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2018 Way-Too-Early College Football Polls

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Buckeyes Open at No. 3 in First Coaches Poll

The preseason Amway Coaches Poll has just been released, and as expected the Buckeyes find themselves sitting behind only Alabama and Clemson.

It should be noted that this vote took place before Urban Meyer’s paid administrative leave.

The Buckeyes also received one of the 65 first-place votes. Clemson received three. Alabama received the rest.
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The entire poll looks like this.

1. Alabama (13-1) Points: 1,621 (61 first-place votes)
2. Clemson (12-2) Points: 1,547 (3)
3. Ohio State (12-2) Points: 1,458 (1)
4. Georgia (13-2) Points: 1,452
5. Oklahoma (12-2) Points: 1,288
6. Washington (10-3) Points: 1,245
7. Wisconsin (13-1) Points: 1,243
8. Miami (Fla.) (10-3) Points: 1,091
9. Penn State (11-2) Points: 1,050
10. Auburn (10-4) Points: 1,004
11. Notre Dame (10-3) Points: 892
12. Michigan State (10-3) Points: 870
13. Stanford (9-5) Points: 768
14. Michigan (8-5) Points: 752
15. Southern California (11-3) Points: 691
16. TCU (11-3) Points: 530
17. Virginia Tech (9-4) Points: 524
18. Mississippi State (9-4) Points: 407
19. Florida State (7-6) Points: 328
20. West Virginia (7-6) Points: 310
21. Texas (7-6) Points: 265
22. Boise State (11-3) Points: 261
23. Central Florida (13-0) Points: 259
24. LSU (9-4) Points: 254
25. Oklahoma State (10-3) Points: 168

Other receiving votes: South Carolina (9-4) 138; Florida (4-7) 135; Oregon (7-6) 105; Utah (7-6) 81; Northwestern (10-3) 67; Texas A&M (7-6) 67; Kansas State (8-5) 35; Florida Atlantic (11-3) 27; Boston College (7-6) 23; Memphis (10-3) 23; North Carolina State (9-4) 22; Arkansas State (7-5) 19; Troy (11-2) 19; Appalachian State (9-4) 16; San Diego State (10-3) 15; Iowa (8-5) 8; Iowa State (8-5) 8; Kentucky (7-6) 8; Washington State (9-4) 7; South Florida (10-2) 6; Duke (7-6) 5; Fresno State (10-4) 4; Louisville (8-5) 3; Arizona (7-6) 2; Houston (7-5) 2; Army (10-3) 1; Northern Illinois (8-5) 1.

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/08/buckeyes-open-no-3-first-coaches-poll/

Meet the college football coaches in the Amway Coaches Poll

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season:

Blake Anderson, Arkansas State
Major Applewhite, Houston
Dino Babers, Syracuse
Mike Bloomgren, Rice
John Bonamego, Central Michigan
Terry Bowden, Akron
Jeff Brohm, Purdue
Neal Brown, Troy
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Rod Carey, Northern Illinois
Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham
Dave Clawson, Wake Forest
Geoff Collins, Temple
David Cutcliffe, Duke
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
Bob Davie, New Mexico
Butch Davis, Florida International
Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso
DJ Durkin, Maryland
Herm Edwards, Arizona State
Luke Fickell, Cincinnati
Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
P.J. Fleck, Minnesota
James Franklin, Penn State
Willie Fritz, Tulane
Scott Frost, Nebraska
Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
Turner Gill, Liberty
Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Bryan Harsin, Boise State
Clay Helton, Southern California
Tom Herman, Texas
Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia
Mike Jinks, Bowling Green
Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
Brad Lambert, Charlotte
Mike Leach, Washington State
Lance Leipold, Buffalo
Tim Lester, Western Michigan
Seth Littrell, North Texas
Rocky Long, San Diego State
Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern
Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
Gus Malzahn, Auburn
Doug Martin, New Mexico State
Urban Meyer, Ohio State
Jeff Monken, Army
Dan Mullen, Florida
Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh
Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
Jay Norvell, Nevada
Barry Odom, Missouri
Ed Orgeron, LSU
Gary Patterson, TCU
Chris Petersen, Washington
Bobby Petrino, Louisville
Nick Saban, Alabama
Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State
Kirby Smart, Georgia
Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
Charlie Strong, South Florida
Dabo Swinney, Clemson
Jeff Tedford, Fresno State
Kyle Whittingham, Utah
Everett Withers, Texas State

Entire article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-65-college-football-coaches-panel/881592002/
 
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jwinslow said:
Does he bring a strongly worded memo to Lincoln suggesting that "hey, maybe we should feed our tailbacks when they're dominating?"

