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On3 Way Too Early Top 25 Experts Predict College Football Rankings For 2026

Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:54 pm
Posted by TrueLefty
St. Louis County
Member since Oct 2017
18518 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 4:54 pm
1 OSU
2 Indiana
3 Texas
4 Georgia
5 Oregon
6 Notre Dame
7 Texas Tech
T8 Texas A&M
T8 Miami
10 Oklahoma
11 BYU
12 LSU
13 Ole Miss
14 Michigan
15 USC
16 Alabama
17 PSU
18 Utah
19 Washington
20 Louisville
21 SMU
22 Iowa
23 Missouri
24 Houston
25 Vanderbilt

Wow! I am still going with Missouri going 5-7 or 6-6. Look at Vandy being ranked at 25 and Tennessee not being ranked. Wow! How the mighty have fallen for Tennessee and Alabama. Alabama is now behind LSU. Yikes! What is going on?

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This post was edited on 1/26/26 at 5:00 pm
Posted by clamdip
Rocky Mountain High
Member since Sep 2004
21136 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:00 pm to
My takeaway is that they pretty much just regurgitated the CFP top 10 teams, shuffled them a bit, and made sure to wedge in Notre Dame. Forced out the Fighting DUI Petes to make room.
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
62726 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:02 pm to
Preseason rankings

in January
Posted by captdalton
Member since Feb 2021
21191 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:02 pm to
50% of last year’s preseason too 25 finished unranked.
Posted by BlackCloud
Above It All
Member since Jan 2014
4250 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:02 pm to
quote:

2 Indiana

I wonder how much of that NC team is returning?
Posted by paperwasp
2x HRV 2025 Poster of the Year
Member since Sep 2014
29254 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:05 pm to
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Wow! How the mighty have fallen for Alabama

Alabama just played in the SECCG and the CFP.

Posted by BlackCloud
Above It All
Member since Jan 2014
4250 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:08 pm to
quote:

Alabama just played in the SECCG and the CFP.


We seen't it.....






Posted by paperwasp
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Member since Sep 2014
29254 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:11 pm to
Posted by ArmyHogs
Your mom's house
Member since Feb 2012
10444 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:11 pm to
What?! Don’t they know LSU hired 20 time national championship winning coach LANE KIFFIN?! 12??? Outrageous!
Posted by BlackCloud
Above It All
Member since Jan 2014
4250 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:18 pm to
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
1168 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:19 pm to
Not sure what Missouri has done to ever be ranked above us in a preseason poll. We only have a better recruiting class and better transfers. Pair that with the fact that Heupel has a winning record against them and I am lost.
Posted by ColoradoAg
Colorado
Member since Sep 2011
26192 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:49 pm to
There is SO much wrong with this. A&M tied with Miami, behind ND and Tech. Of course have you seen Notre Dame and Texas Tech's schedule for next year? Those teams shouldn't lose a game.
Posted by reggierayreb
Member since Nov 2012
19392 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 5:50 pm to
quote:

Not sure what Missouri has done to ever be ranked above us in a preseason poll.


The Tigers got back to back stops on D a couple times this past season







Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
26537 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 6:34 pm to
Damn, OM just won their biggest football game in 50 years and has a better coach now than Kiffin….only to be placed behind a 7-6 LSU team.

Posted by nastywideouts
Member since Sep 2018
1577 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 6:38 pm to
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only to be placed behind a 7-6 LSU team.
in a way too early preseason poll.

I mean, that settles it. LSU to the ship.
Posted by VFL67
Member since Feb 2025
1168 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 6:51 pm to
quote:

The Tigers got back to back stops on D a couple times this past season


That doesnt even make sense?
Posted by Red_and_black
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2014
744 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 6:55 pm to
Your whining and crying is pathetic. Your posting history is full of it. Its a BS ranking just to get clicks and you go all aggy embarrassing your school yet again.

Sad
Posted by semjase
New Smyrna Beach FL
Member since May 2014
14960 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:11 pm to
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Don’t they know LSU hired 20 time national championship winning coach LANE KIFFIN?!
And the OC and the RB Coach and the TE Coach and the OWR Coach and the IWR Coach and the S&C Coach and the GM.
Posted by greygoose
Member since Aug 2013
14565 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:28 pm to
The two teams that played for the natty, were preseason ranked 10th and 20th. Guess which team was the 20th ranked.
Posted by Patsy Parisi
Member since Dec 2025
629 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:48 pm to
There’s a 50% chance that 30% of this is incorrect.
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