re: The AP Top 25 Poll should be dropping very soon...here's the projected top 25

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We are a consensus preseason playoff team at this point

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Water is wet

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Notre Dame and Penn State. Two auto-includes every year, no matter what.

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My favorite program is part of the SEC now, so I probably should at least try to start seeing things differently. But I can't get over the irony of that post on a SEC message board.

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Interesting illustrations (just including since 2000) where they were ranked in the preseason poll and finished unranked (underachieving seasons):

Notre Dame
2016 - preseason #10 in AP - Finished 4-8 unranked
2014 - preseason #17 - finished 8-5 unranked
2011 - Preseason #16 - finished 8-5 unranked
2009 - preseason #23 - finished 6-6 unranked
2003 - preseason #20 - finished 5-7 unranked
2001 - preseason #18 - finished 5-6 unranked

In these seasons:
average preseason ranking = 17.3
Average final record =6-6


Penn State
2000 - preseason #22 - finished 5-7 unranked
2021 - preseason #19 - finished 7-6 unranked
2010 - preseason #19 - finished 7-6 unranked
2020 - preseason #7 - finished 4-5 unranked
2007 - preseason #17 - finished 9-4 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking = 16.8
average final record - 6-6

I'll compare that to my school (Tennessee) in the worst 2 decades in the history of the program
Tennessee
2020 - preseason #25 - finished 3-7 unranked
2017 - preseason #25 -finished 4-8 unranked
2008 - Preseason #18 - finished 5-7 unranked
2005 - preseason #3 - finished 5-6 unranked
2002 - preseason #5 - finished 8-5 unranked
2000 - preseason #12 - finished 8-4 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking = 14.6
average final record - 6-6

Now your school (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma
2022 - preseason #9 - finished 6-7 unranked
2014 - preseason #4 - finished 8-5 unranked
2009 - preseason #3 - finished 8-5 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking - 5.3
average final record - 7-6

Now...let's look at the other new entrant into the SEC
Texas
2021 - preseason #21 - finished 5-7 unranked
2017 - preseason #23 - finished 7-6 unranked
2013 - preseason #15 - finished 8-5 unranked
2010 - preseason #5 - finished 5-7 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking - 16.0
average final record - 6-6

"Traditional SEC Preseason Ranked Teams"
Alabama
2000 - preseason #3 - finished 3-8 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking - 3
average final record - 3-8

Georgia
2016 - Preseason #18 - finished 8-5 unranked
2015 - preseason #9 - finished 10-3 unranked
2013 - preseason #5 - finished 8-5 unranked
2010 - preseason #22 - finished 6-7 unranked
2009 - preseason #13 - finished 8-5 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking - 13.4
average final record - 8-5


LSU
2021 - preseason #16 - finished 6-7 unranked
2020 - preseason #6 - finished 5-5 unranked
2014 - preseason #13 - finished 8-5 unranked
2008 - preseason #7 - finished 8-5 unranked
2002 - preseason #14 - finished 8-5 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking - 11.2
average final record - 7-6

Florida
2021 - preseason #13 - finished 6-7 unranked
2017 - preseason #17 - finished 4-7 unranked
2013 - preseason #10 - finished 8-5 unranked
2011 - preseason #22 - finished 7-6 unranked
2010 - preseason #10 - finished 8-5 unranked
2004 - preseason #11 - finished 7-5 unranked
2002 - preseason #6 - finished 8-5 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking - 12.7
average final record - 7-6


Auburn
2020 - preseason #11 - finished 6-5 unranked
2018 - preseason #9 - finished 8-5 unranked
2015 - preseason #6 - finished 8-5 unranked
2011 - preseason #23 - finished 8-5 unranked
2008 - preseason #10 - finished 5-7 unranked
2003 - preseason #6 - finished 8-5 unranked

In these seasons
Average preseason ranking - 9.2
average final record - 7-5

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UM is starting from scratch yet still are in the top 10

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No one hates Michigan more than me but their defense is going to be really really good again. They have 2 3rd year starters at DT who are high end draft picks and Will Johnson is thought of as one of if not the best CB in the country.

They are going to be pretty good, but not as good as the past few years. They also have a brutal schedule

That's a BRUTAL schedule actually. Gators going to get their teeth kicked in many times and i will be there fir EVERY loss hbat they have laughing in front of my 4k 80 inch TV. frick Florida.

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Contenders Georgia Alabama LSU Tennessee Oregon Pretenders Notre Dame Texas Ole Miss Missouri

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All your pretenders would kick the Dick out of your school

Let me get my binoculars so I can see OU up there in the nosebleeds with Tennessee.