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My Top 25 (Rank Your Own)

Below is the 2008 Preseason Top 25 consensus of our registered members. Care to comment? Scroll to the bottom and join the fray!

2008 'My Top 25' Preseason Poll
1)	Georgia
2)	Florida
3)	USC
4)	Ohio State
5)	Oklahoma
6)	LSU
7)	Missouri
8)	West Virginia
9)	Texas
10)	Auburn
11)	Clemson
12)	Wisconsin
13)	Tennessee
14)	Kansas
15)	Arizona State
16)	Texas Tech
17)	Virginia Tech
18)	Illinois
19)	BYU
20)	Penn State
21)	Alabama
22)	Oregon
23)	South Florida
24)	Michigan
25)	Kansas State

Others receiving votes:
Wake Forest (1525), Rutgers (1457), Florida State (1335), California (1257), Arkansas (1235), Fresno State (1188), Boston College (1149), South Carolina (1108), Pittsburgh (950), Miami (950), Nebraska (866), UCLA (788), Cincinnati (736), Boise State (708), Arizona (701), Notre Dame (613), Appalachian State (552), Air Force (535), Colorado (508), Louisville (504), Connecticut (454), Michigan State (454), East Carolina (452), Utah (439), Texas A&M (396), Akron (392), Virginia (389), Mississippi State (349), Army (348), Hawaii (344), Georgia Tech (309), Kentucky (293), Ball State (280), North Carolina (273), Buffalo (269), Central Michigan (256), Baylor (253), Bowling Green (238), Duke (238), Florida Atlantic (237), Colorado State (234), Oklahoma State (233), Oregon State (230), TCU (229), Mississippi (220), Maryland (220), Washington (215), Purdue (195), Vanderbilt (192), Iowa (187), Wyoming (171), Stanford (163), Tulsa (160), Western Michigan (157), Arkansas State (155), Navy (154), Washington St. (128), Louisiana Tech (124), Louisiana-Monroe (123), Indiana (118), Memphis (116), Marshall (116), Idaho (115), Kent State (114), Florida International (111), N.C. State (108), Southern Miss (107), Ohio (103), Western Kentucky (102), Miami (Ohio) (94), Nevada (93), UCF (92), MTSU (89), Syracuse (86), Troy (85), Rice (85), Tulane (84), UTEP (80), San Jose State (78), New Mexico (78), Minnesota (78), Iowa State (77), Northwestern (76), Utah State (75), SMU (75), Houston (70), Temple (70), Louisiana-Lafayette (70), UNLV (68), North Texas (64), San Diego State (64), UAB (63), Eastern Michigan (57), Toledo (52), New Mexico State (52), Northern Illinois (43)

ndmattm
(June 19, 2009 - 12:20pm)

met1bama - Never Mind

My bad... I should really read the whoe thing before I comment. I like the post...good job!

ndmattm
(June 19, 2009 - 12:19pm)

met1bama????

FYI, as far as your Big 12 picks...

BIG 12
1.Oklahoma 1.Texas
2.Oklahoma St 2.Texas Tech
3.Nebraska 3.Baylor
4.Mizzou 4.Texas A&M
5.Kansas 5.Colorado
6.Kansas St 6.Colorado St
7.Iowa St 7.TCU
8.Utah 8.UTEP

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are in the Big 12 South, not North. Colorado is in the Big 12 North.

Utah and Colorado State are in the Mountain West Conference and Iowa is in the Big 10. Iowa State is in the Big 12 North, but they are left out entirely.

Thanks

SamuelsTerryM
(June 17, 2009 - 4:22pm)

top 25

Florida should be a unanimous #1; however, Oklahoma is the clear cut #2. Texas has no running game, returns only one starter at wide receiver, does not throw to their tight ends, and lost their entire defensive line. Flordia has holes, but they possess the top college player in Tim Tebow and return their entire defense. I believe that Oklahoma can beat Florida this year because the Gators lost their top two receivers and both of their offensive tackles. Tim Tebow is great, but people are going to find out just how valuable Percy Harvin was to this team this year.

DA Guru
(June 12, 2009 - 1:08pm)

Preseason Top 25-Take III

at least to date:
1-Florida
2-Texas
3-USC
4-Oklahoma
5-LSU
6-Mississippi
7-Penn State
8-Ohio State
9-Notre Dame
10-Virginia Tech
11-Boise State
12-Georgia
13-Oregon
14-Oklahoma State
15-Georgia Tech
16-California
17-BYU
18-TCU
19-Utah
20-Pitt
21-Iowa
22-South Florida
23-Nebraska
24-Rutgers
25-Kansas
FYI-I do NOT include teams on probation(Alabama, Florida State, New Mexico)

cellis58
(May 25, 2009 - 6:10pm)

top 25

What about Colt McCoy and the texas longhorns

astros07
(May 16, 2009 - 3:59am)

Below is my 2009 end of

Below is my 2009 end of season predictions: ENJOY and list your end of season predictions soon before the seasont stars!

