On this blog, I have provided a variety of information to give a free preseason guide for college football fans. I have included the projected AP top 10, composite rankings from preseason magazines, the CFU top 50, a YouTube video, and many useful links.
These are my projected top 10 teams for the AP Top 25 that will be released in August. These are not my top 10 teams. My top 10 is on this blog post under the CFU Top 50.
Projected AP Top 10
1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. LSU
5. Boise State
6. Stanford
7. Florida State
8. Oklahoma State
9. Texas A&M
10. South Carolina
Just Outside: Nebraska.
Oklahoma and Alabama should be ranked at 1 and 2 respectively when the AP poll is released. Oregon and LSU will be in close competition for the 3 and 4 spots. I think LSU will get more #1 votes than the Ducks and there are more voters from the south than the west coast, but Oregon has had plenty of publicity and do warrant a high ranking in the eyes of many voters. Boise State should be in the top 10, but it is hard to say where they will fall in the rankings due to bias by certain voters that continuously underrate them. Stanford should be another definite top 10 team in which will most likely fall somewhere in the 5 to 8 preseason rank. Florida State will also be in the same range as the Cardinal. Oklahoma State and Texas A&M should be somewhere in the latter half of the top 10. The last team in is a close call; I think South Carolina will be in the AP top 10, but Nebraska does have a chance.
I also bought some college football preseason magazines over the past weekend and below are the composite rankings of the top 10 from the four I read including Athlon Sports, Sporting News, Phil Steele's top 40, and Lindy’s Sports. Athlon and Phil Steele both have Alabama ranked number one. Sporting News has LSU in the top slot and Lindy's has Oklahoma for their one. LSU seems to be the most bogus of the teams being hyped as a preseason number one. I agree that LSU may deserve anywhere from a top 5 to top 10 ranking, but there is not enough to warrant a ranking over Oklahoma, Alabama, or even Oregon. It looks like Sporting News filled up on too much gumbo.
All teams that were ranked in the top 10 by each preseason magazine are included in the rankings. Each team received points for their ranking (10 pts for #1, 9 pts for #2, and so on).
Top 10 Composite Rankings from Preseason Magazines
1. Alabama (2) 37
2. Oklahoma (1) 37
3. Oregon 29
4. LSU (1) 24
5. Boise State 24
6. Florida State 18
7. Stanford 10
8. Virginia Tech 10
9. Notre Dame 10
10. Texas A&M 5
11. Ohio State 5
12. Oklahoma State 4
13. Nebraska 4
14. Georgia 2
15. Arkansas 1
The preseason CFU Top 50 teams are listed below. The rankings are based on merit of previous accomplishments with an emphasis on the previous season combined with the amount/quality of returning starters, coaching, and the incoming recruiting class. The CFU Top 50 is not a prediction of other polls or of the season's final rankings. Otherwise, I attempt to determine rank with some sort of fairness rather than preordain rank. However, there is no exact science to these rankings. I am in the process of developing a formula based ranking that I will release later.
CFU Top 50
1. Oklahoma
2. Oregon
3. Alabama
4. Boise State
5. Oklahoma State
6. Stanford
7. Florida State
8. Arkansas
9. LSU
10. South Carolina
11. TCU
12. Nebraska
13. Wisconsin
14. Texas A&M
15. Miss State
16. Michigan State
17. Notre Dame
18. Auburn
19. Missouri
20. Virginia Tech
21. Florida
22. USC
23. West Virginia
24. Ohio State
25. Georgia
26. Texas
27. Penn State
28. Northwestern
29. Michigan
30. BYU
31. Utah
32. Maryland
33. NC State
34. Pitt
35. Miami FL
36. Clemson
37. Tulsa
38. North Carolina
39. Arizona State
40. Illinois
41. Baylor
42. San Diego State
43. Air Force
44. Texas Tech
45. Tennessee
46. UCF
47. Navy
48. South Florida
49. Arizona
50. Washington
Just outside the top 50: Nevada, Boston College, Miami-OH, Hawaii, Houston, Oregon State, Fresno State, Northern Illinois, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, Cal, Cincinnati, Troy, FIU
Since I last posted the CFU top 25, some of the rankings have changed. Ohio State is now ranked at 24 due to the loss of their coach and quarterback combined with the instability now in the program. Nevada was close to being a top 50 team based on merit of last season’s accomplishments, but the loss of talent at skill positions especially Colin Kaepernick leaves to question if they can continue the level of success from last season. Many preseason rankings have them somewhere around a top 75 to 90 team, but I believe they deserve a higher rank due to the recent progress of their football program.
