http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/foo...ches-poll/


1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Oklahoma
4 Florida State
5 Ohio State
6 Louisiana State
7 Stanford
8 Michigan
9 Notre Dame
10 Tennessee
11 Michigan State
12 Mississippi
13 Houston
14 Texas Christian
15 Iowa
16 Georgia
17 Southern California
18 Washington
19 Oklahoma State
20 North Carolina
21 Baylor
22 Oregon
23 Louisville
24 UCLA
25 Florida

Others Receiving Votes

Miami (Fla.) 120; Wisconsin 82; Utah 73; Boise State 73; Washington State 47; Texas A&M 37; Texas 34; Arkansas 34; Northwestern 31; Navy 30; Mississippi State 19; San Diego State 18; Nebraska 17; Auburn 17; Western Kentucky 11; Pittsburgh 8; Brigham Young 6; Appalachian State 4; Duke 3; Arizona 2; Marshall 2; Toledo 2; South Florida 2; Memphis 1; Indiana 1; Northern Illinois 1.

Well at least we're on the list. That's the first step.

Yep. It's actually a really good advantage to start out with even just one vote. If we can get to 3-0 and some of the higher ranked teams start losing then our votes should steadily increase.

Man, that is a high ranking for Flagship. The have Oklahoma St. and Cincinnati early so we will see where they stand.

I bet Fuente gave us that vote.

(08-04-2016 11:41 AM)tigerlands Wrote:  Man, that is a high ranking for Flagship. The have Oklahoma St. and Cincinnati early so we will see were they stand.

Houston returns a lot on offense. Lost some on defense but damn that offense is good.

(08-04-2016 11:42 AM)fsquid Wrote:  I bet Fuente gave us that vote.

VERY likely. Good call.

(08-04-2016 11:42 AM)fsquid Wrote:  I bet Fuente gave us that vote.

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

(08-04-2016 11:42 AM)fsquid Wrote:  I bet Fuente gave us that vote.

Hilarious of true

I'm thinking it was Freeze doe

Too bad Spurrier isn't still around to give Duke its one vote a year.

(08-04-2016 11:44 AM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(08-04-2016 11:41 AM)tigerlands Wrote:  Man, that is a high ranking for Flagship. The have Oklahoma St. and Cincinnati early so we will see were they stand.

Houston returns a lot on offense. Lost some on defense but damn that offense is good.

Yea it is, I think that ranking is fine for them.

Anyone else surprised at how much love Navy is getting? I also thought USF would get some more votes.

Navy is incredibly overrated. They almost lost their HC for no good reason and they lost virtually every skill position starter from 2015.

South Florida will win the East this season though.

I'm just happy to get votes. It took us a few weeks to even receive votes last year despite ending 2014 as a ranked team.

(08-04-2016 11:55 AM)cbhstiger Wrote:  Anyone else surprised at how much love Navy is getting? I also thought USF would get some more votes.

Ole Miss surprises me. Losing Nkimdeche's, Tunsil, and Treadwell are pretty big losses. I know Kelly is back at qb, but OM wasn't nearly the team w/o Robert and Tunsil on the field.

Ohio State lost so much. I guess they think Urban is a miracle worker. Should be 15-20.

LSU is another. In the last 8 seasons they have outperformed their preseason ranking only twice. In 6 of the last 8 seasons they have finished 14th or worse (twice unranked).

I think Louisville is criminally under rated. They bring back 10 starters on offense and 9 on defense from a 8-5 team that lost their first 3 when breaking in a frosh qb. It will be interesting because they get FSU in game 3 and Clemson in game 5.

Ole Miss will go 7-5 at best.

I hope Hugh Freeze chokes on his own snot.

(08-04-2016 12:20 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  Navy is incredibly overrated. They almost lost their HC for no good reason and they lost virtually every skill position starter from 2015.

South Florida will win the East this season though.

I'm just happy to get votes. It took us a few weeks to even receive votes last year despite ending 2014 as a ranked team.

actually, it took 1

(08-04-2016 12:20 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  Navy is incredibly overrated. They almost lost their HC for no good reason and they lost virtually every skill position starter from 2015.

South Florida will win the East this season though.

I'm just happy to get votes. It took us a few weeks to even receive votes last year despite ending 2014 as a ranked team.

Navy returns ONE starter on offense and only 6 on defense.

I understand they are a plug and play type team, but losing that much on offense is generally devastating to any program.

(08-04-2016 12:29 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(08-04-2016 12:20 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  Navy is incredibly overrated. They almost lost their HC for no good reason and they lost virtually every skill position starter from 2015.

South Florida will win the East this season though.

I'm just happy to get votes. It took us a few weeks to even receive votes last year despite ending 2014 as a ranked team.

actually, it took 1

Actually you're right. Coaches Poll took one week. Three weeks for AP, which is what I was thinking about.

(08-04-2016 12:25 PM)salukiblue Wrote:  

(08-04-2016 11:55 AM)cbhstiger Wrote:  Anyone else surprised at how much love Navy is getting? I also thought USF would get some more votes.

Ole Miss surprises me. Losing Nkimdeche's, Tunsil, and Treadwell are pretty big losses. I know Kelly is back at qb, but OM wasn't nearly the team w/o Robert and Tunsil on the field.

Ohio State lost so much. I guess they think Urban is a miracle worker. Should be 15-20.

LSU is another. In the last 8 seasons they have outperformed their preseason ranking only twice. In 6 of the last 8 seasons they have finished 14th or worse (twice unranked).

I think Louisville is criminally under rated. They bring back 10 starters on offense and 9 on defense from a 8-5 team that lost their first 3 when breaking in a frosh qb. It will be interesting because they get FSU in game 3 and Clemson in game 5.

Ole Miss is probably getting some love because of their recruiting class (Top 10) and getting the #1 QB in the country and another top 5 player. They also beat Alabama, but I agree for the most part they did lose a lot and will probably lose some of their early games and fall a bit off of the radar.

Ohio State and LSU are always ranked pretty high from the start. They always have talent and their coaches probably give them some extra confidence for the voters, but these pre-season polls are always kind of dumb and for entertainment only. I think once we get about 2-3 weeks in the picture will be more clear.

Did not know that about UL, they should do pretty well in the ACC then. Clemson and Florida State are going to be REALLY GOOD this year though. Going to be interested to see how they end up finishing.