astros07
(May 16, 2009 - 3:42am)

1. Lsu2. Oklahoma3.

1. Lsu
2. Oklahoma
3. Florida
4. USC
5. Ohio St.
6. Penn St
7. Georgia
8. Missouri
9. W. Vitginis
10. Notre Dame
11. Nebraska
12. Auburn
13. North Carolina
14. Micigan
15. Texas A&m
16. Kansas St.
17. Oregon
18. Wisconsin
19. Clemson
20. Utah
21. Tesas Tech
22. S. Carolina
23. Arkansas
24. S. Florida
25. BYU (tie)
25 Ole Miss

husker415
(May 14, 2009 - 9:52pm)

Big 12

Big 12 rules in 2009. This could be the year the North Division wins the tourney? Kansas or Nebraska could challenge?

TANK4X4
(May 14, 2009 - 5:01pm)

SEC RULES

SEC POWERHOUSES KNOCK EACH OTHER OFF, MAKING THE MEDIA GIGLE LIKE SCHOOL GIRLS, AND THEY CAN CROWN FUSC WITH THE TITLE BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS.

achordbw
(May 14, 2009 - 8:58am)

NO LSU?

remember the golden rule....one rock before work, two rocks after

Jerred
(May 14, 2009 - 8:30am)

My top 25

1.Flordia
2.USC
3.Oklahoma
4.Texas
5.Texas Tech
6.Virginia Tech
7.Penn State
8.Ohio State
9.Utah
10.Geroiga
11.LSU
12.Ol Miss
13.Kansas
14.Nebraska
15.Alabama
16.Cincinnati
17.Oregan
18.Pitt
19.UNC
20.Flordia State
21.Wake Forest
22.Miami
23.UCLA
24.Bufflo
25.Geroiga Tech

bpshay
(May 5, 2009 - 2:34pm)

Your top 10

I think you have USC and Penn st too high SC lost their entire defense and their starting -QB Penn st overachieved with a QB perfect in their system and he's now gone.the rest looks possible but no OU?

joshuaallennickerson
(May 5, 2009 - 2:03pm)

top 10 is all that matters

lets face it if the top ten teams make the bcs bowls so lets just rank the top ten and they are as follows

florida
usc
texas
alabama
south florida
notre dame
ohio state
penn state
lsu
and miami

sooner777
(February 16, 2009 - 8:32am)

next year

look out for OU next season,you might think they will be weak but they will dominate the season

sooner777
(December 5, 2008 - 6:14pm)

whoo hoo

OU is going to the big twelve championship!

Linebacker59
(December 3, 2008 - 6:39am)

Rankings..How I See It.

1) Alabama
2) Texas
3) Florida
4) Oklahoma
5) USC
6) Utah
7) Boise State
8) Penn State
9) Texas Tech
10) Ohio State
11) Ball State
12) TCU
13) Oklahoma State
14) Cincinnati
15) Georgia Tech
16) BYU
17) Missouri
18) Boston College
19) Oregon
20) Northwestern
21) Michigan State
22) Oregon
23) Florida State
24) Pittsburgh
25) Nebraska

sasquatch94
(October 15, 2008 - 6:48pm)

1. Washington 2. Penn

1. Washington
2. Penn State
3. Alabama
4. USC
5. Florida
6. Texas
7. Texas Tech
8. Oklahoma
9. Wake Forest
10. Georgia
11. LSU
12. Kansas
13. UNC
14. UCF

He15man07
(October 15, 2008 - 12:11pm)

I was right

Some of you may remember one of my posts earlier this year saying I though Georgia was slightly overrated. It turns out I was right. I think they've now fallen 9 spots in the polls. They are beatable (as proved by Alabama) and I think they will lose two more games at least (Florida and LSU).

sooner777
(October 15, 2008 - 7:51am)

i think

i think that this week oklahoma state will be the best coming off a win against missouri amd playing baylor they will look like the better team, but tulsa has been worthy of the top 25 for the past 2 seasons and they are very good, also oklahoma won't let a loss bring them down they'll fight hard to go to the big twelve championship and to get back into the national championship conversation, but oklahoma state is currently the best

met1bama
(October 14, 2008 - 4:31pm)

You are correct!

Yes I was thinking about that earlier,and I agree that Tulsa should be a big 12 team!And yes Utah would be a better suit for the pac 10.Would you agree that "right now"Oklahoma St is the best team in the state of Oklahoma,or is it Tulsa or OU?

sooner777
(October 14, 2008 - 3:27pm)

well

you kinda forgot tulsa, which should be in big twelve and you could move utah to pac ten so that there wouldn't be an odd number of teams in the big twelve with the addition of tulsa, i would like to see the south west conference come back.

met1bama
(October 13, 2008 - 8:18pm)

Great season!

