Saturday, May 5, 2012

Ducks #4 in CFB Live Preseason Top 25

This past Tuesday ESPN released its College Football Live preseason top 25.  It's never too early to look ahead to next year, and with spring football over, what else are you gonna do from now until September?  With that said, lets take a look at their rankings, and where the Ducks come in:

1. USC

2. Alabama


3. LSU


4. Oklahoma


5. Florida State


6. Oregon


7. Michigan


8. Arkansas


9. Georgia


10. South Carolina


11. West Virginia


12. Kansas State


13. Michigan State


14. TCU


15. Clemson


16. Stanford


17. Wisconsin


18. Ohio State


19. Nebraska


20. Boise State


21. Virginia Tech


22. Oklahoma State


23. Louisville


24. Texas


25. Rutgers

My first impression right away is how in the hell is USC #1?  When did they become THAT good again?  

Alabama, LSU, always reload.  Oklahoma's always in there as well.  Getting tired of the Florida State love.  They were a preseason top 5 year a year ago, and failed to meet those expectations by going 9-4.  Not a bad record, but certainly not what they had in mind going into the season.

What type of hit does Arkansas take after losing Petrino?  South Carolina is probably too high at #10 after losing some key players on defense like Melvin Ingram and Stephon Gilmore.

Another team taking a big hit is Stanford.  You lose what everybody says is the best QB prospect to come out in the last 10 years, you're gonna take a step back.  

And did you honestly think I would leave out Oregon, sittin' up there at #4?  That's mighty kind of them over there at CFB Live, showing a lot of respect.  But Oregon also has some question marks.  However, with their schedule, they could easily come out of the gate 8-0.

While I don't agree with some of the rankings, it's just one man's poll, it's a good attempt.  Gets the conversation going at least.  These things are certain, the final top 5/10/25 will not resemble what it does now, somebody from the SEC I'm sure will get too much "love" from the polls, somebody will be crying foul, and Boise State will exceed expectations again, proving the doubters wrong (which pains me to say because I hate Donkey U.).

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  1. im also tired of Boise State fans complaining about not "playing" big time teams
    not week 1
    but in week 4 or 5
    yeah Boise is good when they have a month to prepare.
    I bet you this
    Boise State would not be a 11 win football team in the Pac 12
    playing teams like USC Washington and Oregon week in and week out.
    Boise would be a 8 win team

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