Here are links for more information:
Other early preseason Top 25 rankings:
Early preseason rankings by NationalChamps.net:
http://nationalchamps.net/2011/earlybird/index.htm
Athlon Sports Preseason Top 25:
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/top-25
ESPN College Football Live early Top 25 Poll:
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/19472/one-big-east-team-in-early-top-25
Information provided by Phil Steele:
Preseason All American team:
http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/06/01/2011-preseason-all-american-team/
Preseason All Big Ten and All SEC teams:
http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2011/May11/DBMay28.html
Returning starters (some inaccuracy since this blog is from Jan 26th):
http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/01/26/2011-returning-starters/
Stats, standings, and other rankings:
College Football 2010 Season Standings on ESPN.com:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/standings
Last season's rankings according to TeamRankings.com:
http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/overall-power-ranking-by-team
CFU Rankings Page:
http://www.collegefootballuniverse.com/Rankings.html
CFU Stats Page:
http://www.collegefootballuniverse.com/Stats.html
2011 Recruiting Class Rankings and Info:
ESPN Class Rankings:
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/recruiting/classrankings
Rivals.com 2011 Team Class Rankings:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/teamrank/2011/all/all;_ylt=ApSDmI41k6vqg9LevvPW9E5GPZB4
Scout.com 2011 Team Rankings:
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2011
Coaching Changes:
"10 Head Coaches Poised for Instant Success at New Schools" on BleacherReport.com:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/694589-college-football-2011-10-head-coaches-poised-for-instant-success-at-new-schools#/articles/694589-college-football-2011-10-head-coaches-poised-for-instant-success-at-new-schools
Other Posts from JB's Blog with Preseason Info:
Dirty South of College Football (analysis of SEC west):
http://collegefootballuniverse.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/the-dirty-south-of-college-football.html
College Football Universe Top 10 (note rankings have changed):
http://collegefootballuniverse.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/college-football-universe-top-10.html
Dynamic Dozen Early Heisman Watch:
http://collegefootballuniverse.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/dynamic-dozen-early-heisman-watch.html
2011 College Football Bowl Season Top 10 Highlights on YouTube:
These are my projected top 10 teams for the AP Top 25 that will be released in August. These are not my top 10 teams. My top 10 is on this blog post under the CFU Top 50.
Projected AP Top 10
1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. LSU
5. Boise State
6. Stanford
7. Florida State
8. Oklahoma State
9. Texas A&M
10. South Carolina
Just Outside: Nebraska.
Oklahoma and Alabama should be ranked at 1 and 2 respectively when the AP poll is released. Oregon and LSU will be in close competition for the 3 and 4 spots. I think LSU will get more #1 votes than the Ducks and there are more voters from the south than the west coast, but Oregon has had plenty of publicity and do warrant a high ranking in the eyes of many voters. Boise State should be in the top 10, but it is hard to say where they will fall in the rankings due to bias by certain voters that continuously underrate them. Stanford should be another definite top 10 team in which will most likely fall somewhere in the 5 to 8 preseason rank. Florida State will also be in the same range as the Cardinal. Oklahoma State and Texas A&M should be somewhere in the latter half of the top 10. The last team in is a close call; I think South Carolina will be in the AP top 10, but Nebraska does have a chance.
I also bought some college football preseason magazines over the past weekend and below are the composite rankings of the top 10 from the four I read including Athlon Sports, Sporting News, Phil Steele's top 40, and Lindy’s Sports. Athlon and Phil Steele both have Alabama ranked number one. Sporting News has LSU in the top slot and Lindy's has Oklahoma for their one. LSU seems to be the most bogus of the teams being hyped as a preseason number one. I agree that LSU may deserve anywhere from a top 5 to top 10 ranking, but there is not enough to warrant a ranking over Oklahoma, Alabama, or even Oregon. It looks like Sporting News filled up on too much gumbo.
All teams that were ranked in the top 10 by each preseason magazine are included in the rankings. Each team received points for their ranking (10 pts for #1, 9 pts for #2, and so on).
