College Football

[Xknight52]

It's back boys and girls and I can't wait until Tennessee and Cal plays next weekend! Which I've said a lot of bold things about the team but hell I'm going to stick with what I said! I believe the Vols man handle the bears and win the east! But in all reality I could be saying all this just because I'm a fan.

Who is the best team in the country yall? Any thoughts?



1. USC (62) 0-0 1,622
2. LSU (2) 0-0 1,511
3. West Virginia (1) 0-0 1,396
4. Texas 0-0 1,375
5. Michigan 0-0 1,371
6. Florida 0-0 1,276
7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,192
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,166
9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,148
10. Louisville 0-0 1,031
11. Ohio State 0-0 876
12. California 0-0 790
13. Georgia 0-0 782
14. UCLA 0-0 605
15. Tennessee 0-0 571
16. Rutgers 0-0 560
17. Penn State 0-0 542
18. Auburn 0-0 519
19. Florida State 0-0 392
20. Nebraska 0-0 377
21. Arkansas 0-0 376
22. TCU 0-0 283
23. Hawaii 0-0 256
24. Boise State 0-0 187
25. Texas A&M 0-0 162
Others Receiving Votes
Missouri 128, Georgia Tech 94, Boston College 75, Oregon 73, South Carolina 69, Miami (FL) 68, Alabama 66, Oregon State 42, Wake Forest 40, South Florida 28, Arizona State 17, Brigham Young 14, Southern Miss 12, Notre Dame 11, Virginia 7, Clemson 6, Oklahoma State 3, Texas Tech 2, Purdue 1, Houston 1, Kentucky 1, North Carolina State 1.
Complete Rankings
USA Today Poll
1. USC (45) 0-0 1,481
2. LSU (4) 0-0 1,372
3. Florida (9) 0-0 1,278
4. Texas 0-0 1,231
5. Michigan (2) 0-0 1,218
6. West Virginia 0-0 1,205
7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,114
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,026
9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,005
10. Ohio State 0-0 919
11. Louisville 0-0 836
12. California 0-0 763
13. Georgia 0-0 604
14. Auburn 0-0 595
15. Tennessee 0-0 583
16. Rutgers 0-0 466
17. UCLA 0-0 454
18. Penn State 0-0 440
19. Nebraska 0-0 388
20. Arkansas 0-0 360
21. Florida State 0-0 301
22. TCU 0-0 233
23. Boise State 0-0 222
24. Hawaii 0-0 214
25. Texas A&M 0-0 209

[kmccall]

The pre-season poll is stupid and can be unfair to some teams. IMO the poll should not come out until October. Let the teams get started and let's see how good they are, not how sports writers think they are now. What is the big hurry to rank them before they step on the field? College football is the greatest sport with the most screwed up system.

[neutral88]

I saw this mornin, even golf has a playoff now...

[Glory_Days]

go mountaineers

[imported_mega]

The discrepency between VT, FSU, and Miami is mindblowing. Theres little difference between any of those 3 teams.

[CoeburnCane]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mega</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The discrepency between VT, FSU, and Miami is mindblowing. Theres little difference between any of those 3 teams.</div></div>

Entering THIS season, sure. But the pollsters look at who's trending upward, and Miami/FSU haven't done anything on the field yet to trend that way, though I think those who have been keeping a pulse on those two programs know how close they are to being back in national & ACC contention after the changes both made in the offseason.

I'll go ahead and be the one to point out the pink elephant in the room. The voters are going to give VT more leniency in the polls due to the tragedy earlier this year. It's a good story if they succeed in memory of those people, and the pollsters (coaches & media alike) eat that stuff up. Expect them to get at least anywhere from 2 to 5 spots better than what they actually are due to the sympathy vote in the polls.