AP Top 25 poll released

[PhilipNelsonFan]

AP Top 25
RANK TEAM RECORD PTS PVS
1. Georgia (22) 0-0 1528 2
2. Ohio State (21) 0-0 1506 5
3. USC (12) 0-0 1490 3
4. Oklahoma (4) 0-0 1444 8
5. Florida (6) 0-0 1415 13
6. Missouri 0-0 1266 4
7. LSU 0-0 1135 1
8. West Virginia 0-0 1116 6
9. Clemson 0-0 1105 21
10. Auburn 0-0 968 10
11. Texas 0-0 966 15
12. Texas Tech 0-0 786 22
13. Wisconsin 0-0 771 24
14. Kansas 0-0 707 7
15. Arizona State 0-0 631 16
16. Brigham Young 0-0 590 14
17. Virginia Tech 0-0 578 9
18. Tennessee 0-0 509 12
19. South Florida 0-0 496 NR
20. Illinois 0-0 483 20
21. Oregon 0-0 366 23
22. Penn State 0-0 293 NR
23. Wake Forest 0-0 227 NR
24. Alabama 0-0 89 NR
25. Pittsburgh 0-0 85 NR
Others Receiving Votes
South Carolina 84, Fresno State 83, California 59, Utah 53, Cincinnati 44, Florida State 41, Michigan 36, Boston College 32, Rutgers 32, Michigan State 21, Boise State 17, Arkansas 14, North Carolina 14, Connecticut 10, Tulsa 7, UCLA 6, Oregon State 5, Mississippi State 4, Virginia 4, Arizona 3, Nebraska 2, Notre Dame 2, Hawaii 1, Washington 1.

Screw Alabama and LOL at Pitt.

Wax poetic, all ye who dare.

[WAYSA]

Illinois is going to knock off Missouri week 1.

Last year Chase was on his back a ton and they have 2(?) new starting young tackles.. And Illinois DL has improved.

A healthy Rejus Benn = B10 DBs going to get raped.

[A.J.]

I'll settle for 11.

[studcrackers]

god i wish alabama had a shot at being great this year just to watch u be a douche and bitch night and day about it

maybe just to piss you off they'll surprise people and open with a win vs. clemson

[PhilipNelsonFan]

god i wish alabama had a shot at being great this year just to watch u be a douche and bitch night and day about it

maybe just to piss you off they'll surprise people and open with a win vs. clemson

If they open with a win against Clemson, I will stand and applaud.

And then I will laugh when Saban blows a 20-point lead against SW Louisiana State-Lafayette.

Alabama doesn't have to be great to make me eat my words. They just have to win more than 7 games.

[Icness]

I loathe preseason rankings, won't ordinate teams until after the first weekend in October. But in general:
The legit contenders for the BCS title:
Georgia, Ohio State, USC, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, Clemson
Next tier, teams that could crack the above group with luck:
BYU, West Virginia, Illinois, Virginia Tech, Auburn, LSU, Texas Tech, Texas, USF
Next group:
Wisconsin, Tennessee, Wake Forest, Arizona State, Oregon, Central Michigan, Cincinnati, Fresno State, Michigan State, Boise State
Others I think might finish in top 25:
Pittsburgh, Kansas (not really), Purdue, Rutgers, Utah, maybe the Notre Dame/Michigan winner, UConn, Mississippi State.

Two teams that could come from out of nowhere, a la Kansas last season:
Oregon State and Georgia Tech, who gets to play VT, UGA, and Clemson and has a capable defense.

[PhilipNelsonFan]

Icness, as a Pac-10 fan I'd argue that Oregon State will only surprise people outside the conference. They did finish third last year and have a pretty easy schedule...although I can't help but shake the feeling that they start out 0-2.

[NO-KG-AI]

I'm so uncertain about the QB position at LSU that I really don't know where to rank us to be honest. The receivers, the O-line, and the run game should be outstanding, and the defense lost a lot, but always finds ways to replace people, so I'm not worried there, but we always have, at the very least, a steadying presence at QB. **** you Perriloux, we could have repeated.

[LAKESHOW]

watch out for oklahoma. you cant suck and choke for that many years in a row. there has to be a point where you man up and say "i'm not gonna take this chit anymore"

i say this is the year.

they will be a SERIOUS contender for the national championship game.