Or will they stick with the cute Riley offense that cost you a NC? You know the one.

We held UGA to a FG in OT and will head to the NC if we get a TD. Anderson just picked up more quality yardage on a 1st down carry. They'll be expecting us to keep riding him, so let's never hand him the ball again!

- Jet sweep to WR
- jet sweep to TE, which ended predictably
- whoops, guess we'll settle for the FG
- OMG two QBs, the defense will lose their mind. Except we didn't do anything clever, we just ran a simple speed option with a 170 lb pitch back that wasn't about to lower his shoulder.
- Now we're behind the downs, I know, let's dump it off to Anderson 3 yds behind the LOS against Roquan. That will end well.
- Now we're even further behind the sticks, so I guess we'll run yet another play behind the LOS, so that when Brown dances his way for 8 yds after the catch, he's still 5 yards short.
- Another FG.
- and UGA waltzes in for the win
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And that same "cute" offense ran all over you at your house.

How many times do you see an offense that averages over 8 yards per play? I mean really.
 
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RCSooner1974 said:
And that same "cute" offense ran all over you at your house.
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when you have no rebuttal, it's always best to troll the home team against the rules.
How many times do you see an offense that averages over 8 yards per play? I mean really.
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we are quite familiar with explosive offenses that lose a championship berth because they get cute and forget to give it to the tailback.
 
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ScriptOhio said:
Buckeyes Open at No. 3 in First Coaches Poll

The preseason Amway Coaches Poll has just been released, and as expected the Buckeyes find themselves sitting behind only Alabama and Clemson.

It should be noted that this vote took place before Urban Meyer’s paid administrative leave.

The Buckeyes also received one of the 65 first-place votes. Clemson received three. Alabama received the rest.
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The entire poll looks like this.

1. Alabama (13-1) Points: 1,621 (61 first-place votes)
2. Clemson (12-2) Points: 1,547 (3)
3. Ohio State (12-2) Points: 1,458 (1)
4. Georgia (13-2) Points: 1,452
5. Oklahoma (12-2) Points: 1,288
6. Washington (10-3) Points: 1,245
7. Wisconsin (13-1) Points: 1,243
8. Miami (Fla.) (10-3) Points: 1,091
9. Penn State (11-2) Points: 1,050
10. Auburn (10-4) Points: 1,004
11. Notre Dame (10-3) Points: 892
12. Michigan State (10-3) Points: 870
13. Stanford (9-5) Points: 768
14. Michigan (8-5) Points: 752
15. Southern California (11-3) Points: 691
16. TCU (11-3) Points: 530
17. Virginia Tech (9-4) Points: 524
18. Mississippi State (9-4) Points: 407
19. Florida State (7-6) Points: 328
20. West Virginia (7-6) Points: 310
21. Texas (7-6) Points: 265
22. Boise State (11-3) Points: 261
23. Central Florida (13-0) Points: 259
24. LSU (9-4) Points: 254
25. Oklahoma State (10-3) Points: 168

Other receiving votes: South Carolina (9-4) 138; Florida (4-7) 135; Oregon (7-6) 105; Utah (7-6) 81; Northwestern (10-3) 67; Texas A&M (7-6) 67; Kansas State (8-5) 35; Florida Atlantic (11-3) 27; Boston College (7-6) 23; Memphis (10-3) 23; North Carolina State (9-4) 22; Arkansas State (7-5) 19; Troy (11-2) 19; Appalachian State (9-4) 16; San Diego State (10-3) 15; Iowa (8-5) 8; Iowa State (8-5) 8; Kentucky (7-6) 8; Washington State (9-4) 7; South Florida (10-2) 6; Duke (7-6) 5; Fresno State (10-4) 4; Louisville (8-5) 3; Arizona (7-6) 2; Houston (7-5) 2; Army (10-3) 1; Northern Illinois (8-5) 1.

Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/08/buckeyes-open-no-3-first-coaches-poll/

Meet the college football coaches in the Amway Coaches Poll

The Amway Board of Coaches is made up of 65 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2018 season:

Blake Anderson, Arkansas State
Major Applewhite, Houston
Dino Babers, Syracuse
Mike Bloomgren, Rice
John Bonamego, Central Michigan
Terry Bowden, Akron
Jeff Brohm, Purdue
Neal Brown, Troy
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Rod Carey, Northern Illinois
Bill Clark, Alabama-Birmingham
Dave Clawson, Wake Forest
Geoff Collins, Temple
David Cutcliffe, Duke
Mark Dantonio, Michigan State
Bob Davie, New Mexico
Butch Davis, Florida International
Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso
DJ Durkin, Maryland
Herm Edwards, Arizona State
Luke Fickell, Cincinnati
Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M
P.J. Fleck, Minnesota
James Franklin, Penn State
Willie Fritz, Tulane
Scott Frost, Nebraska
Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech
Turner Gill, Liberty
Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
Bryan Harsin, Boise State
Clay Helton, Southern California
Tom Herman, Texas
Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia
Mike Jinks, Bowling Green
Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
Brad Lambert, Charlotte
Mike Leach, Washington State
Lance Leipold, Buffalo
Tim Lester, Western Michigan
Seth Littrell, North Texas
Rocky Long, San Diego State
Chad Lunsford, Georgia Southern
Mike MacIntyre, Colorado
Gus Malzahn, Auburn
Doug Martin, New Mexico State
Urban Meyer, Ohio State
Jeff Monken, Army
Dan Mullen, Florida
Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh
Ken Niumatalolo, Navy
Jay Norvell, Nevada
Barry Odom, Missouri
Ed Orgeron, LSU
Gary Patterson, TCU
Chris Petersen, Washington
Bobby Petrino, Louisville
Nick Saban, Alabama
Scott Satterfield, Appalachian State
Kirby Smart, Georgia
Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee
Charlie Strong, South Florida
Dabo Swinney, Clemson
Jeff Tedford, Fresno State
Kyle Whittingham, Utah
Everett Withers, Texas State

Entire article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...-65-college-football-coaches-panel/881592002/
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Well at least he'll have time to watch the opening weeks and write his own vote ?

too soon?
 
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HorseshoeFetish said:
#9 BABY!!! Love it!!! May the foot not be removed from the necks of our enemies all season long.

https://247sports.com/college/ohio-...s-CFB-preseason-top-25-120462225/#120462225_1
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3 Wisconsin
7 PedSt
9 OSU
11 MSU
15 Michigan

I have some concerns.
3 is way too high for a team led by Hornibrook. Wisconsin has been consistently very good; but nowhere near sniffing elite. Elite defenses won't respect Horn and therefore neutralize/limit Taylor's damage.

I feel like 7 is a similar story. Barkley is gone, I expect McSorely to have some struggles now that defenses don't have to account for him. Sanders won't fill those shoes... a lot will hang on Slade to be Barkley 2.0 right out the gate.

Michigan has no QB. Nor a RB worth mentioning.

I'll take 9.
11 with room to improve seems about right for Sparty with all that returning talent.
 
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kujirakira said:
3 Wisconsin
7 PedSt
9 OSU
11 MSU
15 Michigan

I have some concerns.
3 is way too high for a team led by Hornibrook. Wisconsin has been consistently very good; but nowhere near sniffing elite. Elite defenses won't respect Horn and therefore neutralize/limit Taylor's damage.

I feel like 7 is a similar story. Barkley is gone, I expect McSorely to have some struggles now that defenses don't have to account for him. Sanders won't fill those shoes... a lot will hang on Slade to be Barkley 2.0 right out the gate.

Michigan has no QB. Nor a RB worth mentioning.

I'll take 9.
11 with room to improve seems about right for Sparty with all that returning talent.
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Anyone else feel like the gap between Ohio State and West Virginia (at 10) is Grand Canyon-esque?

I'm officially mad online that they ranked the Dawgs below Oklahoma
 
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