This suprises me somewhat. No objective observer is even talking about USC in the top spot. They are starting a new QB, clearly a year ahead of what Carroll wanted. They lost 8 of their defensive starters to the NFL, and they're supposed to be better this year? While USC has good depth, they do have a few tough games this year. There is simply no explanation to put them at #1. I predict USC will lose at OSU, Cal and Oregon and will have a tough game against UCLA. Ken MNGator
_____ From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of ke...@baldwinnc.com Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 6:18 AM To: gatortalk googlegroups Subject: [gatortalk] Sagarin's preseason footbal rankings are out :-) http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbt09.htm He always starts the year with a huge bias towards Big 10 and Pac 10. But give him credit - this bias usually disappears by the end of the year. 1 Southern California A = 95.75 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 95.75 1 95.75 1 2 Florida A = 93.95 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 93.95 2 93.95 2 3 Oklahoma A = 92.19 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 92.19 3 92.19 3 4 Texas A = 90.95 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 90.95 4 90.95 4 5 Ohio State A = 89.29 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 89.29 5 89.29 5 6 LSU A = 88.55 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 88.55 6 88.55 6 7 Georgia A = 86.59 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 86.59 7 86.59 7 8 Penn State A = 86.58 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 86.58 8 86.58 8 9 Virginia Tech A = 85.98 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.98 9 85.98 9 10 Oregon A = 85.07 0 0 0.00( 0) 0 0 | 0 0 | 85.07 10 85.07 10 USC (PAC 10) is #1 and Oregon #10 OSU and PSU (Big 10) Three SEC teams Two Big 12 Only one ACC team His conference rankings are 1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 79.76 80.15 ( 1) 12 2 PAC-10 (A) = 78.30 78.50 ( 2) 10 3 BIG 12 (A) = 78.25 78.30 ( 3) 12 4 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.64 77.42 ( 4) 12 5 BIG EAST (A) = 76.34 75.89 ( 6) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 75.93 76.23 ( 5) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 71.28 71.79 ( 7) 9 8 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 69.48 68.35 ( 8) 3 9 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 64.56 64.63 ( 9) 12 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 63.59 64.02 ( 10) 9 http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc09.htm his top 10 conferences for last season are 1 SOUTHEASTERN (A) = 78.31 79.08 ( 1) 12 2 BIG 12 (A) = 77.86 77.80 ( 2) 12 3 ATLANTIC COAST (A) = 77.70 77.67 ( 3) 12 4 PAC-10 (A) = 76.14 75.39 ( 4) 10 5 BIG EAST (A) = 75.23 74.11 ( 5) 8 6 BIG TEN (A) = 73.21 73.49 ( 6) 11 7 MOUNTAIN WEST (A) = 70.90 71.72 ( 7) 9 8 CONFERENCE USA (A) = 65.88 65.75 ( 8) 12 9 I-A INDEPENDENTS (A) = 64.26 63.74 ( 10) 4 10 WESTERN ATHLETIC (A) = 63.91 64.18 ( 9) 9 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---