Preseason Blogpoll Rankings

This season I have been included into the blogpoll this season which I very much appreciate. With this inclusion I shall have to forego one of the stances I've made in my past polls, not doing a preseason poll. As I've stated on several occasions I disagree with the premise of preseason polls for one major reason, they should have no effect on how the rankings fluctuate over the course of the season. And I will make sure it does not have any effect on my rankings. The rankings will stay 100% resume based. The idea of quality wins and bad losses will fluctuate just as much as the rankings will. So if I think Alabama is a solid team now, but they lose 6 games this season, than I was obviously wrong so beating them would no longer be qualified as a quality win. You get my drift.

So here goes it...

Rank	Team

1	Florida
2	Southern Cal
3	Texas
4	Oklahoma
5	Virginia Tech
6	Ohio State
7	Alabama
8	LSU
9	Oregon
10	Mississippi
11	Oklahoma State
12	Penn State
13	Georgia Tech
14	Georgia
15	California
16	TCU
17	Florida State
18	North Carolina
19	Nebraska
20	Boise State
21	Utah
22	Iowa
23	South Florida
24	Oregon State
25	Pittsburgh

In my humble opinion the preseason poll is essentially your personal prediction of what will happen during the football season. So if I think VaTech is going to win the ACC and win the Orange Bowl, than I'm going to put them higher than the general public.

If you feel like arguing about the preseason poll with me, please save your voice for Week 1 through Bowl Week.

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