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1. LSU (18) 13-1 1,403 2
2. Alabama (20) 12-1 1,399 1
3. Southern California (19) 10-2 1,388 NR
4. Oklahoma 10-3 1,276 15
5. Oregon 12-2 1,258 4
6. Georgia 10-4 1,061 20
7. Florida State 9-4 1,055 23
8. Michigan 11-2 1,023 9
9. South Carolina 11-2 981 8
10. Arkansas 11-2 948 5
11. West Virginia 10-3 833 18
12. Wisconsin 11-3 743 11
13. Michigan State 11-3 717 10
14. Clemson 10-4 598 22
15. Texas 8-5 549 NR
16. Nebraska 9-4 501 24
17. TCU 11-2 499 13
18. Stanford 11-2 497 7
19. Oklahoma State 12-1 476 3
20. Virginia Tech 11-3 461 17
21. Kansas State 10-3 398 16
22. Boise State 12-1 271 6
23. Florida 7-6 250 NR
24. Notre Dame 8-5 166 NR
25. Auburn 8-5 66 NR
Others receiving votes (with 2011 records)
Washington (7-6) 64; Louisville (7-6) 46; Georgia Tech (8-5) 35; Cincinnati (10-3) 32; Texas A&M (7-6) 28; Baylor (10-3) 23; Utah (8-5) 22; Mississippi State (7-6) 21; South Florida (5-7) 12; N.C. State (8-5) 11; BYU (10-3) 10; Louisiana Tech (8-5) 10; Virginia (8-5) 9; Houston (13-1) 7; Southern Mississippi (12-2) 6; Central Florida (5-7) 5; Rutgers (9-4) 5; Florida International (8-5) 3; Missouri (8-5) 3; Tennessee (5-7) 3; Northern Illinois (11-3) 2; Texas Tech (5-7) 1.
-good for wvu and tcu. just imagine what the big east would have been this year.
-seems like ppl are aware of some nbe teams being good but not enough of them want them to be the media yet. i think we will see several hit the top 25 early in the year.
-surprised about cincy a bit but they are very well respected based off there last 5 years of football.
-ncst will be a quality game that could really make or break the season so early if we were to make a deep run at a bcs bowl.
-1 nbe member ranked and 6 in the 25-25 range. all it takes is 1 or 2 the next 2 years to make some noise and the acc will get a media beating.
-today has been the most fun day on this board talking football in a while....
 

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-1 nbe member ranked and 6 in the 25-25 range. all it takes is 1 or 2 the next 2 years to make some noise and the acc will get a media beating.

I don't really see that. ACC has 3 in the top 25 and 3 also receiving votes. If they maintain that, NBE success won't necessarily imply ACC weakness.

Of course, after UConn crushes Florida State in the Orange Bowl, hopefully the ACC will get a beating.
 
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we will be so good that we will crush fl state in the 1st qtr, clemson in the 2nd qtr, duke at halftime, miami in the 3rd qtr then finish off va tech to end the game
 

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Will be interesting to see what happens in the NC State / Tennessee game given both are in the "Other Receiving Votes" category. We're obviously rooting for a NC State win followed by a loss to UConn - that would be the best scenario by far.
 
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I don't really see that. ACC has 3 in the top 25 and 3 also receiving votes. If they maintain that, NBE success won't necessarily imply ACC weakness..

if they maintain. does the ACC ever maintain their preseason rankings? by the end of the year it'll be just VTech and they'll be in the low 20s after losing their bowl game. that's how pretty much every other year happens so why expect different now? seeing this list is actually pretty disappointing to me b/c i just now realized we don't play a single ranked team as of today.
 

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I don't really see that. ACC has 3 in the top 25 and 3 also receiving votes. If they maintain that, NBE success won't necessarily imply ACC weakness.

Of course, after UConn crushes Florida State in the Orange Bowl, hopefully the ACC will get a beating.
And Forte's post about UConn hurting the BE will come true!
 

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if they maintain. does the ACC ever maintain their preseason rankings? by the end of the year it'll be just VTech and they'll be in the low 20s after losing their bowl game. that's how pretty much every other year happens so why expect different now? seeing this list is actually pretty disappointing to me b/c i just now realized we don't play a single ranked team as of today.

Yes, but we play 5 teams in the top 42, so if we go 9-3 or better we should be ranked.
 

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If Florida State doesnt have a good year they should fire everyone. There is no reason in the world for them to not bury most of their league with those players.
 
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I know some of the big east coaches announced their picks last year, any one know if P or one the other voters will?
 
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If you count "others receiving votes" I see 7 future Big East teams on this list and 6 ACC teams.
 
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So they see UCF as better than us right now. Lord help us. These polls are usually right.
 

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So no Miami, BCU, Pitt or Cuse on this list?
 
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If Florida State doesnt have a good year they should fire everyone. There is no reason in the world for them to not bury most of their league with those players.
What the hell did Fla State do to deserve to be number 7?
 
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Georgia, Mich St and Clemson are way over rated IMO
 

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What the hell did Fla State do to deserve to be number 7?

They probably have 6-7 first round picks on defense? What exactly can 'one do' for a preseason poll? It's guessing at who will be good.
 

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So they see UCF as better than us right now. Lord help us. These polls are usually right.

Who is they? UCF got 5 votes. That could be one pollster that has them 21st. Spurrier used to put Duke in the preseason top 25 every year.
 
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The coaches poll is one of the dumber things in all of sports. It wouldn't be so bad if they used this for entertainment purposes only. But the fact that these coaches' votes help determine BCS rankings is one of the all time head scratchers for a multitude of reasons.

That being said, I think you can lock up USC vs. the SEC survivor in Miami.
 

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Does anyone get the sense that if WVU was still in the BE this year they'd be ranked closer to 20th? Or is my tin foil hat a little too tight?

I was thinking the exact same thing. It's funny how that works with the polls, huh?
 

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Does anyone get the sense that if WVU was still in the BE this year they'd be ranked closer to 20th? Or is my tin foil hat a little too tight?

I don't think so. After the beat down they put on Clemson, keeping most of their important skill players and the fact that they are now in Year 2 of Holgerson's "system" would probably have put them in a similar place in the Big East. People would have complained about their Strength of Schedule though, I'm sure.
 
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I don't think so. After the beat down they put on Clemson, keeping most of their important skill players and the fact that they are now in Year 2 of Holgerson's "system" would probably have put them in a similar place in the Big East. People would have complained about their Strength of Schedule though, I'm sure.
The WVU beatdown of Clemson is now percieved as a Big 12 beatdown and legit. If WVU was still in BE it would be considered a fluke so the pollsters would have them 20-25.
 

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The WVU beatdown of Clemson is now percieved as a Big 12 beatdown and legit. If WVU was still in BE it would be considered a fluke so the pollsters would have them 20-25.

Everyone can have their opinion and it is all supposition anyways, but I think the reality is that WVU was a steadily improving team last year which was capped off by destroying a Clemson squad that had a pretty good year. Maybe they would be in the mid teens instead of where they are now if they were still in the Big East but I just don't see anyone ranking them in the 20's regardless of the league they were in.

There is no doubt that Big East teams in the past few years have had problems getting pre-season ranked but the past few years it has been somewhat justified, don't you think? Based on the record from the prior year, recruiting classes brought in, players that departed and coaching changes, I wouldn't say with a certainty that for the past two years any Big East team really deserved to be highly ranked in the pre-season. Can anyone think of one?

Regardless, pre-season rankings are BS and the thing that really kind of sucks is that they have an influence on the end of year rankings and bowls (due to the whole leapfrog thing).
 
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