Football 2010 USA TODAY Coaches Preseason Poll - Page 3

**DaKCMan AP** · 08-06-2010, 09:53 AM

Aug. 6 2010 preseason poll
Rank	Team (first-place votes)	2009 record	Points	Final 2009 rank
1.	Alabama (55)	14-0	1,469	1
2.	Ohio State (4)	11-2	1,392	5
3.	Florida	13-1	1,245	3
4.	Texas	13-1	1,240	2
5.	Boise State	14-0	1,215	4
6.	Virginia Tech	10-3	1,052	10
7.	TCU	12-1	1,051	6
8.	Oklahoma	8-5	1,035	NR
9.	Nebraska	10-4	1,001	14
10.	Iowa	11-2	952	7
11.	Oregon	10-3	940	11
12.	Wisconsin	10-3	778	16
13.	Miami (Fla.)	9-4	728	19
14.	Penn State	11-2	508	8
15.	Pittsburgh	10-3	492	15
16.	LSU	9-4	476	17
17.	Georgia Tech	11-3	455	13
18.	North Carolina	8-5	445	NR
19.	Arkansas	8-5	438	NR
20.	Florida State	7-6	374	NR
21.	Georgia	8-5	312	NR
22.	Oregon State	8-5	263	NR
23.	Auburn	8-5	260	NR
24t.	Utah	10-3	169	18
24t.	West Virginia	9-4	169	22

Others receiving votes
Cincinnati (12-1) 135; Houston (10-4) 76; Brigham Young (11-2) 66; Arizona (8-5) 65; Mississippi (9-4) 48; Clemson (9-5) 44; Stanford (8-5) 41; Connecticut (8-5) 40; Notre Dame (6-6) 38; South Carolina (7-6) 38; Washington (5-7) 26; Missouri (8-5) 23; Navy (10-4) 12; Oklahoma State (9-4) 11; Boston College (8-5) 10; Michigan State (6-7) 10; Arizona State (4-8) 6; California (8-5) 6; Texas Tech (9-4) 5; South Florida (8-5) 4; Texas A&M (6-7) 3; Northwestern (8-5) 2; Temple (9-4) 2; Central Michigan (12-2) 1; Mississippi State (5-7) 1; Nevada (8-5) 1; Northern Illinois (7-6) 1; Southern Methodist (8-5) 1.

58-4ever · 08-06-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by tymania

i have no doubt about the motivation.. i wouldnt be surprised if Nebraska beat them but i dont think Neb has enough offense to do it.. but you never know..
Cant wait for Neb to join a real conference next year!

The Big 10?

blaise · 08-06-2010, 11:08 AM

Les Miles is about to get his ass fired.

kstater · 08-06-2010, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiTown

In all honesty, that ranking is way too high, imo. I bet they finish somewhere between 17-23. Not being a hater, just calling it based on how I see it.

Haven't you heard? Losing Suh makes their defense better.

tymania · 08-06-2010, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by 58-4ever

The Big 10?

what you an SEC guy?? please dont tell me you think the Big12 as of right now is better than the big 10!?

Fritz88 · 08-06-2010, 11:12 AM

OU WTF
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**DaKCMan AP** · 08-06-2010, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Yeah, didn't he got in on some sort of loophole where if a college offers a major your current school doesn't you don't have to sit a year? Now Masoli is something like a Park Ranger major.

That is why I wonder if Oregon isn't ranked a little too high.

Yeah. I think he had to graduate from Oregon and then enroll in a graduate degree program at Ole Miss that wasn't offered at Oregon.

BWillie · 08-06-2010, 11:14 AM

Nebraska is overrated, but they may not lose alot of games so I can see them being ranked that high actually. They get to play against the Big 12 North, who quite frankly, is going to be terrible this year. Kansas sucks. Iowa State sucks. Colorado sucks. K-State sucks. Missouri will probably be okay, but they have alot to work on.

Titty Meat · 08-06-2010, 11:14 AM

Nebraska in the top 10 where they belong.

vailpass · 08-06-2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by tymania

what you an SEC guy?? please dont tell me you think the Big12 as of right now is better than the big 10!?

IMHO B12 and B10 are both fine conferences. UT is the alpha, OU holds their own and the drop-off is huge from there.
OSU is the B10 alpha, Michigan is usually right there but not lately, then there is a second tier in the B10 that is much better than the B12 second tier.

SEC is top dog.

tymania · 08-06-2010, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

IMHO B12 and B10 are both fine conferences. UT is the alpha, OU holds their own and the drop-off is huge from there.
OSU is the B10 alpha, Michigan is usually right there but not lately, then there is a second tier in the B10 that is much better than the B12 second tier.

SEC is top dog.

SEC is top dog, agreed.. but after last year i have to say Big 10 is the #2.. Big 12 outside of Texas OU and Neb there is a HUGE drop off.. Big 10 has OSU, penn st, iowa, Wisc, Michigan(if they ever turn it around) then the drop off from there is not as significant as it is in the big 12.. add Neb to the big ten and have Michigan turn things around.. big ten is the best conference in the country.. Another thing against the big12 NO DEFENSE!! except for a select few teams.. thats my opinion on that matter

BWillie · 08-06-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

IMHO the Huskers fit into the B10 very nicely. As to the Hawks whipping their ass....I've sat in Kinnick and watched Nebraska wax our ass (42-13?) in 99 or 2000 so I'm not gonna' run a lot of smack on that. I agree it should turn into a nice rivalry.

As an Iowa fan, I can't wait for Nebraska to play Iowa, but I would rather they stay in the Big 12, and they just play them in a non-conference game. Iowa has some problems recruiting as it is, but once Nebraska is in the Big 10 blueprint they could snag some recruits out of Michigan, PA, Ohio etc that Iowa is used to getting. If a kid can't go to OSU, Michigan, or Penn State...they can now go to another school w/ rich tradition and one that is in the Big 10. I don't think it helps Iowa out at all w/ Nebraska coming to the Big 10.

vailpass · 08-06-2010, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by tymania

SEC is top dog, agreed.. but after last year i have to say Big 10 is the #2.. Big 12 outside of Texas OU and Neb there is a HUGE drop off.. Big 10 has OSU, penn st, iowa, Wisc, Michigan(if they ever turn it around) then the drop off from there is not as significant as it is in the big 12.. add Neb to the big ten and have Michigan turn things around.. big ten is the best conference in the country.. Another thing against the big12 NO DEFENSE!! except for a select few teams.. thats my opinion on that matter

Agree 100% with your assesment except IMO OU plays a pretty nice D usually and SEC is the best football conference from top to bottom.

As to Michigan: Rodriguez better win or go. I don't like how he runs his show, can see him getting UM into trouble. Michigan being a football power is good for all of the B10 IMHO.

Coogs · 08-06-2010, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

Where's Notre Dame?

34th?

vailpass · 08-06-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BWillie007

As an Iowa fan, I can't wait for Nebraska to play Iowa, but I would rather they stay in the Big 12, and they just play them in a non-conference game. Iowa has some problems recruiting as it is, but once Nebraska is in the Big 10 blueprint they could snag some recruits out of Michigan, PA, Ohio etc that Iowa is used to getting. If a kid can't go to OSU, Michigan, or Penn State...they can now go to another school w/ rich tradition and one that is in the Big 10. I don't think it helps Iowa out at all w/ Nebraska coming to the Big 10.

I can see your point. Wonder where Nebraska recruits from now and if it is that different from what you describe above?

kepp · 08-06-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sam Hall

So much for Nebraska being irrelevant

So now preseason polls = relevancy?

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