NCS poll - preseason rankings

[sMi.Spite]

Not that preseason polls mean a whole lot (I know, I know, 2004 Auburn, but that is another discussion)


June 5, 2008 - The NCS Poll is the average of all major polls listed at the bottom of this page. If for example a team is ranked 6th then they are given 6 points for that poll. The different rankings are added and the total is divided by the number of polls, which yields the average. If a team did not make one of the polls they are given 30 points for the non-ranking. More polls will be added in as they are released.



(the average Preseason Ranking for each team)


1. Ohio State (2.00)
2. Georgia (2.78)
3. Southern California (3.33)
4. Oklahoma (4.00)
5. Florida (4.78)
6. Missouri (5.44)
7. Louisiana State (8.56)
8. West Virginia (10.11)
9. Clemson (11.00)
10. Texas (11.22)
11. Auburn (11.78)
12. Wisconsin (12.78)
13. Texas Tech (12.89)
14. Kansas (14.44)
15. Brigham Young (16.22)
16. Virginia Tech (17.44)
17. Tennessee (17.67)
18. Arizona State (18.44)
19. Illinois (19.22)
20. Penn State (20.00)
21. Oregon (21.11)
22. South Florida (22.00)
23. Wake Forest (25.89)
24. Fresno State (26.00)
25. Pittsburgh (26.33)




RELEASED PRESEASON MAJOR POLLS
NationalChamps.net
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1. Ohio State
2. Georgia
3. Southern California
4. Oklahoma
5. Missouri
6. Florida
7. Louisiana State
8. Kansas
9. West Virginia
10. Texas
11. Virginia Tech
12. Clemson
13. Wisconsin
14. Texas Tech
15. Auburn
16. Arizona State
17. Tennessee
18. Illinois
19. Brigham Young
20. Penn State
21. South Florida
22. Oregon
23. Fresno State
24. Wake Forest
25. Boise State

cbs.sportsline
Dennis Dodd
1. Ohio State
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Southern California
5. Missouri
6. Florida
7. Kansas
8. Texas
9. West Virginia
10. Auburn
11. Texas Tech
12. Illinois
13. Clemson
14. Brigham Young
15. Wisconsin
16. Louisiana State
17. Virginia Tech
18. Arizona State
19. South Florida
20. Tennessee
21. Connecticut
22. Pittsburgh
23. Michigan State
24. Fresno State
25. Cincinnati

SI.com
Stewart Mandel
1. Georgia
2. Ohio State
3. Southern California
4. Missouri
5. Louisiana State
6. Oklahoma
7. Florida
8. Texas Tech
9. Auburn
10. Wisconsin
11. Clemson
12. Tennessee
13. Texas
14. West Virginia
15. Kansas
16. Arizona State
17. Brigham Young
18. Oregon State
19. Illinois
20. Oregon
21. Penn State
22. Cincinnati
23. Virginia Tech
24. Alabama
25. Pittsburgh


Rivals.com
David Fox
1. Southern California
2. Georgia
3. Ohio State
4. Missouri
5. Florida
6. Louisiana State
7. West Virginia
8. Oklahoma
9. Auburn
10. Clemson
11. Virginia Tech
12. Brigham Young
13. Wisconsin
14. Kansas
15. Texas
16. Texas Tech
17. Arizona State
18. Penn State
19. Illinois
20. Tennessee
21. South Florida
22. Oregon
23. Wake Forest
24. South Carolina
25. Fresno State


College Football News
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1. Ohio State
2. Georgia
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
5. Southern California
6. Louisiana State
7. Wisconsin
8. Missouri
9. West Virginia
10. Texas Tech
11. Penn State
12. Tennessee
13. Kansas
14. Auburn
15. Texas
16. Oregon
17. Virginia Tech
18. Illinois
19. Boston College
20. Clemson
21. Michigan
22. Brigham Young
23. South Carolina
24. Alabama
25. Wake Forest

ESPN.com
Mark Schlabach
1. Georgia
2. Oklahoma
3. Ohio State
4. Southern California
5. Missouri
6. Texas
7. Florida
8. Louisiana State
9. Clemson
10. Arizona State
11. Virginia Tech
12. Texas Tech
13. Wisconsin
14. Tennessee
15. Kansas
16. Auburn
17. Penn State
18. Oregon
19. Brigham Young
20. West Virginia
21. Virginia
22. Pittsburgh
23. Illinois
24. South Carolina
25. Fresno State

