Here are the Top 25 (first place votes in parenthesis):
1. Georgia (22)
2. USC (14)
3. Ohio State (14)
4. Oklahoma (4)
5. Florida (5)
6. LSU (3)
7. Missouri
8. W. Virginia
9. Clemson
10. Texas
11. Auburn
12. Wisconsin
13. Kansas
14. Texas Tech
15. Virginia Tech
16. Arizona State
17. BYU
18. Tennessee
19. Illinois
20. Oregon
21. South Florida
22. Penn State
23. Wake Forest
24. Michigan
25. Fresno State
I’m not a big believer in pre-season college football polls. Too much TBD and if a team starts high/low, the status quo is usually maintained unless there are losses.
In college basketball, pre-season polls are fine b/c they don’t mean too much. There’s a tournament to decide the champion and there are more games.
In college football, what happens if 3 teams run the table. Chances are the teams that were ranked the highest the earliest will be playing for the title. Not fair in my opinion.