Top 10 Composite Rankings from Preseason Magazines
1. Alabama (2) 37
2. Oklahoma (1) 37
3. Oregon 29
4. LSU (1) 24
5. Boise State 24
6. Florida State 18
7. Stanford 10
8. Virginia Tech 10
9. Notre Dame 10
10. Texas A&M 5
11. Ohio State 5
12. Oklahoma State 4
13. Nebraska 4
14. Georgia 2
15. Arkansas 1
The preseason CFU Top 50 teams are listed below. The rankings are based on merit of previous accomplishments with an emphasis on the previous season combined with the amount/quality of returning starters, coaching, and the incoming recruiting class. The CFU Top 50 is not a prediction of other polls or of the season's final rankings. Otherwise, I attempt to determine rank with some sort of fairness rather than preordain rank. However, there is no exact science to these rankings. I am in the process of developing a formula based ranking that I will release later.
CFU Top 50
1. Oklahoma
2. Oregon
3. Alabama
4. Boise State
5. Oklahoma State
6. Stanford
7. Florida State
8. Arkansas
9. LSU
10. South Carolina
11. TCU
12. Nebraska
13. Wisconsin
14. Texas A&M
15. Miss State
16. Michigan State
17. Notre Dame
18. Auburn
19. Missouri
20. Virginia Tech
21. Florida
22. USC
23. West Virginia
24. Ohio State
25. Georgia
26. Texas
27. Penn State
28. Northwestern
29. Michigan
30. BYU
31. Utah
32. Maryland
33. NC State
34. Pitt
35. Miami FL
36. Clemson
37. Tulsa
38. North Carolina
39. Arizona State
40. Illinois
41. Baylor
42. San Diego State
43. Air Force
44. Texas Tech
45. Tennessee
46. UCF
47. Navy
48. South Florida
49. Arizona
50. Washington
Just outside the top 50: Nevada, Boston College, Miami-OH, Hawaii, Houston, Oregon State, Fresno State, Northern Illinois, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, Cal, Cincinnati, Troy, FIU
Since I last posted the CFU top 25, some of the rankings have changed. Ohio State is now ranked at 24 due to the loss of their coach and quarterback combined with the instability now in the program. Nevada was close to being a top 50 team based on merit of last season’s accomplishments, but the loss of talent at skill positions especially Colin Kaepernick leaves to question if they can continue the level of success from last season. Many preseason rankings have them somewhere around a top 75 to 90 team, but I believe they deserve a higher rank due to the recent progress of their football program.
Here are links for more information:
Other early preseason Top 25 rankings:
Early preseason rankings by NationalChamps.net:
http://nationalchamps.net/2011/earlybird/index.htm
Athlon Sports Preseason Top 25:
http://www.athlonsports.com/college-football/top-25
ESPN College Football Live early Top 25 Poll:
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/19472/one-big-east-team-in-early-top-25
Information provided by Phil Steele:
Preseason All American team:
http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/06/01/2011-preseason-all-american-team/
Preseason All Big Ten and All SEC teams:
http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2011/May11/DBMay28.html
Returning starters (some inaccuracy since this blog is from Jan 26th):
http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/01/26/2011-returning-starters/
Stats, standings, and other rankings:
College Football 2010 Season Standings on ESPN.com:
http://espn.go.com/college-football/standings
Last season's rankings according to TeamRankings.com:
http://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/ranking/overall-power-ranking-by-team
CFU Rankings Page:
http://www.collegefootballuniverse.com/Rankings.html
CFU Stats Page:
http://www.collegefootballuniverse.com/Stats.html
2011 Recruiting Class Rankings and Info:
ESPN Class Rankings:
http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/recruiting/classrankings
Rivals.com 2011 Team Class Rankings:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/teamrank/2011/all/all;_ylt=ApSDmI41k6vqg9LevvPW9E5GPZB4
Scout.com 2011 Team Rankings:
http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2011
Coaching Changes:
"10 Head Coaches Poised for Instant Success at New Schools" on BleacherReport.com:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/694589-college-football-2011-10-head-coaches-poised-for-instant-success-at-new-schools#/articles/694589-college-football-2011-10-head-coaches-poised-for-instant-success-at-new-schools
Other Posts from JB's Blog with Preseason Info:
Dirty South of College Football (analysis of SEC west):
http://collegefootballuniverse.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/the-dirty-south-of-college-football.html
College Football Universe Top 10 (note rankings have changed):
http://collegefootballuniverse.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/college-football-universe-top-10.html
Dynamic Dozen Early Heisman Watch:
http://collegefootballuniverse.weebly.com/1/post/2011/05/dynamic-dozen-early-heisman-watch.html
2011 College Football Bowl Season Top 10 Highlights on YouTube:
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