Athlon
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1. Florida
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. Southern California
5. Georgia
6. Missouri
7. West Virginia
8. Auburn
9. Louisiana State
10. Clemson
11. Texas
12. Wisconsin
13. Kansas
14. Brigham Young
15. Arizona State
16. Illinois
17. Tennessee
18. Texas Tech
19. Oregon
20. South Florida
21. Virginia Tech
22. Rutgers
23. Penn State
24. Wake Forest
25. Fresno State

Lindy's
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1. Georgia
2. Southern California
3. Ohio State
4. Oklahoma
5. Missouri
6. Florida
7. Louisiana State
8. Texas
9. Clemson
10. West Virginia
11. Wisconsin
12. Brigham Young
13. Auburn
14. Arizona State
15. Kansas
16. Texas Tech
17. Wake Forest
18. Illinois
19. South Florida
20. Alabama
21. Oregon
22. Fresno State
23. Pittsburgh
24. Tennessee
25. Florida State

Phil Steele
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1. Florida
2. Ohio State
3. Oklahoma
4. Southern California
5. Clemson
6. West Virginia
7. Missouri
8. South Florida
9. Georgia
10. Penn State
11. Texas Tech
12. Auburn
13. Louisiana State
14. Utah
15. Texas
16. Virginia Tech
17. Brigham Young
18. South Carolina
19. Notre Dame
20. California
21. Wisconsin
22. Oregon
23. Tennessee
24. Florida State
25. Pittsburgh

[Volholla]

Seems no one knows what to expect from us, anything from 12-24, kind of a large gap...

[bigtime]

very large gap

[vols kick balls]

What the hell has people so excited about Wisc.? They don't have much other than their RBs.

[ShanMan]

I like Clemson (living in Greenville SC and having a wife who is a fan will do that) but what is up with them being ranked SO high. They were close to going to ACC championship game last year, and have some good players coming back, but still. No disrepect to them at all, but Phil Steele has them 5th. They been recruiting like crazy lately too.

I actually like the position UT is in this year being ranked lower and being picked to finish 3rd-4th in the SEC east. No pressure on UT and UT plays MUCH better as the underdog. Would be nice to be ranked in the top say...12-15, just so we dont have as far to climb in the polls to ensure a BCS game. Like they say, just win the games and the rankings will come.

[Abeachvol]

all you need is top 10 to go bcs now , Lets do ittttttttt

[chavisut]

Steele has Notre Dame at 19

[GoBigOrange86]

Originally Posted by chavisut

Steele has Notre Dame at 19

Notre Dame? More like Notre Lame! Am I right?! HAHA!

High five.

[FO.CO. VOL FAN]

Originally Posted by ShanMan

I like Clemson (living in Greenville SC and having a wife who is a fan will do that) but what is up with them being ranked SO high. They were close to going to ACC championship game last year, and have some good players coming back, but still. No disrepect to them at all, but Phil Steele has them 5th. They been recruiting like crazy lately too.

I actually like the position UT is in this year being ranked lower and being picked to finish 3rd-4th in the SEC east. No pressure on UT and UT plays MUCH better as the underdog. Would be nice to be ranked in the top say...12-15, just so we dont have as far to climb in the polls to ensure a BCS game. Like they say, just win the games and the rankings will come.

How many times have we heard that?

Originally Posted by chavisut

Steele has Notre Dame at 19

This equates to . How in the world could you rank them 19 after their completely horrid season last year is beyond me. Their schedule eases up a little, but I just don't see them doing any better than 5-7.

[chavisut]

Originally Posted by FO.CO. VOL FAN

How many times have we heard that?



This equates to . How in the world could you rank them 19 after their completely horrid season last year is beyond me. Their schedule eases up a little, but I just don't see them doing any better than 5-7.

for them to miss another bowl would be great. However, I think it would be just as good to see them go 6-6, play some non-bcs school and then lose once again in their bowl game.

[FO.CO. VOL FAN]

Originally Posted by chavisut

for them to miss another bowl would be great. However, I think it would be just as good to see them go 6-6, play some non-bcs school and then lose once again in their bowl game.

Haha, that would be worse than not going to a bowl game at all!

[Cartervol]

I must have missed something but why is wisconsin ranked ahead of us in every poll. Didn't we just beat their rather unimpressive butts in the outhouse bowl?

[bigorange]

Originally Posted by GoBigOrange86

Notre Dame? More like Notre Lame! Am I right?! HAHA!

High five.

lol

[rexvol]

Wisconsin is getting the boost from the Eastern media's Big 10 bias

[kcusslov]

Alot of these rankings are actually predictions of what the final polls will look like. It seems like UGA is the obvious number 1 but they are being ranked lower because people think their schedule is going to be too difficult.