USA Today Coaches Poll Out, Michigan #17
Michigan at #17
Other notables:
Alabama #1 (received 58 of 62 first place votes)
Ohio St #2
Notre Dame #11
Nebraska #18
Northwestern #22 (edit in)
Wisconsin #23
Michigan St: Just outside the top 25 in other receiving votes
August 1st, 2013 at 12:55 PM ^
Possibly well before that: Georgia opens with Clemson then plays South Carolina, Clemson and FSU play week 7 (as do Oklahoma and Texas), and we will have ND in week 2.
August 1st, 2013 at 12:49 PM ^
This will set up a decent top 20 matchup in week 2 vs. Notre Dame, at least in the media.
When I first looked at the 2013 schedule a loooong time ago I thought the ND would be a question mark/toss up. The more it gets closer I feel pretty confident that we will win. I don't think they are any better than last year, if anything they took a step backwards after losing their QB.
We will actually be better, IMO, and will be at home. Without a crazy amount of turnovers we would of topped them in 2012 as well.
August 1st, 2013 at 12:54 PM ^
I hope ESPN College Game Day comes to Ann Arbor again for the ND game. I can't see why they would not.
August 1st, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
is a better matchup elsewhere which, doubtful.
South Carolina is at Georgia on 9/7 as well. Great football afternoon/evening for week 2.
SEC vs. SEC!!! ESPN's all over that one.
August 1st, 2013 at 12:59 PM ^
my very awesome HTTV football mag says that ND stil has most of their DLIne intact and significant depth, HOWEVA...
Tommy Rees doesn't scare me too much (but let's not dig such a big hole this time).
If there is interest in the entire poll listing all who managed to get points, it is here at Pollspeak.com - LINK
In the expanded listing, Michigan State is the last ranked Big Ten team at #28, and all but 3 teams in the SEC managed to get at least a few points in the comprehensive voting. Some of the more "exotic" votes, if you will, went to San Jose State (#40, 8 points), East Carolina (in a five-way tie for #43, 3 points) and Arkansas, Rutgers and Toledo (among a few others) sit at the very bottom with one point.
History of preseason rankings
AP Coaches Final Record
1950 3 (3) 7 6-3-1
1951 17 9 4-5-0
1952 NR NR 5-4-0
1953 NR NR 6-3-0
1954 NR 20 6-3-0
1955 NR NR 7-2-0
1956 8 (2) 12 7-2-0
1957 6 (3) 7 5-3-1
1958 NR NR 2-6-1
1959 NR NR 4-5-0
1960 NR NR 5-4-0
1961 NR NR 6-3-0
1962 NR NR 2-7-0
1963 NR NR 3-4-2
1964 NR NR 9-1-0
1965 4 (5) 4 4-6-0
1966 NR NR 6-4-0
1967 NR NR 4-6-0
1968 NR NR 8-2-0
1969 NR 12 8-3-0
1970 8 9 9-1-0
1971 4 (1) 9 11-1-0
1972 6 8 10-1-0
1973 5 (2) 6 10-0-1
1974 6 (1) 6 10-1-0
1975 3 (1) 3 8-2-2
1976 2 (10) 8 10-2-0
1977 2 (19) 3 10-2-0
1978 6 9 10-2-0
1979 7 5 8-4-0
1980 12 18 10-2-0
1981 1 (38) 4 9-3-0
1982 12 12 8-4-0
1983 10 (1) NR 9-3-0
1984 14 (1) 8 6-6-0
1985 NR NR 10-1-1
1986 2 (6) 2 11-2-0
1987 7 8 8-4-0
1988 11 (1) 19 9-2-1
1989 1 (23) 4 10-2-0
1990 6 7 9-3-0
1991 2 (5) 7 10-2-0
1992 6 (1) 6 9-0-3
1993 3 (3) 5 8-4-0
1994 5 (2) 21 8-4-0
1995 14 12 9-4
1996 14 17 8-4
1997 14 20 12-0
1998 5 (4) 1 10-3
1999 8 12 10-2
2000 6 5 9-3
2001 12 11 8-4
2002 12 20 10-3
2003 4 (2) 9 10-3
2004 8 6 9-3
2005 4 14 7-5
2006 14 NR 11-2
2007 5 8 9-4
2008 NR 18 3-9
2009 NR NR 5-7
2010 NR NR 7-6
2011 NR NR 11-2
2012 8 (1) 8 8-5
2013 17
Hopefully Hoke gets us back to pulling rankings like the teams in the seventies did.
LIttle before my time but the 92 team had 3 ties?! I am very glad my football consciousness came into maturity after overtime had been established.
I guess the voters are the ones scared of Clowney.
So, if we don't bust a coverage and give up a long ball at the end of the bowl game, are we ranked #7 right now, and them #17?
God, these polls are stupid.
Because the rankings are not only based on how a team did last year but how voters think they will do this year?
I've looked at USC's schedule and they look like a 9-4 or 10-3 (they play 13 reg season games in 2013) regular season team IMO. If anything, they are probably ranked a little too low.
I think Kiffin will get fired if he doesn't win at least nine games. He sucks as a head coach and I, for the life of me, cannot understand how he is still one.
I dare say we'll finish ranked higher than #17 if Devin Gardner stays healthy for the season. If not, we'll finish lower than #17.
Beat ND and we are sniffing around the top 10. For traditonal powerhouses, it's always going to be able to be about how you play. We start the year out of the Top 25, then roll of 4-5 wins to start, and we are back in the thick of it. Preseason only matters for non-power conference teams.
I'll take it.
Beat Notre Dame.