I believe that this is gonna be a great season!It has already been suprising,and exciting!Alabama goes from the bottom of the rankings to #2 in the country.Michigan,Tennessee,and Clemson all turned out to be very overrated.Utah,Boise St,and BYU all deserve to have a chance at a national championship.I think there needs to be a realinement in the college football world!The PAC 10 needs to add more teams(BYU,Utah,or Hawaii).The BIG 12 needs to add a couple more(Colorado St,or Fresno St)The SEC needs a few more(So.Miss,S.Florida,or Louisville)The BIG 10 needs to add(Notre Dame,Ohio,or Pitt)Disasemble CUSA,and the Big East!Make a new power conference!It would look like this..
SEC west east
1.Alabama 1.Florida
2.Arkansas 2.Georgia
3.Auburn 3.Kentucky
4.LSU 4.Louisville
5.Miss St 5.S.Carolina
6.Ole Miss 6.S.Florida
7.So.Miss 7.Tennessee
8.Memphis 8.Vanderbilt
BIG 10
1.Penn St 1.Ohio St
2.Notre Dame 2.Ohio
3.Minnesotta 3.Illinois
4.Michigan 4.Iowa
5.Mich St 5.Indiana
6.N.western 6.W.Virginia
7.Wisconsin 7.Syracuse
8.Pitt 8.Cincy
ACC
1.Boston C 1.Va Tech
2.Florida St 2.Virginia
3.Clemson 3.Marshall
4.UConn 4.N.Carolina
5.Maryland 5.NC ST
6.Duke 6.Florida Atlantic
7.Ga Tech 7.Fla Int
8.Miami 8.S.Carolina St
BIG 12
1.Oklahoma 1.Texas
2.Oklahoma St 2.Texas Tech
3.Nebraska 3.Baylor
4.Mizzou 4.Texas A&M
5.Kansas 5.Colorado
6.Kansas St 6.Colorado St
7.Iowa St 7.TCU
8.Utah 8.UTEP
PAC 10
1.Cal 1.ASU
2.UCLA 2.BYU
3.USC 3.Oregon
4.Stanford 4.Oregon St
5.Boise St 5.Hawaii
6.Washington 6.Idaho
7.Wash St 7.Fresno St
8.Arizona 8.Wyoming
This is just a rough scetch of the way I think the conferences should look.Each team plays 1 non conference game,and the rest in conference!And also have a championship game for each conference.Then take all the winners of their respected conference,and have a 8 Team playoff.What you guys think?

met1bama
(October 12, 2008 - 9:43pm)

Texas very deserving!

Wow!That's all I can say about the performance of that Texas Offence.Whenever there was a play to be made thy done it!when there was trouble they solved it!Oklahoma has nothing to be ashamed of,OU played awesome,and Sam Bradford is still my Heisman frontrunner.Texas deserves to be #1,and I hope Bama can go undefeated,and Texas keeps on truckin the way they do,cause Bama is 0-5-1 against the Longhorns,and I think we could beat them!Though there is still a whole lot of football left,It's still anybody's game!College Football will forever be the greatest sporting invention ever!Well see tou on another day!Roll Tide!!

sooner777
(October 12, 2008 - 6:52pm)

well

i did predict the osu game correctly, and look this is the official ap poll top 5
1 texas
2 alabama
3 penn state
4 oklahoma
5 florida

bigsooner62
(October 11, 2008 - 11:26pm)

Officals

I have NEVER seen such Horrible officiating, as I saw today in the OU-Tex game...I mean it, HORRIBLE!!! On both sides not just OU side.

bigsooner62
(October 11, 2008 - 11:07pm)

OSU

OSU? Well, maybe #10...Look at it this way, Oklahoma lost to a TOP 5 team, right?..USC dropped from #1 to #9 and got beat from an unranked Oregon St. SO, I figure 5-6 spots for OU. Missouri got a bad call from the refs., I saw it on CBS College game this evening, and the announcers them selves said so. Okla. St. did not intercept that pass..I noticed there has been alot of BAD calls lately...What the heck is going on?

soonerboomers1
(October 11, 2008 - 10:45pm)

really

if the voters r smart and look at the officiating in r game n c that we shud have won then i believe we shud be ranked 6 maybe 5 if wer lucky but i think oklahoma state may crack th top 10 now (MAYBE)

bigsooner62
(October 11, 2008 - 10:35pm)

TOP 10

#1 Alabama #6 Georgia
#2 Texas #7 Texas Tech
#3 Penn St #8 USC
#4 BYU #9 Florida
#5Oklahoma #10 Missouri

met1bama
(October 11, 2008 - 10:22pm)

Watch out 4!

Alabama,Texas,BYU,Texas Tech,Penn St,and yes Oklahoma,and USC.These teams are not out of the equation!Get ready fanz it's gonna be a wild ride the rest of the way!!

met1bama
(October 11, 2008 - 10:19pm)

Let me change my 5!!

Since Mizzou is gonna lose too,then my top 5 is gonna change!I told you sooner fans ,that the Big 12 will beat each other out ,just like the SEC,we beat each other up!
1.ALABAMA
2.TEXAS
3.PENN ST
4.TEXAS TECH
5.BYU
You guys wait and see it will change again next week!!

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