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Football Top 25 Rankings Aug. 2, 2012 — preseason poll

  • Link below. Are the coaches involved in the Poll not allow to vote on their own team? Just curious.

    Rank Team (first-place votes) Record Points Final 2011 rank
    1. LSU (18) 13-1 1,403 2
    2. Alabama (20) 12-1 1,399 1
    3. Southern California (19) 10-2 1,388 NR
    4. Oklahoma (1) 10-3 1,276 15
    5. Oregon 12-2 1,258 4
    6. Georgia 10-4 1,061 20
    7. Florida State (1) 9-4 1,055 23
    8. Michigan 11-2 1,023 9
    9. South Carolina 11-2 981 8
    10. Arkansas 11-2 948 5
    11. West Virginia 10-3 833 18
    12. Wisconsin 11-3 743 11
    13. Michigan State 11-3 717 10
    14. Clemson 10-4 598 22
    15. Texas 8-5 549 NR
    16. Nebraska 9-4 501 24
    17. TCU 11-2 499 13
    18. Stanford 11-2 497 7
    19. Oklahoma State 12-1 476 3
    20. Virginia Tech 11-3 461 17
    21. Kansas State 10-3 398 16
    22. Boise State 12-1 271 6
    23. Florida 7-6 250 NR
    24. Notre Dame 8-5 166 NR
    25. Auburn 8-5 66 NR

    Others receiving votes (with 2011 records)
    Washington (7-6) 64; Louisville (7-6) 46; Georgia Tech (8-5) 35; Cincinnati (10-3) 32; Texas A&M (7-6) 28; Baylor (10-3) 23; Utah (8-5) 22; Mississippi State (7-6) 21; South Florida (5-7) 12; N.C. State (8-5) 11; BYU (10-3) 10; Louisiana Tech (8-5) 10; Virginia (8-5) 9; Houston (13-1) 7; Southern Mississippi (12-2) 6; Central Florida (5-7) 5; Rutgers (9-4) 5; Florida International (8-5) 3; Missouri (8-5) 3; Tennessee (5-7) 3; Northern Illinois (11-3) 2; Texas Tech (5-7) 1.

    This post has been edited 3 times, most recently by Big Sarge on 8/2/2012 at 12:13 PM

    LSU edges Alabama, USC for No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports poll - USATODAY.com

    USC is third in return to poll after two-year ban. There are seven teams from Southeastern Conference appearing in Top 25.

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    Big Sarge

  • No big deal....just half the top ten from our conference. Its honestly just silly at this point, as in video-game-silly, how dominant this conference is.

    BigBlueNation 7

  • BigBlueNation 7 said...

    No big deal....just half the top ten from our conference. Its honestly just silly at this point, as in video-game-silly, how dominant this conference is.

    Half the conference is ranked lol.... I agree, it makes the mountain we are trying to climb seem like more than everest when you actually think about it like that, so I just ignore the rankings the best I can.. Although I am a little surprised the Cards are lurking that close, only the second team left out of the top 25? And favored by 13 against in state rival? I must be missing something.........

    shepp2700

  • shepp2700 said...

    Half the conference is ranked lol.... I agree, it makes the mountain we are trying to climb seem like more than everest when you actually think about it like that, so I just ignore the rankings the best I can.. Although I am a little surprised the Cards are lurking that close, only the second team left out of the top 25? And favored by 13 against in state rival? I must be missing something.........

    I honestly choose not to get too worked up about that for a couple reasons. 1) Cholly has got something like the vibe as Franklin nationally right now as far as media (I AM NOT SAYING THAT EITHER IS DESERVED, ETC.), so that gives them a votes bump. 2) and this is the main thing here I think---they play in the Big Least. That means that they have an inside shot to a BCS bowl.

    A lot of coaches/media types I think don't like the glaring holes in the bowl tie-ins, and had a lot of egg on their face when UCONN was unranked until right a the end of the season when they were going to be the BE's BCS bowl rep and all of a sudden were ranked #23. Same song, different verse.

    The Playoffs will cut off some of these shenanigans, at least a bit.

    BigBlueNation 7

  • UT is receiving votes....that's how stupid this poll is.

    Notre Dame is actually overranked this pre-season, normally they are a 25th....this year they are 24th....that's how stupid this poll is.

    Did I miss something on UCF? They had a losing record last year and aren't a power team or from a BCS conference and they get votes....that's how stupid this poll is.

    jamccain

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