Monday, August 24, 2009

CBS Sports.com Blog Poll (Pre-season)

You know football is coming back when you see the blogpoll again.....here's my first ballot. Comment by Wednesday if you think you can do better....

RankTeam
1 Florida
2 Texas
3 Oklahoma
4 Southern Cal
5 Alabama
6 Ohio State
7 Virginia Tech
8 Mississippi
9 LSU
10 Penn State
11 Georgia
12 Notre Dame
13 California
14 Iowa
15 Oklahoma State
16 Illinois
17 TCU
18 Miami (Florida)
19 Florida State
20 Boise State
21 UCLA
22 Georgia Tech
23 Nebraska
24 Brigham Young
25 Pittsburgh

7 comments :

Tim said...

Thank you for not having Notre Dame on your list! I swear if they don't earn their way back to the top 25 these polls are more a fail than usual...

Orange said...

Well, I did have them #12....but I am not as high on them as many. Still have an incompetence factor they need to overcome for me.

Anonymous said...

I'm going to take another angle here ... what has Florida done to deserve the top spot?

Orange said...

Frank....not sure how to take that comment...since there is no smiley face, I will assume you are not joking. Of course, none of them have done anything to deserve it, it is a pre-season poll. I put Florida first because they won last year and bring a ridiculous amount of talent back, including their entire defensive two-deep.

Anonymous said...

Orange,
I realize the CBS thing is a fan-involved polls, so I do take it with a grain of salt. The question I asked is one that I like to ask this time of year regardless who occupies the top spot.

Let's face it even after week 1, many will give high marks to a team that just rolled a small school and give little attention (if that much) to a team that had a "much better" win for their opener ... so here's the smile. :)

Here's where I make my point.
http://afrankangle.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/2009-preseason-top-10-college-football/

Go Falcons.

Orange said...

Frank, I completely see your point. Pre-season ratings are a little bit bizarre. They are, no doubt, built on reputation and expectations. You can't really live out the Blogpoll philosophy until week 5 or so. Having said that, it is fun to try and project.

Anonymous said...

Orange,
As you said, it's fun trying.

Keep on key out my way as I hope to post my "They've Earned It" top 10 during the season. It will be far different from the polls :I guarantee" .... and thanks for keeping me informed about the Falcons.