Predicting Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll

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Preseason College Football Rankings 2016: Predicting Amway Coaches Top 25 Poll | Bleacher Report

9. Tennessee

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2015 record: 9-4
Final Amway ranking: 23rd

Coaches are just as susceptible to hype as fans and the media, so it won't be the least bit surprising to see Tennessee start in the Top 10 in the Amway poll for the first time since 2005. After all, the Volunteers have one of the most experienced lineups in the country, one that coach Butch Jones has been slowly building up during his time in Knoxville.
Ranked as the third-most experienced team in the country, per Phil Steele, the Vols bring back 91 percent of their offensive production and nearly 80 percent of their tackles from last year's team. They struggled to finish early in the season but got on a tear in the second half, taking a six-game win streak into the winter.
Tennessee's fate will again be sealed in the first half—as its first seven opponents all went bowling in 2015, and its first four SEC opponents (Florida, Georgia, Texas A&M and Alabama) won a combined 42 games.


Looks right to me. I expect us to be ranked anywhere from 7 to 11 in the coaches and AP preseason polls.

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

LOL @ #9.

All I know is we're finishing #1.

 

[Iam4utalways]

Everybody knows it's not where you start it's where you finish, but it does matter when you start.

 

[CoaxialOrange]

Not first your last

 

[Iam4utalways]

That's a respectable start. But it doesn't matter.

 

[LittleVol]

LOL @ #9.

All I know is we're finishing #1.

Florida is on the rise...

UGA should be better.

Bama might have a QB by the 3rd Saturday in October.

Texas A&M is VERY very talented

Id be happy with 2- 2 from that gauntlet

 

[Titan&Volfan4life]

They have us losing 4 games.

I don't see us losing even 3 games so their 4 game losses is crazy.

VFL...GBO!!!

 

[pismonque]

Aaaaahh, **** it, it's the Amway poll. I'll wait for the Herbalife poll. Or maybe the Arbonne one.

 

[Iam4utalways]

They have us losing 4 games.

I don't see us losing even 3 games so their 4 game losses is crazy.

VFL...GBO!!!

I'm not following.

 

[BaldBiker]

They have us losing 4 games.

I don't see us losing even 3 games so their 4 game losses is crazy.

VFL...GBO!!!

We did lose 4 games. That 9-4 is from last season. They aren't predicting records, they are predicting where we start in the polls.

 

[livefaith]

Aaaaahh, **** it, it's the Amway poll. I'll wait for the Herbalife poll. Or maybe the Arbonne one.

My thoughts exactly. When did Scamway get into the football polling business?

Never forget kiddies ... "Any job offer that requires you to pay them before you start makes you a customer, not an employee". :-D

 

[G-Vol]

When is the Mary Kay poll out?

It's not how you drive, it's how you arrive...

 

[VolsnRavens]

When is the Mary Kay pole out?

It's not how you drive, it's how you arrive...

Normally around 11PM On Friday's and every other Saturady. Mouse's ear West.

 

[salutethehill]

Let's hope this poll isn't as much a scam as Amway is.

 

[LordBolton]

Amway is the poll sponsor. That means if we can get two more colleges to sign up and participate in the poll, we move up one spot.

 

[VonVol]

Amway is the poll sponsor. That means if we can get two more colleges to sign up and participate in the poll, we move up one spot.

Made me laugh. Good one.

 

[Wylo]

Not first your last

My last what?

 

[Wylo]

Let's hope this poll isn't as much a scam as Amway is.

It clearly is, otherwise Tennessee would be number mf'ing 1!

 

[Biopsyman]

Amway?

 

[marvin616]

Amway?

 

[jonrulz123]

I had UT at #9 as well, doesn't mean anything if we don't get the job done...

Edit: Just realized that sounded weird