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The Polls (AP, Coaches, & CFP, etc.)

So I spent some time yesterday coming up with my version of the final top-25. It's based on who did you beat, who did you lose to, and takes margin of victory/defeat as a secondary consideration. It doesn't care about the name on the jersey, what conference you play in, what happened last year or what might happen next year, or who your recruits have been. It also doesn't move a team down 'x' number of spots when they lose.

Head-to-head is not a tiebreaker. When comparing 3, 4, and 5 loss teams the body of work is the determining factor. Some 4-loss teams are above 3-loss teams because they played a couple more difficult games. This is also NOT intended to be a prediction.

Anyway, FWIW:

01. Alabama/Clemson Winner
02. Clemson/Alabama Loser
03. Ohio State
04. Oklahoma
05. Notre Dame
06. Georgia
07. LSU
08. Florida
09. UCF
10. Texas
11. Washington
12. Michigan
13. Washington State
14. Kentucky
15. Texas A&M
16. Syracuse
17. Penn State
18. Fresno State
19. West Virginia
20. Northwestern
21. Cincinnati
22. Iowa
23. Army
24. Stanford
25. Appalachian State

Just missed: Mississippi State, Oregon, NC State, Auburn, Boston College, Boise State
Georgia shouldn't be ranked above Texas IMO.
 
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Who the F is Chuck Carlton? He is a ra-tard!

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Dallas Morning News
 
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https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...25-sees-clemson-entering-2019-season-at-no-1/

Way-too-early top 25



1

Clemson

There's a reason Kelly Bryant was expendable. Theoretically, Trevor Lawrence gets two more shots at Alabama. Yes, that's how far the top two have separated themselves.
2

Alabama

How can you not pick the Tide again? An educated guess (depending on early NFL exits) looks like about 13 starters will be back. That list includes Tua Tagovailoa, rising star Dylan Moses at linebacker and all three starting receivers.
3

Georgia

In what figures to be Jake Fromm's final season, the Dawgs will be loaded again. D'Andre Swift will be a Doak Walker Award (best running back) candidate. The offensive line will be among the best.
4

LSU

Yes, that's right. We have three SEC teams in the top four. We'll let the CFP Selection Committee figure that one out. Meanwhile, an improving Joe Burrow is back giving the Tigers a legit threat at quarterback.
5

Oklahoma

It will difficult to replace Kyler Murray. Ever. But the Sooners will once again be the class of the Big 12. Watch that quarterback battle between incoming recruit Spencer Rattler, junior Austin Kendall and redshirt freshman Tanner Mordecai. Kendall was neck-and-neck with Murray last August.
6

Ohio St.

This is assuming Justin Fields indeed does get a waiver to become immediately eligible. If it works out that way, Fields will be the next trigger man on an explosive offense.
7

Oregon

Mario Cristobal landed a top five recruiting class topped off by No. 1 recruit (lineman Kayvon Thibodeaux). The return of quarterback Justin Herbert makes the Ducks the Pac-12 favorite and an outlier playoff contender.
8

Florida

Dan Mullen's impact was felt immediately. The offense jumped from averaging 22 points to 35. Mullen absolutely milked the most out of quarterback Feleipe Franks. Emory Jones may upgrade the position in 2019, if he wins the job. Three starters are lost on the offensive line.
9

Notre Dame

In the last two seasons Brian Kelly has won 22 of his last 26 games and taken the Irish to the CFP. Notre Dame shouldn't fall off that much. Watch Jafar Armstrong and Tony Jones take over for Dexter Williams, who felt five yards short of 1,000 rushing. Ian Book will benefit from an offseason working as the quarterback starter.
10

Michigan

Such a dichotomy for Jim Harbaugh. He has won 10 in three of his four seasons at Michigan but hasn't delivered so much as a division title. That could change with the departure of Urban Meyer, but the offense has to get more creative and more productive.
 
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https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...25-sees-clemson-entering-2019-season-at-no-1/

Way-too-early top 25



1

Clemson

There's a reason Kelly Bryant was expendable. Theoretically, Trevor Lawrence gets two more shots at Alabama. Yes, that's how far the top two have separated themselves.
2

Alabama

How can you not pick the Tide again? An educated guess (depending on early NFL exits) looks like about 13 starters will be back. That list includes Tua Tagovailoa, rising star Dylan Moses at linebacker and all three starting receivers.
3

Georgia

In what figures to be Jake Fromm's final season, the Dawgs will be loaded again. D'Andre Swift will be a Doak Walker Award (best running back) candidate. The offensive line will be among the best.
4

LSU

Yes, that's right. We have three SEC teams in the top four. We'll let the CFP Selection Committee figure that one out. Meanwhile, an improving Joe Burrow is back giving the Tigers a legit threat at quarterback.
5

Oklahoma

It will difficult to replace Kyler Murray. Ever. But the Sooners will once again be the class of the Big 12. Watch that quarterback battle between incoming recruit Spencer Rattler, junior Austin Kendall and redshirt freshman Tanner Mordecai. Kendall was neck-and-neck with Murray last August.
6

Ohio St.

