The preseason USA Today coaches poll is out and two Mountain West squads make the cut in Boise State landing at No. 7 and TCU at No. 15; Air Force is in the other receiving votes category.
Oklahoma is far and away the top ranked team, but it is a surprise to me that LSU is at the fourth spot with no quality quarterback on their roster. However, the same thing could be said for No. 2 Alabama who will have a new inexperienced signal caller.
Seeing Boise State and TCU at seven and 15 respectively seems about right to me. Other Mountain West opponents that are ranked are No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 11 Nebraska, No. 14 Arkansas, No. 18 Notre Dame and No. 22 Georgia. There are Michigan, Hawaii, BYU and Nevada who are receiving votes.
1. Oklahoma (42)
2. Alabama (13)
3. Oregon (2)
4. LSU (2)
5. Florida State
6. Stanford
7. Boise State
8. Oklahoma State
9. Texas A&M
10. Wisconsin
11. Nebraska
12. South Carolina
13. Virginia Tech
14. Arkansas
15. TCU
16. Ohio State
17. Michigan State
18. Notre Dame
19. Auburn
20. Mississippi State
21. Missouri
22. Georgia
23. Florida
24. Texas
25. Penn State
Others receiving votes:
Arizona State (6-6) 158; West Virginia (9-4) 149; Utah (10-3) 50; Miami (Fla.) (7-6) 49; Iowa (8-5) 41; Northwestern (7-6) 30; Arizona (7-6) 28; Central Florida (11-3) 22; Michigan (7-6) 19; Air Force (9-4) 15; North Carolina (8-5) 14; Houston (5-7) 13; South Florida (8-5) 9; Hawaii (10-4) 8; Clemson (6-7) 7; Tennessee (6-7) 7; Southern Miss (8-5) 6; Brigham Young (7-6) 5; North Carolina State (9-4) 4; Northern Illinois (11-3) 4; Oregon State (5-7) 4; Pittsburgh (8-5) 3; Washington (7-6) 3; Georgia Tech (6-7) 1; Nevada (13-1) 1.
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