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Phil Steele Preseason top 10 for 2016
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:48 pm
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1. Alabama
2. Clemson
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida State
5. LSU
6. Ohio State
7. Michigan
8. Baylor
9. Stanford
10. Tennessee
1. Alabama
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Ohio State was the consensus No. 1 team in 2015, drawing all 61 preseason No. 1 votes. This year there should be four or five that garner first-place votes. Going with the defending champ in the No. 1 slot is usually a good call, and there’s not a better team to vote No. 1 then Alabama. Last year there were a lot of doubters when it came to the Tide, who were not even picked by SEC media to win the conference (they picked Auburn), let alone the national title. Alabama has to replace quarterback Jake Coker, but the last three national titles by the Tide all came with first-year starting quarterbacks. The Tide had the No. 1 recruiting class for four straight years (2012-15), finishing No. 2 behind only Florida State in ESPN’s 2016 class rankings. With players like defensive end Jonathan Allen and linebacker Reuben Foster turning down the NFL, the defense remains one of, if not the best in the country. The Tide had just 10 returning starters last year and this year have 11 (plus both their kicker and punter), and with Nick Saban still in charge they should grab the No.1 spot in August -- and maybe in January as well.
2. Clemson
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida State
5. LSU
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Les Miles was on the verge of being fired late last year, but he has proven to be a Tiger with nine lives and bounced back with one of the nation’s top recruiting classes. I have great respect for the folks at ESPN Stats & Info, and their Football Power Index (FPI) has LSU rated No. 1 -- one of my main sets of power ratings agrees with that. The Tigers have 18 returning starters, which is the most in the SEC, and one of those returnees is running back and Heisman favorite Leonard Fournette. While LSU was depleted by the number of players leaving early for the NFL in 2012 and 2013, and three left early after last season, just one starter left early after 2015 (offensive lineman Jerald Hawkins).
6. Ohio State
7. Michigan
8. Baylor
9. Stanford
10. Tennessee
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After starting 3-4, Tennessee won its final six to finish 9-4 and finish No. 22 in the end-of-season poll. That hardly sounds like a preseason top 10-caliber team -- until you examine the four losses. The Vols dominated Oklahoma for three quarters, but blew a 17-3 fourth quarter lead and lost in overtime to a team that made the College Football Playoff. They led Florida 27-14 in the fourth quarter, but lost it late to a Gators team that would reach the SEC title game. They lost by four points to Arkansas, and then on the road they only lost to eventual national champion Alabama by five, being out-first-downed 23-21. Tennessee played a lot of freshmen the past few years, but will have to stop using the “we’re young” label as it is now a veteran group with 17 returning starters, including senior quarterback Joshua Dobbs and junior running back Jalen Hurd. The Vols will be the clear-cut favorite to win the SEC East and if the road to the title game is smooth, a win there could put them in the playoffs.
This post was edited on 3/21/16 at 1:53 pm
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Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:49 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
That is his prediction for the AP poll, not his actual prediction
Probably the single most worthless prediction of all time. Predicting a poll.
Probably the single most worthless prediction of all time. Predicting a poll.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:50 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Downvote me again and I will come through that monitor and give you a noogie, George.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:52 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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Downvote me again and I will come through that monitor and give you a noogie, George.
Psssh, down vote? I'm not a 13 year old girl. I respond with text.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:52 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
Thanks Phil 2.0
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:54 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
tOffseason champs are back... again. 
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:55 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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After starting 3-4, Tennessee won its final six to finish 9-4 and finish No. 22 in the end-of-season poll. That hardly sounds like a preseason top 10-caliber team -- until you examine the four losses.
And what about those wins
Posted on 3/21/16 at 1:59 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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Phil Steele
The worst
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:02 pm to CarolinaGamecock99
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After starting 3-4, Tennessee won its final six to finish 9-4 and finish No. 22 in the end-of-season poll. That hardly sounds like a preseason top 10-caliber team -- until you examine the four losses.
And what about those wins
Nothing against Tennessee - that was a great season, but the loss to Alabama came against a team that had played a TON of games in a row. They get UT a game earlier, and trade out UGA for Kentucky.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:12 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Probably the single most worthless prediction of all time. Predicting a poll.
Not to pay myself on the back, but I was pretty spot on with my prediction of Steele's prediction of the poll.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:16 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
PhatDarrell McPhil 
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:18 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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After starting 3-4, Tennessee won its final six to finish 9-4
Kentucky 5-7 (2-6)
South Carolina 3-9 (1-7)
North Texas 1-11 (1-7)
Mizzou 5-7 (1-7)
Vanderbilt 4-8 (2-6)
Northwestern 10-3 (6-2)
For a total of 28-45 (13-35). Nice
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:19 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
Vols are back baby, 8th edition!
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:25 pm to UAtide11
Probably worth at least removing the loss the Vols handed them from their records, but even still, not a murderer's row to finish the season. Northwestern being a pretty 'fluffy' 10-2 going into that bowl game.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:25 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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They led Florida 27-14 in the fourth quarter, but lost it late to a Gators team that would reach the SEC title game.
Did Steele actually just paint this game in a semi-positive context? There was nothing remotely positive for us about the way we fricking blew that game. NOTHING. I can live with OU and Bama being looked at that way, but this meltdown cost us the east and prevented us from exceeding expectations. There hasn't been anything resembling a "moral victory" against Florida since Tebow's senior year. Simply, last year's game (and the one the year before) were games we should have won all along and choked away.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:27 pm to rockytop627
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PhatDarrell McPhil
User rockytop627, tread lightly. I do not and will not engage in a VOLS versus VOLS spat. Save your wisecracks for the TT9's and Cajunbama's of teh rant
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:28 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
Another PreSeason Division National Championship forbthe vols, amazing.....lol
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:30 pm to rockytop627
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Did Steele actually just paint this game in a semi-positive context? There was nothing remotely positive for us about the way we fricking blew that game. NOTHING. I can live with OU and Bama being looked at that way, but this meltdown cost us the east and prevented us from exceeding expectations. There hasn't been anything resembling a "moral victory" against Florida since Tebow's senior year. Simply, last year's game (and the one the year before) were games we should have won all along and choked away.
Agree with your statement but I think he was more or less using that as an example of what VOLS could be this year and should've been last year.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:30 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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That is his prediction for the AP poll, not his actual prediction
Watch in amazement as one person predicts what a group of other people amalgamated together will predict.
Posted on 3/21/16 at 2:31 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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Save your wisecracks for the TT9's and Cajunbama's of teh rant
Believe me I do. I ain't fightin ya bro, we both pull for the Big Orange so that's all that ultimately matters. But your threads are admittedly questionable.
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