2011 BP Poll - Preseason

[LordJeffBuck]

Here are the results of the 2011 preseason BP poll:

01. Oklahoma 587 (13); beat Tulsa, 47-14
02. Alabama 576 (10); beat Kent State, 48-7
03. Oregon 534; lost to #4 Louisiana State, 27-40
04. Louisiana State 489; beat #3 Oregon, 40-27
05. Stanford 486 (1); beat San Jose State, 57-3
06. Florida State 433; beat Louisiana-Monroe, 34-0
07. Wisconsin 415; beat UNLV, 51-17
08. Nebraska 400; beat Chattanooga, 40-7
09. Ohio State 381; beat Akron, 42-0
10. Boise State 368; beat #19 Georgia, 35-21
11. Oklahoma State 367; beat Louisiana-Lafayette, 61-34
12. Texas A+M 337; beat Southern Methodist, 46-14
13. South Carolina 320; beat East Carolina, 56-37
14. Virginia Tech 283; beat Appalachian State, 66-13
15. Texas Christian 255; lost to Baylor, 48-50
16. Michigan State 235; beat Youngstown State, 28-6
17. Arkansas 233; beat Missouri State, 51-7
18. Notre Dame 144; lost to South Florida, 20-23
19. Georgia 142; lost to #10 Boise State, 21-35
20. Missouri 136; beat Miami of Ohio, 17-6
21. Florida 121; beat Florida Atlantic, 41-3
22. Mississippi State 118; beat Memphis, 59-14
23. Texas 85; beat Rice, 34-9
24. Auburn 66; beat Utah State, 42-38
25. West Virginia 52; beat Marshall, 34-13


Others receiving votes: Iowa 31; Southern Cal 30; Penn State 26; Michigan 20; Arizona State 17; Utah 17; Houston 11; San Diego State 10; California 9; Northwestern 9; North Carolina State 9; Illinois 3; Arizona 3; South Florida 2; Clemson 2; Central Florida 1

 

[sepia5]

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Stanford
4. Oregon
5. South Carolina
6. Ohio State
7. Florida State
8. Nebraska
9. Wisconsin
10. LSU
11. Texas A&M
12. Notre Dame
13. Oklahoma State
14. Boise State
15. Georgia
16. Arkansas
17. Virginia Tech
18. Florida
19. USC
20. TCU
21. Texas
22. Michigan State
23. Arizona State
24. NC State
25. West Virginia

That's going to be really fluid for the first week or two.

 

[BB73]

Here's my preseason poll, based on how good I think the teams are. This is the list I PM'ed to LJB for the BP poll. The difficulty (or lack thereof) of team schedules was not a factor in my selections, and thia list is NOT an attempt to predict the final rankings.

01. Oklahoma
02. Oregon
03. Alabama
04. Stanford
05. LSU
06. Oklahoma St
07. Florida St
08. Wisconsin
09. TCU
10. Nebraska
11. Boise St
12. Ohio St
13. Va Tech
14. Florida
15. S Carolina
16. Texas A&M
17. Mich St
18. Arkansas
19. N.C. St
20. West Va
21. Notre Dame
22. Texas
23. Iowa
24. Miss St
25. Georgia

This list is my attempt at predicting how the final rankings will look.

01. Alabama
02. Oregon
03. Oklahoma
04. Florida St
05. Oklahoma St
06. Stanford
07. Va Tech
08. Boise St
09. tOSU
10. Wisconsin
11. Nebraska
12. Florida
13, Texas
14. LSU
15. Georgia
16. West Va
17. S. Carolina
18. Notre Dame
19. Texas A&M
20. Iowa
21. Miss St
22. Sparty
23. TCU
24. Utah
25. Arkansas

 

[MD Buckeye]

My poll

1. Oklahoma
2. Alabama
3. Oregon
4. Florida State
5. Stanford
6. LSU
7. Oklahoma State
8. Boise State
9. Texas A&M
10. South Carolina
11. The Ohio State University
12. Wisconsin
13. Nebraska
14. Arkansas
15. Michigan State
16. Notre Dame
17. Auburn
18. Virginia Tech
19. Georgia
20. Florida
21. Missouri
22. Mississippi State
23. TCU
24. Arizona State
25. Penn State

 

[Flocka]

Auburn? Auburn won't make a bowl game this season.

 

[Pheasant]

Auburn? Auburn won't make a bowl game this season.

I don't know, they paid some pretty big signing bonuses this year.

 

[sepia5]

I don't know, they paid some pretty big signing bonuses this year.

I don't see how players' dads are going to help them win games.

 

[hienlam]

Re:

BP, Jason Pankau might have something to say about that!