Posters Preseason Top 25
I touched on this in another thread. We had a few differents threads yesterday on various top 25s. And, man, there was a lot of whining, crying and charges of bias and/or sensationalism. There was also a lot of great conversation, debate and insights. But, it did make me think. Everyone, including me, had a bone or more to pick with the rankings somewhere. But, at least these guys did rankings, and, in the case of Steele, you know he did a boat load of research. No way he doesnt know these teams better than most of us on this site. So, then, if we all know for sure where these rankings are stupid, biased and created just to start some buzz for their magazine, then what are our rankings? Lets hear them.
Its a Friday, it will be slow where I am working in advance of the holiday, the rankings because of the threads yesterday are on our mind. Let's do this. Show me your top 25. And lets freaking just shred each other. In the spirit, here's mine. This is the first time I've really put pen and paper to rankings. This is raw. Non binding. But forced to do a impromptu top 25 in a matter of minutes on the last Friday of May, here is what I got:
1 Alabama
2 Boise
3 Ohio State
4 Texas
5 Oklahoma
6 USC
7 Iowa
8 Virginia Tech
9 Florida
10 TCU
11 Auburn
12 Wisco
13 LSU
14 Georgia Tech
15 Nebraska
16 Utah
17 Miami
18 Arkansas
19 Stanford
20 Georgia
21 Oregon
22 West Virginia
23 Oregon State
24 Florida State
25 UConn
There it is. I just reeled these off in a few minutes this morning. I cant worry about shuffling them around or editing. Gotta get ready for work. Crush these all you want. I'm sure I'll have buyers remorse on half in a matter of minutes. So, whats everybody else's top 25?
1. Michigan
........
6. OSU
.........
28. Notre Dame
.........
56. MSU
And a bunch of other teams in the blanks....
1 Michigan
2 Michigan
3 Michigan
4 Michigan
5 Michigan
6 Michigan
7 Michigan
8 Michigan
9 Michigan
10 Michigan
11 Michigan
12 Michigan
13 Michigan
14 Michigan
15 Michigan
16 Michigan
17 Michigan
18 Michigan
19 Michigan
20 Michigan
21 Michigan
22 Michigan
23 Michigan
24 Michigan
25 Michigan
1 Alabama
2 Ohio St
3 Boise
4 VT
5 Oklahoma
6 Texas
7 TCU
8 UNC
9 Iowa
10 Florida
11 Miami
12 Wisconsin
13 Oregon St
14 Pitt
15 Auburn
16 GT
17 Nebraska
18 Arizona
19 USC
20 Utah
21 Arkansas
22 Stanford
23Florida St
24 UConn
25 Houston
... Top 10 maybe, even top 5 is tough. But 25 is a waste of bandwidth (how do you place 22 ahead of 24)? That's not shredding, it's a fact.
That said, here's my Top 5:
1 Alabama
2 Texas
3 Oklahoma
4 Boise State
5 TCU
No way I put any Big Ten teams in there at the start. They have to earn it and Saban deserves the presumptive number 1 because (a) scoreboard and (b) he's such a massive prick (albeit a successful one).
No Ohio State? You're right... we're beating them this year!!!
... we're going to show TP that not everybody kills or murders or steals. But Michigan holds him to under 150 total yards, with a fumble and a pick-6.
1. Ohio State
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. Alabama
5. Oregon
6. Oklahoma
7. USC
8. Boise State
9. Va Tech
10. Wisconsin
11. Nebraska
12. Pitt
13. Iowa
14. UNC
15. Utah
16. TCU
17. Arkansas
18. Georgia Tech
19. LSU
20. Georgia
21. Miami
22. WVU
23. Missouri
24. Auburn
25. Penn State
I'm sorry but I don't see UGA in the Top 25 this year...at all.
I hate these lists.
Also, who forced you to do this?
i want to do this, but i would like a little clarification - is number 1 team the best most talented team or the team most likely to win the BCS? this makes a difference in that i would not rank boise very high if it is in regards to BCS champion likelihood.
