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.

[impala454]

modified to read easier: (and work boredom )

actual rank, preseason rank
3 1. USC
1 2. LSU
6 3. West Virginia
10 4. Texas
18 5. Michigan
13 6. Florida
24 7. Wisconsin
8 8. Oklahoma
9 9. Virginia Tech
NR 10. Louisville
5 11. Ohio State
NR 12. California
2 13. Georgia
NR 14. UCLA
12 15. Tennessee
NR 16. Rutgers
NR 17. Penn State
15 18. Auburn
NR 19. Florida State
NR 20. Nebraska
NR 21. Arkansas
NR 22. TCU 0-0
19 23. Hawaii
NR 24. Boise State
NR 25. Texas A&M

top 15 picks which ended up unranked were barely .500
Louisville (10) 3-4 / 6-6 BigE
Cal (12) 3-6 / 7-6 Pac10
UCLA (14) 5-4 / 6-7 Pac10

actuals who weren't even in their top 25:
#4 Mizzou B12
#7 Kansas B12
#11 Boston College ACC
#14 BYU Mwest
#16 Arizona St Pac10
#17 Cinci BigE
#20 Illinois Big10
#21 Clemson ACC
#22 Texas Tech B12
#23 Oregon Pac10
#25 Oregon St Pac10