2008 Preseason and Regular season Polls

[TheIronColonel]

Georgia might be more explosive and talented than Ohio State...

...but just in case I'm wrong I'll put OSU at #1, so I can look smart if Georgia wins out or if OSU wins out. Pure genius.

Can we buy some respect? Since when has a team returning 19/20 starters (including 2 All Americans) and coming off back to back BCS MNC appearances gotten so little respect?

[MililaniBuckeye]

Originally Posted by RaymondCenta91

1 LSU
2 Kansas
3 Ohio State
4 West Virginia
5 USC
6 Georgia
7 Virginia Tech
8 Oklahoma
9 Hawaii
10 Illinois
11 Texas
12 Missouri

#28 Chris Wells Heisman Winner

Uh, you are aware that Colt Brennan graduated, Hawaii's top 3 WRs are gone, and their defense is going to suck even worse than this year? Oh yeah, they open their season at Florida, where they'll be summarily slaughtered. Hawaii won't sniff the top 40 all year.

Seniors in high school shouldn't be smoking crack...

[mross34]

Originally Posted by OregonBuckeye

ESPN - Buckeyes rise to No. 1 in updated Top 25 - College Football

5 Big-10 teams are ranked(we have to play all 4 on the list) and 5 SEC teams are ranked. Then why the hell do we hear constant bitching about our schedule?

Agreed that the Big 10 is vastly underrated, but the bottom half of the SEC would kill the bottom half of the Big 10.

[OregonBuckeye]

Originally Posted by mross34

but the bottom half of the SEC would kill the bottom half of the Big 10.

Kill is too strong of a word. I think they'd have the upper hand but I also think schools like Minny, Northwestern, and Indiana are catching up.

[Buckeye Nut]

Originally Posted by RaymondCenta91

1 LSU
2 Kansas
3 Ohio State
4 West Virginia
5 USC
6 Georgia
7 Virginia Tech
8 Oklahoma
9 Hawaii
10 Illinois
11 Texas
12 Missouri

#28 Chris Wells Heisman Winner

Kansas at #2 is almost as hilarious as Hawaii at #9. The only reason Kansas did what they did last year was they avoided Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech on the schedule. Plus, they came out of no where last year, it's a whole new ballgame for teams that aren't used to everybody they play gunning for them. They won't be sneaking up on anybody this year. Oh yeah, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech are all back on the schedule this year.

[mercer_buckeye]

Originally Posted by mross34

Agreed that the Big 10 is vastly underrated, but the bottom half of the SEC would kill the bottom half of the Big 10.

The last two seasons the Big 10 hasn't been underated at all. We are down big time. Penn State is like a .500 team in the SEC. Wisconsin would probably lose 4 games in the SEC. I'm not getting on the SEC bandwagon but we are what we are. Right now that is a very mediocre conference. Things are looking way up in the next 5 years though.

[OregonBuckeye]

Originally Posted by mercer_buckeye

The last two seasons the Big 10 hasn't been underated at all. We are down big time. Penn State is like a .500 team in the SEC. Wisconsin would probably lose 4 games in the SEC. I'm not getting on the SEC bandwagon but we are what we are. Right now that is a very mediocre conference. Things are looking way up in the next 5 years though.

Funny you mention Wisconsin and Penn St. when they've had the most recent success against the SEC along with scUM and Iowa. The Big-10 is underrated. It can't be anything else when people rag on it as much as they do.