Tech finishes 21 in the AP Options

[Oasis]

Tech 21
Texas 10
and Kansas, who went 12-1 and beat the then #3 team in the country in a BCS bowl game, doesn't finish in the Top 5. Idiot voters


Just guessing on next year's preseason Top 5, but it will probably look something like this:
1. USC
2. WVU
3. Mizzou
4. LSU
5. OU

USC will be #1 because every voter in the country has a hard-on for them, fair or not. WVU will be #2 based on the fact they blew out OU. Plus White, Slaton, and Devine will be back. Mizzou is returning everyone as well. I don't know who all LSU is returning, but Perriloux getting half a season of work in should convince voters to rank em pretty high. Plus they're the defending champs. OU will probably round out the top 5 since they really weren't even supposed to be as good as they were this year. Next year was supposed to be their year, since Bradford and a lot of the other starters were freshmen. I personally refuse to rank them higher than 5 after the egg they laid against West Virginia.

I initially had Texas at #4 before Charles and Finley left. Now I wouldn't rank them in the top 15. I really wanted to stick KU in the top 5 until I realized they play both UT and OU next year.

[RitalinJunkie]

Off of ESPN.com
PRESEASON
AP Top 25
1. USC (62) 0-0 1,622
2. LSU (2) 0-0 1,511
3. West Virginia (1) 0-0 1,396
4. Texas 0-0 1,375
5. Michigan 0-0 1,371
6. Florida 0-0 1,276
7. Wisconsin 0-0 1,192
8. Oklahoma 0-0 1,166
9. Virginia Tech 0-0 1,148
10. Louisville 0-0 1,031
11. Ohio State 0-0 876
12. California 0-0 790
13. Georgia 0-0 782
14. UCLA 0-0 605
15. Tennessee 0-0 571
16. Rutgers 0-0 560
17. Penn State 0-0 542
18. Auburn 0-0 519
19. Florida State 0-0 392
20. Nebraska 0-0 377
21. Arkansas 0-0 376
22. TCU 0-0 283
23. Hawaii 0-0 256
24. Boise State 0-0 187
25. Texas A&M 0-0 162


And Now
AP Top 25
1. LSU (60) 12-2 1,620
2. Georgia (3) 11-2 1,515
3. USC (1) 11-2 1,500
4. Missouri 12-2 1,347
5. Ohio State 11-2 1,346
6. West Virginia 11-2 1,342
7. Kansas (1) 12-1 1,303
8. Oklahoma 11-3 1,139
9. Virginia Tech 11-3 1,096
10. Texas 10-3 962
10. Boston College 11-3 962
12. Tennessee 10-4 904
13. Florida 9-4 685
14. Brigham Young 11-2 654
15. Auburn 9-4 648
16. Arizona State 10-3 587
17. Cincinnati 10-3 566
18. Michigan 9-4 508
19. Hawaii 12-1 460
20. Illinois 9-4 443
21. Clemson 9-4 353
22. Texas Tech 9-4 308
23. Oregon 9-4 253
24. Wisconsin 9-4 202
25. Oregon State 9-4 110