This is assuming Justin Fields indeed does get a waiver to become immediately eligible. If it works out that way, Fields will be the next trigger man on an explosive offense.
7

Oregon

Mario Cristobal landed a top five recruiting class topped off by No. 1 recruit (lineman Kayvon Thibodeaux). The return of quarterback Justin Herbert makes the Ducks the Pac-12 favorite and an outlier playoff contender.
8

Florida

Dan Mullen's impact was felt immediately. The offense jumped from averaging 22 points to 35. Mullen absolutely milked the most out of quarterback Feleipe Franks. Emory Jones may upgrade the position in 2019, if he wins the job. Three starters are lost on the offensive line.
9

Notre Dame

In the last two seasons Brian Kelly has won 22 of his last 26 games and taken the Irish to the CFP. Notre Dame shouldn't fall off that much. Watch Jafar Armstrong and Tony Jones take over for Dexter Williams, who felt five yards short of 1,000 rushing. Ian Book will benefit from an offseason working as the quarterback starter.
10

Michigan

Such a dichotomy for Jim Harbaugh. He has won 10 in three of his four seasons at Michigan but hasn't delivered so much as a division title. That could change with the departure of Urban Meyer, but the offense has to get more creative and more productive.
:lol:

Yep. Cram Georgia and LSU in there after the default top 2. The only way we crack the top 10 is if we get the NCAA waiver for Fields.

Keep being CBS.
 
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To tell you the truth, I expected the Domers (1 loss) to be at #3, us (1 loss) at #4, and OU (2 losses) at #5, with the reason being the Domers' loss was a "better loss" than ours. Looks like the voters (for the most part) looked at the overall season and decided that way we beat scUM and Northwestern (two common opponents with the Domers) was more impressive, plus dominating a solid Huskie team for three quarters, made us the better team.
 
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https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...25-sees-clemson-entering-2019-season-at-no-1/

Way-too-early top 25



1

Clemson

There's a reason Kelly Bryant was expendable. Theoretically, Trevor Lawrence gets two more shots at Alabama. Yes, that's how far the top two have separated themselves.
2

Alabama

How can you not pick the Tide again? An educated guess (depending on early NFL exits) looks like about 13 starters will be back. That list includes Tua Tagovailoa, rising star Dylan Moses at linebacker and all three starting receivers.
3

Georgia

In what figures to be Jake Fromm's final season, the Dawgs will be loaded again. D'Andre Swift will be a Doak Walker Award (best running back) candidate. The offensive line will be among the best.
4

LSU

Yes, that's right. We have three SEC teams in the top four. We'll let the CFP Selection Committee figure that one out. Meanwhile, an improving Joe Burrow is back giving the Tigers a legit threat at quarterback.
5

Oklahoma

It will difficult to replace Kyler Murray. Ever. But the Sooners will once again be the class of the Big 12. Watch that quarterback battle between incoming recruit Spencer Rattler, junior Austin Kendall and redshirt freshman Tanner Mordecai. Kendall was neck-and-neck with Murray last August.
6

Ohio St.

This is assuming Justin Fields indeed does get a waiver to become immediately eligible. If it works out that way, Fields will be the next trigger man on an explosive offense.
7

Oregon

Mario Cristobal landed a top five recruiting class topped off by No. 1 recruit (lineman Kayvon Thibodeaux). The return of quarterback Justin Herbert makes the Ducks the Pac-12 favorite and an outlier playoff contender.
8

Florida

Dan Mullen's impact was felt immediately. The offense jumped from averaging 22 points to 35. Mullen absolutely milked the most out of quarterback Feleipe Franks. Emory Jones may upgrade the position in 2019, if he wins the job. Three starters are lost on the offensive line.
9

Notre Dame

In the last two seasons Brian Kelly has won 22 of his last 26 games and taken the Irish to the CFP. Notre Dame shouldn't fall off that much. Watch Jafar Armstrong and Tony Jones take over for Dexter Williams, who felt five yards short of 1,000 rushing. Ian Book will benefit from an offseason working as the quarterback starter.
10

Michigan

Such a dichotomy for Jim Harbaugh. He has won 10 in three of his four seasons at Michigan but hasn't delivered so much as a division title. That could change with the departure of Urban Meyer, but the offense has to get more creative and more productive.
Seems pretty reasonable to me.

Aside from us tOSU homers, the rest of the nation can be excused for taking a wait-and-see for the Buckeyes under a completely new head coach for whom this is the first collegiate head coaching job.
 
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Georgia shouldn't be ranked above Texas IMO.
Georgia didn't lose to Maryland or Oklahoma State, two unranked teams. All of their losses were to teams in the final Top-10. Both Georgia and Texas have two wins over teams in the final poll (Fla and Ky; Georgia and Oklahoma). Texas may have had better wins, but they had worse losses and 4 losses to Georgia's 3, which is why I didn't have the head-to-head result make the difference.
 
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