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ESPN Way-too-early 2025 football rankings....Oregon declared national champions
Posted on 1/22/25 at 8:55 am
Posted on 1/22/25 at 8:55 am
Ohio State national champions for 2024? Not so fast.
According to the Wolfe Ratings — a mathematical college football ranking designated amongst the National Champion Major Selections by the NCAA — it was the Oregon Ducks who finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation.
In the meantime, ESPN released its 'Way-too-early' 2025 college football preseason rankings..........
Notably........UGA is the ONLY program in the nation to have been preseason ranked among the Top 5 in the nation each of the past 8 years......South Carolina is preseason ranked #10 -- congrats.
1. Ohio State
2. TEXAS
3. Penn State
4. Notre Dame
5. GEORGIA
6, Oregon
7. Clemson
8. LSU
9.BYU
10. SOUTH CAROLINA
11. Iowa State
12. ALABAMA
13. Illinois
14. Arizona State
15. SMU
16. Kansas State
17. Indiana
18. FLORIDA
19. TENNESSEE
20. Louisville
21. Michigan
22. TEXAS A&M
23. Miami
24. Boise State
25. OLE MISS
According to the Wolfe Ratings — a mathematical college football ranking designated amongst the National Champion Major Selections by the NCAA — it was the Oregon Ducks who finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. In the meantime, ESPN released its 'Way-too-early' 2025 college football preseason rankings..........
Notably........UGA is the ONLY program in the nation to have been preseason ranked among the Top 5 in the nation each of the past 8 years......South Carolina is preseason ranked #10 -- congrats.
1. Ohio State
2. TEXAS
3. Penn State
4. Notre Dame
5. GEORGIA
6, Oregon
7. Clemson
8. LSU
9.BYU
10. SOUTH CAROLINA
11. Iowa State
12. ALABAMA
13. Illinois
14. Arizona State
15. SMU
16. Kansas State
17. Indiana
18. FLORIDA
19. TENNESSEE
20. Louisville
21. Michigan
22. TEXAS A&M
23. Miami
24. Boise State
25. OLE MISS
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Posted on 1/22/25 at 8:58 am to JetDawg
Dan Lanning and Brian Kelly have a hell of a lot in common.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 9:18 am to JetDawg
I don’t know why we are top10. I expect a big drop off this year
Posted on 1/22/25 at 9:25 am to bamameister
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Dan Lanning and Brian Kelly have a hell of a lot in common.
They've got a lot more NOT in common. I'd take Lanning over BK all day long.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 9:26 am to JetDawg
Sure. Why not.
More deserving than Ohio State is.
More deserving than Ohio State is.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 9:32 am to JetDawg
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8. LSU
oh lawd, a little high here.
lets just see if we can win the first game of the season in 2025.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 9:34 am to Faurot fodder
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They've got a lot more NOT in common. I'd take Lanning over BK all day long.
Budget.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 9:53 am to JetDawg
Reminder that this is effectively the same argument used to declare USCw the national champions in 2003.
Anyone is allowed to declare a champ.
Anyone is allowed to declare a champ.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 9:58 am to BoominSchous
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Anyone is allowed to declare a champ.
I mean UCF did it
Posted on 1/22/25 at 10:01 am to Barbados
Yep and then LSU defeated the "undefeated reigning national champ" UCF team in 2018.
Think its time to declare 2019 LSU back-to-back champs
Think its time to declare 2019 LSU back-to-back champs
Posted on 1/22/25 at 10:19 am to bamameister
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Dan Lanning and Brian Kelly have a hell of a lot in common with Mario Cristobal
Posted on 1/22/25 at 10:24 am to jangalang
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Dan Lanning and Brian Kelly have a hell of a lot in common with Mario Cristobal
Now we're cooking with gas. Could they all be on the Lincoln Riley train?
Posted on 1/22/25 at 10:28 am to bamameister
They are all Bo Pelini disciples.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 10:29 am to Faurot fodder
quote:as would I. He's better and younger.
I'd take Lanning over BK all day long.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 10:43 am to skrayper
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More deserving than Ohio State is.
Haha what? OSU beat Oregon by 3 TDs 3 weeks ago on a neutral field.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 11:12 am to JetDawg
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South Carolina is preseason ranked #10 -- congrats.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 11:25 am to JetDawg
Wolfie's ratings suck.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 11:53 am to BoominSchous
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the same argument used to declare USCw the national champions in 2003.
There was no argument, it was just the AP poll. Polls are simply a bunch of people's opinions averaged out. And they didn't just "declare" USC national champions, they were actually AWARDED national champions with a trophy - just like the AP did with LSU after the 1958, 2007 and 2019 seasons.
Posted on 1/22/25 at 11:56 am to Harry Boutte
Semantics - only difference in awarding / declaring is presented a physical item here.
And using the prior years isn't relevant. Once all the conferences agreed to the BCS arrangement the AP trophy became as relevant as the Reddit trophy
And using the prior years isn't relevant. Once all the conferences agreed to the BCS arrangement the AP trophy became as relevant as the Reddit trophy
Posted on 1/22/25 at 12:13 pm to jangalang
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Dan Lanning and Brian Kelly have a hell of a lot in common with Mario Cristobal
Absolutely not. The last two years, Lanning hasn't choked games to double digit underdogs. That was a constant of the Cristobal era in Oregon and now at Miami.
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