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2008 SI College Preview Cover

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Here is a bigger pic...plus the rest of the covers and rankings

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College Football Preview: SI Covers - Photos - SI.com

Ranking 1-119

The Rankings: 1 to 119 - 2008 NCAAF Preview - SI.com
 
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zincfinger;1224267; said:
Auburn at 7 kind of surprises me. Other than the recent pro-SEC and anti-BigTen sense out there, I don't see how Auburn is looking particularly better than Penn State right now. Maybe not as good.
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Auburn returns 15 starters and has a favorable schedule: LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia are all at home, conference road games are at Mississippi State, Mississippi, Vandy, and Alabama, so 7-1, 6-2 is not a stretch. They also get a high profile OOC contest at the end of October going on the road to play West Virginia, which falls in around the time WVU typically sees their annual late season swoon when injuries start to pile up.

In BB73's BCS pick contest, I took Auburn to win the SEC. I think they'll win the West, at the very least, and without much of a challenge. I don't think they're any worse than 10-2 before the SEC championship game rolls around. Alabama is probably still a year away, and IMHO LSU is the one that is a bit overrated given their personnel losses (not to mention Bo Pelini). Lots of questions about Georgia too. It's not like the Dawgs are going to play Hawaii 12 times this year either, they're probably getting a bit too much credit for their bowl game.
 
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Dryden;1224284; said:
Auburn returns 15 starters and has a favorable schedule: LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia are all at home, conference road games are at Mississippi State, Mississippi, Vandy, and Alabama, so 7-1, 6-2 is not a stretch. They also get a high profile OOC contest at the end of October going on the road to play West Virginia, which falls in around the time WVU typically sees their annual late season swoon when injuries start to pile up.
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A couple of counterpoints. First, I personally think schedule should be, by and large, factored out of preseason rankings. It normally isn't entirely, but for example, OSU and USC will not both be in the top 3 after they play one another. They're both in the top 3 now based (almost) solely on how good they're thought to be. Should be the same with Auburn. Second, I agree that 6-2, maybe even 7-1 in conference is not blatantly unfeasible for Auburn. It's also not blatantly unfeasible for PSU, or a number of other teams. But PSU's out of the top 25 altogether and Auburns #7. To me, they're looking pretty comparable now, just in terms of flat-out quality, and I might even give the edge to the Nits.

On a side note, I'd tend to agree with you on LSU, but reigning national champs, plus a very good overall run the past five years or so, has probably made them one of the handful of teams that is simply going to get the benefit of the doubt.
 
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