cartman's FOFC Top 25 College Football Poll preseason results

[cartman]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to get this posted last night before the games started, but I couldn't find my scripts. Finally tracked them down, so without any further ado, here are the results:

Team			Votes	Weekend Opponent
1. Alabama (7)		220	vs. #20 USC (at AT&T Stadium, Arlington)
2. Clemson (1)		215	at Auburn
3. Oklahoma		203	vs. #15 Houston (at NRG Stadium, Houston)
4. Florida State (1)	194	vs. #11 Mississippi (at Camping World Stadium, Orlando)
5. Ohio State		184	vs. Bowling Green
6. LSU			172	vs. Wisconsin (at Lambeau Field, Green Bay)
7. Stanford		168	vs. Kansas State
8. Michigan		156	vs. Hawaii
9. Michigan State	137	vs. Furman
10. Tennessee		136	vs. Appalachian State
11. Mississippi		129	vs. #4 Florida State (at Camping World Stadium, Orlando)
12. Notre Dame		120	at Texas
13. TCU			116	vs. South Dakota State
14. Iowa		106	vs. Miami(OH)
15. Houston		102	vs. #3 Oklahoma (at NRG Stadium, Houston)
16. Georgia		87	vs. North Carolina(at Georgia Dome, Atlanta)
17. Washington		81	vs. Rutgers
18. UCLA		59	at Texas A&M
19. Louisville		49	vs. Charlotte
20. USC			45	vs. #1 Alabama (at AT&T Stadium, Arlington)
T21. Oregon		41	vs. UC-Davis
T21. Oklahoma State	41	vs. Southeastern Lousiana
23. North Carolina	39	vs. Georgia (at Georgia Dome, Atlanta)
24. Baylor		21	vs. Northwestern State
25. Arkansas		18	vs. Louisiana Tech

Also receiving votes:
Utah 15,Boise State 15,Florida 14,Auburn 13,Miami(FL) 6,
Nebraska 5,BYU 5,Wisconsin 4,Texas A&M 3,Texas 3,San Diego State 3

Thanks to the following FOFCers for voting this week:

cartman
General Mike
jbergey22
JonInMiddleGA
MacroGuru
molson
Solecismic's Football Frontier
tarcone
Zinto

[CU Tiger]

I plan on participating this year but didnt want to until after watching everyone this first week.

So far my assumption about Tenn looked pretty good and I expect Oklahoma to drop massively next week. I think they'll lose this weekend but even if they dont I think they have 2-3 more losses this year.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Random personal poll fun facts

This is the 7th season I've blogged a weekly poll so it was interesting to see some of the trivia stuff.

Now down to seven teams that have been ranked in every single one:
Alabama, Oklahoma, Ohio State, FSU, LSU, Georgia, Wisconsin

This is the first preseason poll I've done without Oregon.

Of those 7, only 2 have been in every year-end poll:
Bama and FSU, the others have all missed once except for the most inconsistent: UGA, end of season ranked only 3 of the past 6.

Best overachiever in terms of year end vs preseason? Utah, 3 year-end poll appearances to date ... which did factor into me ranking them in the preseason for the very first time.

This year also marks the first preseason ranking during the run for two other teams: Tennessee and Houston.

No team has missed year end after being preseason ranked more than once.