USA Today released their Preseason Coaches Poll today. The poll seems to be consistent with the amount of hype teams are getting in the preseason magazines, circumstantial evidence that this poll is merely a product of SID’s using the magazines as their primary means of “scouting”.
1. Southern California (45) 1,481
2. LSU (4) 1,372
3. Florida (9) 1,278
4. Texas 1,231
5. Michigan (2) 1,218
6. West Virginia 1,205
7. Wisconsin 1,114
8. Oklahoma 1,026
9. Virginia Tech 1,005
10. Ohio State 919
11. Louisville 836
12. California 763
13. Georgia 604
14. Auburn 595
15. Tennessee 583
16. Rutgers 466
17. UCLA 454
18. Penn State 440
19. Nebraska 388
20. Arkansas 360
21. Florida State 301
22. TCU 233
23. Boise State 222
24. Hawaii 214
25. Texas A&M 209
Others receiving votes were:
Boston College 150; Georgia Tech 150; Miami (Fla.) 91; Notre Dame 90; South Carolina 90; Wake Forest 71; Missouri 58; Oregon State 52; Brigham Young 47; Clemson 30; Oregon 30; South Florida 26; Texas Tech 20; Alabama 16; Oklahoma State 15; Southern Mississippi 14; Iowa 12; Kansas State 8; Memphis 5; Houston 4; Arizona 1; Duke 1; Kentucky 1; Washington State 1.
In case you’re wondering how Duke got a vote, Steve Spurrier always votes Duke 25th as a token of appreciation for giving him his first head coaching job…and they do return 19 starters.
While this is an example of an arcane, flawed, and boring preseason ranking list, I’ll take this opportunity to let you know an in-touch, perfect and witty projected postseason ranking list is on the way.
Starting Monday, The Pride and The Pageantry will countdown its Projected Postseason Top 25 with previews of what should be the best teams in college football come January 2008.
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