Coaches Poll starts Penn State at No. 8
We can pretend the AP Poll still counts, but it doesn't. That role is reserved for the only BCS-valid human poll in college football -- the coaches' poll by USA Today. With its release today, Penn State will begin its quest for a second straight Big Ten title at No. 8.
Notes on the 2009 preseason USA Today poll (below the fold)
• Penn State is the only team to start 2009 where it left off in 2008, No. 8.
• No. 6 Ohio State is ranked two spots ahead of Penn State, probably because Terrelle Pryor can shoot lightening out of his eyes at opposing defenses.
• For the first time since 2003, USC (No. 4) will begin the season outside USA Today's top three.
• The SEC leads the way with five ranked teams; the Big Ten has three -- PSU, OSU and Iowa.
• No. 9 LSU is the highest team to end last season unranked.
• Penn State begins the season with its highest preseason ranking since 1999.
• Six other Big Ten teams -- Michigan St., Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Michigan and Minnesota -- received votes.
• No. 23 Notre Dame is the only ranked team to win fewer than eight games (7-6) in 2008; No. 9 LSU (8-5) is the only eight-win team.
Have a great weekend!
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Florida was also #1 for the end of 2008 and beginning of 2009.
Let's go State!
Yup, I missed that one. But since Florida is being hailed as the most awesomest super fantastic team ever by the media, we shouldn't subject them to the same analysis as any other team in the history of college football. They're thaaaat good.
Thanks for the catch.
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