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Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early rankings
I read a thread about college football, which I have a PASSION for, and it got my blood flowing. We are only about 5 weeks away! So, who are your top 10 college football teams to start the season? I know it's a bit early, but who do you think?
Ranking is simple: who do you think is the best team, top to bottom? Try to be objective. For example, it hurts to put LSU above Aurburn, but I do. Here are mine: 1) tOSU 2) USC 3) Texas 4) Auburn 5) Notre Dame 6) LSU A&M 7) Oklahoma 8) Tennessee 9) Florida 10) West Virginia |
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early rankings
Agreed, College football [censored] rocks. Maybe we should give some reasons why we think x team is ranked x.
Preseason rankings I think: 1)OSU (Ohio State)- Ted Ginn/Troy Smith lead an explosive offense although defense loses many starters. 2)USC- new QB issues, but trojans are loaded in recievers (Jarett/smith) , OL, and LB core. 3)Texas- New QB issues but UT still has a well balanced team + great coaching staff (and good recruiting in '05). 4)Notre Dame- Quinn/Walker/Samarjadza or however the [censored] you spell it leads a good offense. Defense has some issues though (last year they gave up something like 600 yards to OSU in the bowl game). 5)Florida- I'm pretty biased as I'm a huge FL fan. Leak + excellent recievers in caldwell/baker/new freshman percy harvin + a sweet D line make UF SEC contenders. 6) Auburn- Cox/Irons brothers/great wide recievers + O line help alot. 7)Oklahoma- Sooners won much of the second half of the season. Peterson/Bomar + sweet defense will return, along with good coaching staff in stoops. 8)WVU- Cant remember his name (QB) and tailback combined for 4th in rushing last season. Not ranked higher because the big east (with the exception of louisville) isn't very strong. 9)LSU- Jemarcus russell + excellent recievers help tigers in SEC race (4 teams in contention IMO- Georgia/FL/Auburn/LSU) 10)up for grabs IMO. Here we have a clusterfck of teams including PSU/Tenn/Mich/Georgia/Cal/etc. |
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early ranki
I don't think UGA will be that strong this year.
[ QUOTE ] Maybe we should give some reasons why we think x team is ranked x. [/ QUOTE ] Good point. 1) tOSU -- Ginn and are both Heisman contenders. They will kick mucho ass on offense and have a strong Big 10 quality defense. They are my NC favs. 2) USC -- Recruiting machine. Booty will be solid at QB at the least, and COULD be spectacular. Talent, speed. Class of the Pac10. 3) Texas -- just like USC: loads of talent. Great defensive line. 4) Auburn -- Kenny Irons. Heisman darkhorse. Great defense. Well coached. 5) Notre Dame -- Brady Quinn = Heisman favorite. Offense may even be better that OSU's. Solid everywhere, superb coaching. 6) LSU A&M -- JaMarcus Russell is the most underrated QB in the country. He could have a season that will establish him as a legit Heisman contender in 07, if only his super fast recievers could catch the damn ball! Defense is more than solid. 7) Oklahoma -- Loads of talent, Peterson at RB, great D-line. 8) Tennessee -- Could be a breakout year for Ainge. The speed on this team is insane. 9) Florida -- Chris Leak is scary talented, and if Meyer can back off on forcing a square peg in a round hole with the spread option he could win the Heisman. 10) West Virginia -- soph QB is really really telented. Very explosive and athletic. I almost put Michigan instead of West Virginia. Because they are Michigan. |
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early ranki
We (Michigan) will either be 11-1 and playing in a BCs bowl or 8-4 and playing for the Toilet Bowl. My guess is the latter since we have a pretty tough road schedule (at ND, at PSU and at OSU). If everyone stays healthy (read Mike Hart), we could be decent.
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early ranki
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We (Michigan) will either be 11-1 and playing in a BCs bowl or 8-4 and playing for the Toilet Bowl. My guess is the latter since we have a pretty tough road schedule (at ND, at PSU and at OSU). If everyone stays healthy (read Mike Hart), we could be decent. [/ QUOTE ] So well said. I'm praying for 11-1, just like last year. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] |
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early ranki
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3)Texas- New QB issues but UT still has a well balanced team + great coaching staff (and good recruiting in '05). [/ QUOTE ] Sheeeit! Y'all jest watch. |
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[ QUOTE ] 3)Texas- New QB issues but UT still has a well balanced team + great coaching staff (and good recruiting in '05). [/ QUOTE ] Sheeeit! Y'all jest watch. [/ QUOTE ] You're right. 1- Oklahoma 2- USC 3- Ohio State 4- Notre Dame 5- LSU 6- Auburn 7- Louisville 8- Tennessee 9- Purdue 10- Texas |
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early rankings
I think college football is going to be really wide open this year. IMO there are no clear cut teams that are head and shoulders above everyone.
I'm still having a hard time buying OSU at #1. I know everyone is high on Troy Smith and Ted Ginn, but I can't see Tressel opening it up and scoring 40 plus points a game. I think the loss of Santonio Holmes is going to be pretty big. I'm not sure Ted Ginn can handle being a #1 WR (he's a great athlete and a great PR though). My top ten would include (in no specific order): ND OSU LSU Auburn OU UF USC Texas WVU |
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early rankings
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I'm still having a hard time buying OSU at #1. I know everyone is high on Troy Smith and Ted Ginn, but I can't see Tressel opening it up and scoring 40 plus points a game. [/ QUOTE ] Newsflash. If your defense isn't as awful as USC's, you don't need to score 40 points a game. |
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Re: Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early ranki
My rough top 10:
1. Ohio St. 2. Auburn 3. Notre Dame 4. USC 5. Texas 6. Oklahoma 7. West Virginia 8. LSU 9. Florida 10. I guess Louisville / Cal / Michigan |
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