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Guaranteed 2026 Preseason CFB Rankings

Posted on 12/19/25 at 11:28 am
Posted by QBUMizzou
North of the Mason Dixon line
Member since Nov 2013
717 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 11:28 am
History tells me the following teams will be highly ranked in preseason. In no particular order…

Clemson
Penn State
Ohio State
Alabama
Kansas State
Texas
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Iowa
UGA
FSU
LSU
Florida

Please remember that the overall sh*tty state of any of these programs DOES NOT MATTER to the voters.
Posted by TeeteringBrink
Member since Feb 2007
1270 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 11:36 am to
Preseason polls should be a Class II felony.
Posted by junkyarddawg3
Metro ATL
Member since Nov 2015
867 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 11:45 am to
quote:

Preseason polls should be a Class II felony.


Or just ignored.
Posted by Bielema Dat
Jasper, Arkansas
Member since Sep 2015
163 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 11:46 am to
PSU probably won't be ranked, but yeah I get what you mean.

On the flip side, a 6-4 Mississippi State team will be ranked in week 11 to make it look like another fellow SEC school "beat another ranked team." Face it folks, the bias is very real on ESPN and the polls.
Posted by QBUMizzou
North of the Mason Dixon line
Member since Nov 2013
717 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 11:58 am to
quote:

Preseason polls should be a Class II felony.


Amen. It really is a scam.

It’s biased opinion and popularity rather than results. It benefits a select few. They get better TV slots which means more money which means more to offer recruits and upgrade their programs.

Those teams get a 50 yard head start in a 100 yard dash.
Posted by QBUMizzou
North of the Mason Dixon line
Member since Nov 2013
717 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 12:00 pm to
quote:

On the flip side, a 6-4 Mississippi State team will be ranked in week 11 to make it look like another fellow SEC school "beat another ranked team." Face it folks, the bias is very real on ESPN and the polls.


For real. Happens often.
Posted by TideWarrior
Asheville/Chapel Hill NC
Member since Sep 2009
12914 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 12:03 pm to
Any poll before the final playoff poll should be ignored. They have no value before that and are for entertainment as to get fans upset and/or talking heads to have something to talk about
Posted by theballguy
Member since Oct 2011
30799 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 12:11 pm to
quote:

QBUMizzou



I know it sucks but you have to have a history of winning against the big guys (at least on occasion) before getting the pre-season nod.

People don't think it be like that but it do.
Posted by QBUMizzou
North of the Mason Dixon line
Member since Nov 2013
717 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 12:15 pm to
quote:

I know it sucks but you have to have a history of winning against the big guys (at least on occasion) before getting the pre-season nod. People don't think it be like that but it do.


My post wasn’t at all about Mizzou. We are ranked exactly where we should be.

I’m biased against bias.
Posted by Jrv2damac
KS (mountain time)
Member since Mar 2004
72278 posts
Posted on 12/19/25 at 12:36 pm to
You have to put teams somewhere when the season starts. If we waited a couple of weeks after it started, it would still just be pollsters arbitrarily putting numbers by teams and people would still bitch.

That’s why rankings change every week. For example Missouri was top 15 at the beginning of October and now nowhere to be found.

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