Alabama lost a lot this year. I don't think they're going to be able to win it all again this year. Don't get me wrong - they've got some excellent talent returning. But they're going to slip up once or twice.
I think this might be a year where somebody who had a mediocre year last year ends up #1, like Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Oklahoma, or USC.
reasonable comments about a season still months away and getting negged? Sheesh.
Regarding Bama, I have a suspicion you may be right, and they may slip up. But a one slip up team in the SEC typically isn't a road block to NC game as recent history has shown. Beyond the difficulty of repeating, their biggest challenge is going to be winning the SEC West, IMO. If they get to the SEC Title Game, I don't see anyone in the East beating them unless Florida is a lot better than I think they'll be, which is good, but not great.
last season. Other than that it's is pure conjecture based on it being May and I haven't seen any teams since last season.
- Alabama
- Wisconsin
- Oklahoma
- VT
- Auburn
- Oregon
- Texas
- Georgia Tech
- OSU
- Florida
- USC
- Stanford
- PSU
- Boise State
- TCU
- Miami
- Nebraska
- LSU
- Arkansas
- Michigan
- Florida State
- Iowa
- Georgia
- Arizona
- West Virgina
Wisco at 2?
I hate to say it but I think they will have a monster year. I have to take a look and see if they have Ohio at home or not but they could win the big 10. ( I see they do have OSU at home)
i am going to do a shorter list, based on likelihood of BCS championship winning-ness
1. Texas
2. Iowa
3. Alabama
4. Oregon
5. Va Tech
6. Florida
7. Boise
8. TCU
9. Wisconsin
10. Nebraska
Iowa has both wiscy and osu at home, wiscy has osu at home.
I'd say it's near impossible to have an accurate top 5.... but finally, someone who doesn't have USC in the top 10.
They may have wiscy and OSU at home, but they could sustain a loss at the Big House if a lot of things go right.
Everybody here knows about 10% as much about each of these school's rosters as they do about our own. I bet 95% of the people here can't name one-third of the scholarship players at a single school other than Michigan. Top 25 lists are beyond pointless. These threads always turn into stupid debates where clueless people with ridiculous top 25s go do their research AFTER they make their lists and cherrypick data to defend their rankings.
Thats right, casual to serious college football fans should never discuss who they think may do well in the upcoming season. We need to stop this madness RIGHT NOW!
Not even a third of scholarship players start. Why should I have to name anoher team's back-ups to prove that I know something about college football?
Besides, you could probably make that same argument about pretty much all TV analysts, sportswriters, and pollsters who actually submit an AP ballot, so what's your point? Should we ban all top 25 polls because they're pointless?
you are right, better to just flame throw everyone than just ignore the topic if you hate it. I love complainy posts, they rock!
Me personally, I come here to read and talk about football 24/7 - 365. Does this particular moment fall in there somewhere? If so, keep 'em coming... pointless or otherwise.
makes it all the more fun. Some of us enjoy top whatever number lists and most of us know they are meaningless. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
A lot of high spots for Oregon and Texas...ehhh I am a bit skittish on those team's replacements...UT less so than Oregon but not top 10 (11! ha).
1- Bama
2-tOSU
3-BSU
4-OU (assuming Landry Jones returns with that wicked handlebar stache)
5-UF
6-TCU
7- Nebraska
8-Miami
9-Wisco
10-VT
11-Texas
12-Iowa
13- GT
14-LSU
15-Oregon St.
16-Ryan Mallet and co.
17- North Carolina
18-Florida St.
