NCAAF: Rivals.com 2008 Preseason Top 25

[Lasher]

1. USC
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Oklahoma
5. Missouri
6. Florida
7. West Virginia
8. LSU
9. Auburn
10. Clemson
11. Kansas
12. BYU
13. Virginia Tech
14. Texas
15. Wisconsin
16. Illinois
17. Texas Tech
18. Oregon
19. Arizona State
20. Penn State
21. Tennessee
22. South Florida
23. Wake Forrest

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=759223#top25

[madinmaryland]

1. Ohio State vs. Georgia for the BCS Championship??

[Lasher]

3. I figgure Ohio State and Florida

:eyes:

[BOSSHOG]

2. Only four SEC teams in the top ten - Outrageous

The ninth of January and Ohio State's already being set up for end of the year failure. Shouldn't there be some compassion and rank OSU where they belong? Lets say 18th. Maybe they can win a bowl game around Christmas next year.

[madinmaryland]

4. Egads! How much Kool-aid have you had this morning, Boss?

:hi:

[BOSSHOG]

5. You're right

Two teams from the SEC East and two teams from the SEC West. So who is gonna beat OSU next year in the championship game?

[madinmaryland]

6. Well, that's a good start Boss! At least you have the OSU in the

championship game correct!

[BOSSHOG]

7. Hey

I'm just following NCAA rules. Thou shalt not keep the Buckeyes out of the championship game regardless of whether they deserve to be there or not. And they have been very strict in enforcing this rule lately.

Whew, I can't believe it. January 9th and we (I) am already arguing about next year.

Just as an aside and a demonstration of polls and what they might do for or to a team: There are two undefeated teams in the Women's NCAA top twenty. Number One ranked CT and Number 20 ranked Arkansas. Arkansas was preseason ranked about 427th. They had to win 15 games with no losses to claw there way into the top 20.

[madinmaryland]

8. Interesting. One more rivalry. I've been following the Huskies

for quite a few years (lived there 20+ years), and have seen the UConn program evolve over the years with Jim Calhoun and Gino Auriemma. Haven't really tracked basketball this year, as football and primary season seem to be monopolizing my time!

On edit: Thanks for recognizing the rule that the Buckeyes are required by NCAA rules to be in the championship game!

[northzax]

9. oh god, can we stop this?

for a few months at least? I mean, without spring practices, it's all a tossup, ain't it?

[Lasher]

10. Sorry, I'm stuck like this.

NCAAF junkie. Can't help it.

[Awsi Dooger]

11. I'll wait for the Sporting News annual

They pretty much nail it every year. Preseason ratings are wagering gold. I studied the sources for a decade and Sporting News is most accurate, followed by Phil Steele. In basketball it's Sporting News followed closely by Blue Ribbon.

TSN top 4 in '07 were USC, LSU, Michigan and West Virginia. It can be argued those 4 teams were the 4 most impressive in bowl games. Everything returns to the beginning.