Here we go again with the rankings. Who cares what Athlon thinks. I mean what is teh point of even having preseason rankings, they are so pointless. I think USC should be consistent and refuse to play in the Orange Bowl since Coach Carrol doesn't think that it is the real championship game. They should just play in the Rose Bowl from now on except when the NC game is at the Rose Bowl.
2004 KEY PRESEASON POLLS BIG 12 NationalChamps.Net 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. Georgia 4. LSU 5. Miami (Fla.) 6. Michigan 7. Florida State 8. Texas 9. Ohio State 10. Tennessee 11. Auburn 12. Iowa 13. Florida 14. Clemson 15. Nebraska 16. Wisconsin 17. Kansas State 18. Virginia 19. Maryland 20. California 21. West Virginia 22. Minnesota 23. Oklahoma State 24. Purdue 25. Utah ESPN.com - Ivan Maisel 1. Southern California 2. LSU 3. Georgia 4. Oklahoma 5. Miami (Fla.) 6. Texas 7. Florida State 8. Michigan 9. Maryland 10. Utah 11. California 12. West Virginia 13. Ohio State 14. Tennessee 15. Iowa 16. Auburn 17. Missouri 18. Clemson 19. Florida 20. Virginia 21. Purdue 22. Kansas State 23. Minnesota 24. Oregon State 25. Toledo CBS Sportsline.com - Dennis Dodd 1. Georgia 2. Southern California 3. Oklahoma 4. LSU 5. Florida State 6. Miami (Fla.) 7. Texas 8. Kansas State 9. Michigan 10. TCU 11. Florida 12. Virginia 13. Clemson 14. Memphis 15. Ohio State 16. Tennessee 17. Maryland 18. Auburn 19. Louisville 20. California 21. Washington State 22. Nebraska 23. North Carolina State 24. Utah 25. West Virginia College Football News 1. Southern California 2. Oklahoma 3. LSU 4. Georgia 5. Miami (Fla.) 6. Texas 7. Ohio State 8. Auburn 9. Tennessee 10. Florida State 11. Michigan 12. Clemson 13. Florida 14. Virginia 15. West Virginia 16. Nebraska 17. Iowa 18. Oklahoma State 19. North Carolina State 20. South Carolina 21. Georgia Tech 22. Minnesota 23. Kansas State 24. Wisconsin 25. Louisville
Mr. Peabody, also, here's the one from CFW: College Football Wire Pre-Season Top 20 : 1. Florida Gators 2. USC Trojans 3. Georgia Bulldogs 4. Oklahoma Sooners 5. Michigan Wolverines 6. Miami Hurricanes 7. Texas Longhorns 8. Florida St 9. LSU Tigers- Being the only media outlet that picked the Tigers to finish anywhere near number one last year makes us feel a little sentimental towards them, but even we can't pick them to repeat. Gone are QB Matt Mauck, WR Michael Clayton, and defensive leader Chad Lavalais. Head coach Nick Saban is an amazing recruiter though, and will again have LSU in contention for the SEC title. 10. Iowa Hawkeyes 11. Auburn Tigers 12. Cal Golden Bears 13. Louisville Cardinals 14. Utah Utes 15. Purdue Boilermakers 16. Tennessee Volunteers 17. Ohio St Buckeyes 18. N.C. St Wolfpack 19. Missouri Tigers 20. West Virginia Mountaineers
Bottom line...rankings mean sqaut! Lets not be over confident in our program, hope that they win, not expect it, and win EVERY single game by playing ONE game at a time! We do that, and NC will come to LSU as fast as thugs go to Miami.
Just remember Auburn last year. Preseason #1. Postseason, well . . . I don't expect a national championship every year from Nick. I just want a perennial top-10 team with a shot at the championship every few years.
I like West Virginia. Rich Rodriguez has done a great job at the flagship university for CNS's home state.
no problem one game at a time and things will work out. I think it is wrong but does not bother me much. LSU will be a very good team and will be the bulls eye for every team they play. I think LSU will be in the mix when the last game is done. :lsug: :laflagwav :usaflagwa
Your reality will come soon enough ... when the best OL & the best RBs in America come trashing you in your own house ... nowhere to run or hide when that big LSU OL runs herd on you clowns. Auburn just doesn't stack up to LSU in the trenches. Period. End of story. That's reality ... can't wait for you to "get some" :lol:
