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Posted on 3/29/26 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 3/29/26 at 4:58 pm
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1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Notre Dame
4. Georgia
5. Indiana
6. Texas
7. Texas Tech
8. Miami
9. Texas A&M
10. LSU
11. Alabama
12. Oklahoma
13. USC
14. Michigan
15. Tennessee
16. Ole Miss
17. Penn St.
18. BYU
19. Florida
20. Missouri
21. Washington
22. Iowa
23. Clemson
24. S. Carolina
25. Utah
26. Auburn
27. Louisville
31. Vanderbilt
32. Va. Tech
35. Florida St.
38. Oklahoma St.
43. Ga. Tech
47. Arkansas
48. NC State
52. Miss. St.
53. Kentucky
54. N. Carolina
70. Memphis
87. Tulane
1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Notre Dame
4. Georgia
5. Indiana
6. Texas
7. Texas Tech
8. Miami
9. Texas A&M
10. LSU
11. Alabama
12. Oklahoma
13. USC
14. Michigan
15. Tennessee
16. Ole Miss
17. Penn St.
18. BYU
19. Florida
20. Missouri
21. Washington
22. Iowa
23. Clemson
24. S. Carolina
25. Utah
26. Auburn
27. Louisville
31. Vanderbilt
32. Va. Tech
35. Florida St.
38. Oklahoma St.
43. Ga. Tech
47. Arkansas
48. NC State
52. Miss. St.
53. Kentucky
54. N. Carolina
70. Memphis
87. Tulane
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Posted on 3/29/26 at 4:59 pm to dcbl
Wow LSU above Bama.
Discuss amongst yourselves. Should be a civil discussion.
Discuss amongst yourselves. Should be a civil discussion.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:04 pm to dcbl
This is way off. Indiana won’t be ranked by the end of the year. Replacing 26 seniors and a Mendoza will be tougher than expected. Ohio state loses a ton. Yes they recruit well, but they won’t have Caleb downs and a slew of top players next year. I suspect SEC wins it or someone that hasn’t won it in a longtime.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:06 pm to Aggie in TN
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Wow LSU above Bama.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:08 pm to RTRnFlorida
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This is way off. Indiana won’t be ranked by the end of the year. Replacing 26 seniors and a Mendoza will be tougher than expected. Ohio state loses a ton. Yes they recruit well, but they won’t have Caleb downs and a slew of top players next year. I suspect SEC wins it or someone that hasn’t won it in a longtime.
I actually think Hoover is a decent QB but he’s a solid downgrade from Mendoza.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:10 pm to Aggie in TN
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Wow LSU above Bama. Discuss amongst yourselves. Should be a civil discussion.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:13 pm to dcbl
So the SEC starts with 11 top 25 spots that they can swap around all year?
They will ride their 2 early season good wins into holding those all year.
They will ride their 2 early season good wins into holding those all year.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:14 pm to dcbl
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10. LSU 11. Alabama
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:17 pm to Aggie in TN
LSU has a long and proud tradition of underperforming preseason rankings.
Year: Preseason Rank - Final Rank
2020: #6 - Not Ranked
2021: #16 - Not Ranked
2022: Not Ranked - #16
2023: #5 - #12
2024: #13 - Not Ranked
2025: #9 - Not Ranked
LSU is becoming Auburn, you don’t need to worry about them when prognosticators are high on them.
Year: Preseason Rank - Final Rank
2020: #6 - Not Ranked
2021: #16 - Not Ranked
2022: Not Ranked - #16
2023: #5 - #12
2024: #13 - Not Ranked
2025: #9 - Not Ranked
LSU is becoming Auburn, you don’t need to worry about them when prognosticators are high on them.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:20 pm to Aggie in TN
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Wow LSU above Bama.
Based on how the SP+ is calculated, why is this surprising?
Posted on 3/29/26 at 5:46 pm to Aggie in TN
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Wow LSU above Bama. Discuss amongst yourselves. Should be a civil discussion.
Why?
It’s all rainbows and fairy dust from anything that claims to be a statistical analysis until at least week three.
It’s no different than a coaches poll at this point.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 7:29 pm to RTRnFlorida
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Indiana won’t be ranked by the end of the year. Replacing 26 seniors and a Mendoza will be tougher than expected.
They are 52nd in returning talent nation wide. They were 44th for 2025.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 8:02 pm to dcbl
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5. Indiana
I hate this simulation. I wanna go back.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 8:06 pm to Aggie in TN
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Wow LSU above Bama.
Coaching. Bama lost 4 games each of the last 2 seasons. At a runt school, Kiffin lost 4 total games the last 2 seasons.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 8:17 pm to captdalton
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LSU has a long and proud tradition of underperforming preseason rankings.
Year: Preseason Rank - Final Rank
2020: #6 - Not Ranked
2021: #16 - Not Ranked
2022: Not Ranked - #16
2023: #5 - #12
2024: #13 - Not Ranked
2025: #9 - Not Ranked
Do you even aggy baw?
2025: #19 - #8
2024: #20 - NR
2023: #23 - NR
2022: #6 - NR
2021: #6 - NR
2020: #13 - #4
2019: #12 - NR
Posted on 3/29/26 at 8:20 pm to captdalton
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LSU has a long and proud tradition of underperforming preseason rankings.
Potential unrealized due to inadequate leadership. Keep your fingers crossed that it continues. Might be coming to an end.
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