Coaches Poll Top 25

So the Preseason Coaches Poll was released on Thursday.  I'm not big on preseason polls and I kind of think that the Harris Poll has the right idea by not ranking anyone until the first month of the season has been played, but the fan in me loves the polls and the preseason poll is the universal signal that college football is cranking up.  Yes folks, the greatest time of the year is upon us.  Fall camp is starting all across the country and we are less than four weeks from the start of the season.  Hallelujah.

Here's the poll:


Michigan falls under the 'others receiving votes' category and would be #34 behind both Iowa and Northwestern.  That sounds about right to me at this point.  I don't know about being behind NW but they have the ability to be a pretty solid team this year.

Some Observations

Teams I think are ranked to high (overrated):

• Alabama - I know, they're loaded but I'm not sold on any team being #2 without a proven QB
• LSU - see above, questions at QB
• Stanford - Andrew Luck is a stud, but this is a team that caught lightning in a bottle last year and I don't know that they can do it again
• Oklahoma St. - this team has no defense (something M fans are all too familiar with)
• Texas A&M - this is a good football team, but they haven't shown me enough to be top 10
• Arkansas - big dropoff from Mallett
• Auburn - this is a completely different team without Cam Newton

Teams that should be ranked higher (underrated):

• Oregon - this may be nitpicking to say the #3 team is underrated, but they should be #1 IMO
• Wisconsin - the missing piece at QB is now in place
• Mississippi St. - losing Manny Diaz to Texas is a big blow, but Dan Mullen has got something cookin' in Starkville
• Texas - last year was surprising, but lets not forget the kind of talent Texas recruits year in and year out

Teams I don't know what to think about (wildcards):

• Florida St. - how will Christian Ponder's replacement fare?
• Boise St. - I don't ever know what to think about these guys, they just win games though
• Nebraska - how will they fare in the move to the Big Ten?
• South Carolina - this just seems like a misfit group, who knows what's gonna happen
• TCU - lost some big pieces, can they reload?
• Ohio St. - ummmmmmmmm....
• Notre Dame - does Brian Kelly's team crank it up in year 2?
• Florida - what will the Gators look like under Muschamp and Weis?

Lots of questions and speculation, but that's what the preseason is for right?  Feel free to praise my genius or point out my idiocy in the comments, or, you know, just tell me what you think.