We will all be in agreement on this - preseason polls are silly. Below the preseason Top 25 with the current team records. No better way to demonstrate the advantage that is given to certain names before a down of football is even played than to show how far off these voters were.

1. Alabama 8-0
2. Clemson 8-0
3. Oklahoma 6-2
4. Florida State 5-3
5. LSU 5-2
6. Ohio State 7-1
7. Michigan 8-0
8. Stanford 5-3
9. Tennessee 5-3
10. Notre Dame 3-5
11. Ole Miss 3-5
12. Michigan State 2-6
13. TCU 4-4
14. Washington 8-0
15. Houston 7-2
16. UCLA 3-5
17. Iowa 5-3
18. Georgia 4-4
19. Louisville 7-1
20. USC 5-3
21. Oklahoma State 6-2
22. North Carolina 6-2
23. Baylor 6-1
24. Oregon 3-5
25. Florida 6-1

(11-01-2016 12:52 PM)Saint Martin Wrote:  We will all be in agreement on this - preseason polls are silly. Below the preseason Top 25 with the current team records. No better way to demonstrate the advantage that is given to certain names before a down of football is even played than to show how far off these voters were.

1. Alabama 8-0
2. Clemson 8-0
3. Oklahoma 6-2
4. Florida State 5-3
5. LSU 5-2
6. Ohio State 7-1
7. Michigan 8-0
8. Stanford 5-3
9. Tennessee 5-3
10. Notre Dame 3-5
11. Ole Miss 3-5
12. Michigan State 2-6
13. TCU 4-4
14. Washington 8-0
15. Houston 7-2
16. UCLA 3-5
17. Iowa 5-3
18. Georgia 4-4
19. Louisville 7-1
20. USC 5-3
21. Oklahoma State 6-2
22. North Carolina 6-2
23. Baylor 6-1
24. Oregon 3-5
25. Florida 6-1

Some might say that this year is an outlier, but in reality this happens every year. Preseason polls are crap, in football and basketball.