I'm Not a Fool

...but I do have too much free time on my hands. So here's my preseason poll. Preseason polls can be confusing, because some people think they are a reflection of team strength in August, before playing a single down. Some think it's a prediction of how the season will end, an estimate of overall won-loss performance in December. This poll is the latter. It was also half-assed and shant be thrown back in my face come December when it's horribly wrong, because I am not a fool.

1. Ohio State
2. USC
3. Oklahoma
4. Florida
5. Auburn
6. Georgia
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin
9. Missouri
10. LSU
11. West Virginia
12. Texas Tech
13. Brigham Young
14. Wake Forest
15. Arizona State
16. South Florida
17. Cal
18. Clemson
19. Kansas
20. Michigan State
21. Penn State
22. Iowa
23. Tennessee
24. Notre Dame
25. Virginia Tech

Every year there are few teams that start ranked and plummet into oblivion, and those that come out of nowhere. The addition of Iowa, ND and Cal (Pick 6) are true homer picks, albeit with a bit of plausibility. Mich. St. I just think will be better than people realize. The "dropouts" are Bama, Pitt, Illinois and Oregon.