Who are your top 10 college football teams -- OFFICIAL early rankings

[Gregatron]

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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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.

[Gregatron]

I don't think UGA will be that strong this year.

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Maybe we should give some reasons why we think x team is ranked x.

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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.

[WLVRYN]

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.

[Evan]

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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.

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So well said. I'm praying for 11-1, just like last year. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Colt McCoy]

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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).


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Sheeeit! Y'all jest watch.

[BigSoonerFan]

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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).


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Sheeeit! Y'all jest watch.

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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

[Pinchot]

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

[TomCollins]

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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.

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Newsflash. If your defense isn't as awful as USC's, you don't need to score 40 points a game.

[Biesterfield]

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