and their linebackers (no starters return), but what team in the back end of the poll doesn't have a few question marks?
• Bumped Oklahoma State up, both because I had underrated them slightly I think (even if they have to replace 5 starters on defense, a mediocre defense still had them achieving at a high level least year), and because some of the teams ahead of them were overrated (i.e. the Miami Hurricanes, who also moved behind Iowa).
• Moved North Carolina into the poll, at the expense of Notre Dame. I didn't originally want to include the Irish in the poll at all (because they certainly haven't done anything to deserve over the past couple years), but couldn't think of a better team to slot in. UNC provided that. The change in that area caused a lot of things to change very slightly (i.e. Boise State moved down a bit).
• A couple more minor changes, though nothing bigger than moving a team up or down a spot.

When I originally filled out my ballot, it didn't seem like there were enough teams for 25 spots. Now, I feel like I have too many, and felt guilty leaving off an outfit like Nevada. All we can do is bide our time until Actual Football kicks off (10 days!) so we can see which teams really deserve their spots.