19- Auburn
20-Pitt
21-Utah
22-Washington
23-Houston
24-Oregon
25- Purdon't
The fact that Purdue beat you last year doesn't make them a good team*
*this is not supposed to be hostile, if it sounds that way
1) Ohio State
2) Oklahoma
3) USC
4) Boise State
5) Alabama
6) Texas
7) Auburn
8) Oregon
9) Virginia Tech
10) Wisconsin
11) North Carolina
12) Nebraska
13) TCU
14) Miami
15) Florida
16) Iowa
17) Florida State
18) Georgia Tech
19) Utah
20) LSU
21) UConn
22) Houston
23) Penn State
24) Oregon State
25) Missouri
as much as i hate to admit it, OSU is a good team. BUT i don't think they're better than alabama.
I think Wisconsin will be better than Iowa. I don't think Iowa will be a top 10 team.
I really have a hard time putting Boise in the top 10. I really don't buy into all their hype. They've never proved anything except for beating an Oklahoma team that wasn't the typical Okalahoma team because they were young and rebuilding again. The Oregon team they beat last year wasn't the same team at the end of the season. I don't think they would stand a chance, literally, against the Bama's, OSU's, Florida's, and USC's of a couple years ago. I think they would lose by 3+ TD's to those types of teams.
Sorry, I just had to go on a small rant about Boise. It drives me nuts every year!
Based on the Vegas odds from Bodog.com, here's my top 25 for 2010-11:
| Rank | Team | Odds |
| 1 | Alabama | 350.00 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 650.00 |
| 3 | Boise State | 1200.00 |
| 4 | Oregon | 1200.00 |
| 5 | Texas | 1400.00 |
| 6 | Nebraska | 1500.00 |
| 7 | USC | 1500.00 |
| 8 | Florida | 1600.00 |
| 9 | Virginia Tech | 1700.00 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | 1800.00 |
| 11 | TCU | 1800.00 |
| 12 | Iowa | 2000.00 |
| 13 | LSU | 2500.00 |
| 14 | Miami | 2500.00 |
| 15 | Penn State | 2500.00 |
| 16 | Arkansas | 3000.00 |
| 17 | Georgia | 3000.00 |
| 18 | Oregon State | 3500.00 |
| 19 | Pittsburgh | 4000.00 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 4000.00 |
| 21 | Auburn | 5000.00 |
| 22 | Florida State | 5000.00 |
| 23 | Georgia Tech | 5000.00 |
| 24t | Clemson | 6000.00 |
| 24t | Michigan | 6000.00 |
| 24t | Missouri | 6000.00 |
| 24t | North Carolina | 6000.00 |
1. Alabama
2. Boise St.
3. Iowa
4. Texas
5. USC
6. OSU
7. Oklahoma
8. Florida
9. UNC
10. TCU
11. Auburn
12. VT
13. Wisconsin
14. Oregon St
15. Nebraska
16. PItt
17. LSU
18. Stanford
19. Houston
20. Florida St
21. Arkansas
22. Utah
23. Georgia
24. Texas Tech
25. Michigan
This is a good ranking, except for Iowa.
I see most people have UConn their top Big East team and pretty much always ranked. I wonder if that would happen if we weren't playing them. Just wondering.
Anyway, Top 5
1. Alabama
2. Texas
3. tOSU
4. USC
5. VT
I admit that outside of Michigan, Big Ten and VT I am basically clueless as to how great teams are going to be. Obviously OU will be back in force. I don't see Texas or Bama coming back as strong. UF will decline a bit. VT looks like they have a chance, but they always choke... USC won't do as well as they should... I just hope we play spoiler to OSU this year.
you prolly live in ohio
The Farrah Fawcett will always be #1.
- Alabama
- Oklahoma
- Ohio State
- Boise State
- Virginia Tech
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
- Texas
- TCU
- Miami
Here is my list,
1. Michigan
2. Ohio State
3-25. Who cares!
- Alabama
- Osu
- Nebraska
- Bsu
- Texas
- V-tech
- miami
- winsy
- Iowa
- uf
- okla
- byu
- usc
- unc
- pitt
- org st
- ark
- fsu
- lsu
- clemson
- oreg
- ariz
- psu
- s. car
- cincy