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jay santos · 08-22-2007, 09:17 PM

I took an avg of five polls: coaches, AP, Athlon, Phil Steele, CSTV

1 Southern Cal
2 LSU
3 Texas
4 West Virginia
5 Michigan
6 Florida
7 Oklahoma
8 Wisconsin
9 Virginia Tech
10 Louisville
11 Ohio State
12 Georgia
13 California
14 Penn State
15 Rutgers
16 Tennessee
17 Florida State
18 UCLA
19 Nebraska
21 Hawai`I
22 Auburn
23 Texas A&M
24 TCU
25 Georgia Tech
26 South Carolina
27 Miami FL
28 Arkansas
29 Boise State
30 Oregon State
31 Boston College
32 Alabama
33 Oregon
34 South Florida
35 Missouri
36 Brigham Young
37 Notre Dame
38 Arizona State
39 Southern Miss
40 Wake Forest
41 Iowa
42 Memphis
43 Clemson
44 Virginia
45 Kentucky
46 Oklahoma St
47 Texas Tech
48 Purdue
49 Houston
50 North Carolina St
51 Kansas State
52 Illinois
53 Utah
54 Arizona
55 Toledo
56 Duke
57 Troy
58 Washington St
59 Western Michigan

jay santos · 08-22-2007, 09:20 PM

Compared to my quantitative approach, these are the under and overrated.

Underrated

Wisconsin, Va Tech, UCLA, Miami, Oregon St, BC, Virginia, Purdue, Utah, Arizona

Overrated

Texas, Florida, Georgia, Cal, Penn St, Rutgers, Nebraska, Hawaii, Memphis

I'll watch these teams to see if my preseason model had any validity.

jay santos · 08-22-2007, 09:31 PM

One interesting tidbit from this. A coach voted 0-12 last year Duke in their top 25 preseason. That person should be publicly humiliated.

cougjunkie · 08-22-2007, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

One interesting tidbit from this. A coach voted 0-12 last year Duke in their top 25 preseason. That person should be publicly humiliated.

It is Steve Spurrier he always votes them #25 because they gave him his first job. Hence the reason pre-season polls suck.

Insensitive PAP · 08-22-2007, 10:49 PM

So basically we have an easy schedule only playing 2 teams ranked ahead of us, and only 4 teams in the top 60 (only 2 in the top 50), with 3 of those games at home.

08-22-2007, 09:17 PM	#1
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	Avg Preseason Ranking I took an avg of five polls: coaches, AP, Athlon, Phil Steele, CSTV 1 Southern Cal 2 LSU 3 Texas 4 West Virginia 5 Michigan 6 Florida 7 Oklahoma 8 Wisconsin 9 Virginia Tech 10 Louisville 11 Ohio State 12 Georgia 13 California 14 Penn State 15 Rutgers 16 Tennessee 17 Florida State 18 UCLA 19 Nebraska 21 Hawai`I 22 Auburn 23 Texas A&M 24 TCU 25 Georgia Tech 26 South Carolina 27 Miami FL 28 Arkansas 29 Boise State 30 Oregon State 31 Boston College 32 Alabama 33 Oregon 34 South Florida 35 Missouri 36 Brigham Young 37 Notre Dame 38 Arizona State 39 Southern Miss 40 Wake Forest 41 Iowa 42 Memphis 43 Clemson 44 Virginia 45 Kentucky 46 Oklahoma St 47 Texas Tech 48 Purdue 49 Houston 50 North Carolina St 51 Kansas State 52 Illinois 53 Utah 54 Arizona 55 Toledo 56 Duke 57 Troy 58 Washington St 59 Western Michigan

08-22-2007, 09:20 PM	#2
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	Compared to my quantitative approach, these are the under and overrated. Underrated Wisconsin, Va Tech, UCLA, Miami, Oregon St, BC, Virginia, Purdue, Utah, Arizona Overrated Texas, Florida, Georgia, Cal, Penn St, Rutgers, Nebraska, Hawaii, Memphis I'll watch these teams to see if my preseason model had any validity.

08-22-2007, 09:31 PM	#3
jay santos Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,177	One interesting tidbit from this. A coach voted 0-12 last year Duke in their top 25 preseason. That person should be publicly humiliated.

08-22-2007, 10:49 PM	#5
Insensitive PAP Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 293	So basically we have an easy schedule only playing 2 teams ranked ahead of us, and only 4 teams in the top 60 (only 2 in the top 50), with 3 of those games at home.