USA Today Coaches Poll Topped by Florida

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[Kid Shelleen]

The USA Today coaches poll is the first hint at who the favorites are in college football. Today, the USA Today coaches poll put the usual suspects at the top. Obviously, the USA Today coaches poll had to put Florida at the top, since they are the national champion and Tim Tebow is back.

[Kid Shelleen]

It’s that time of year !!

[dfwgator]

14-0, Baby!!!!

[Alice in Wonderland]

Go Gators!

[WayneS]

Let the whining begin!

[GOP_Raider]

The FR College Football Ping List FReepmail GOP_Raider to be on or off this list

[dfwgator]

And best of all Urban just signed a six-year extension....sorry Notre Dame.

[GOP_Raider]

Yes, indeed it is! This is going to be a fantastic season as always. Sometime next week, I’ll start posting the previews of the six BCS conferences to get everybody ready. As is tradition, I post the SEC’s last just to tease the hell out of some of you. :)

[dfwgator]

[iowamark]

USA Today 2009 preseason poll

Rank Team(first-place votes) 2008record Points Final2008rank
1. Florida (53) 13-1 1,466 1
2. Texas (4) 12-1 1,386 3
3. Oklahoma (1) 12-2 1,358 5
4. Southern California (1) 12-1 1,321 2
5. Alabama 12-2 1,134 6
6. Ohio State 10-3 1,126 11
7. Virginia Tech 10-4 1,020 14
8. Penn State 11-2 988 8
9. LSU 8-5 917 NR
10. Mississippi 9-4 889 15
11. Oklahoma State 9-4 861 18
12. California 9-4 711 25
13. Georgia 10-3 707 10
14. Oregon 10-3 694 9
15. Georgia Tech 9-4 559 22
16. Boise State 12-1 542 13
17. TCU 11-2 461 7
18. Utah 13-0 404 4
19. Florida State 9-4 371 23
20. North Carolina 8-5 293 NR
21. Iowa 9-4 257 20
22. Nebraska 9-4 236 NR
23. Notre Dame 7-6 194 NR
24. Brigham Young 10-3 178 21
25. Oregon State 9-4 165 19

[Huskrrrr]

Go Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska (my three Alma Maters)

[SonnyBubba]

I like Tebow a lot. He’s a great kid from a wonderful family. But if ‘Bama meets him and the Gators in the SEC championship game this year I hope he has the hiccups.

[claymax]

Do you really think that he can be stopped? The SEC has proven once again that we are the POWERHOUSE. Florida(GO GATORS) stomped the high scoring offense of Oklahoma. LIke I saw in a previous post, let the whining begin....oh did I mention GO GATORS

[fso301]

Does the University of Miami have enough Division II teams on its roster to make it to the Playtex Maxipad Bowl this season?

[dfwgator]

I suspect we’ll see John Brantley get some considerable playing time at QB this year to get him ready to take the reins next year. Tebow might not wind up being as big of a factor in terms of stats, it’s more about his role as a leader this year.

[Kid Shelleen]

And you make it a lot of fun as does all the good natured teasing by all the freepers..

[SonnyBubba]

He’s a great player and person. No, you can’t stop him. All you can do is try to slow him down. I expect the Gators to be in the BCS championship game again.

[dfwgator]

I thought the University of Miami was a Division II team.

[claymax]

I expect them there again as well, but who will fill Harvin’s shoes, he was like 40-45% of our offense. Looks like Tebow is going to run alot this year!

[fso301]

I thought the University of Miami was a Division II team.

They sure play like it but I saw an ESPN interview with a player who said they intend to make it to a bowl this season. I assumed since their goal was to make it to a bowl that they must be Division I as I believe Division II has a playoff system.

Perhaps what he meant was that by switching to buses from riding chartered airplanes to games, that they would save enough money to afford tickets for the whole team to go and watch a bowl game and get a feeling for what it's like.

[Uncle Ivan]

Ole Dork tenth. Ha!

Watching that trainwreck this fall is going to be a laugh a minute.

[dfwgator]

It’s all falling apart for Randy Shannon down there, he’s probably gone at the end of year. They can’t even keep recruits in South Florida anymore.

[fso301]

It’s all falling apart for Randy Shannon down there, he’s probably gone at the end of year. They can’t even keep recruits in South Florida anymore.

That Randy Shannon never spoke out against moving from the Orange Bowl to Dolphin Stadium told me that he wasn't up for the job.

[cleveland gop]

So Notre Shame is ranked, ahead of every team in the Big East????

OKIE DOKIE!!!

[wolfcreek]

Love to see that UF vs UT matchup this year.

Maybe after seeing OU blow it again, the pollsters/computers will see things a little different this time around.

[cleveland gop]

OH GOOD GOD!!!

[cleveland gop]

So that means you’re posting the Mountain West, scratch that, BIG TEN rankings FIRST???

[GOP_Raider]

I was kind of tempted to post the Big East preview first just to see how many people would start complaining. You know me, I love pushing the envelope. :)

[the_devils_advocate_666]

The SEC, pshaw!!! The Big East rule the preseason rankings taking the 29th, 30th, 31st, and 32nd spots! </ sarcasm from a die hard West Virginia fan>

[GOP_Raider]

I can’t wait for November of 2010 when the Utes roll into South Bend to take down the Irish. I assume most of America’s college football interests will be donning red for that one?

[JFC]

Go Red Raiders.. let’s pull off a cinderella year!

Texas Tech Red Raiders!

[cleveland gop]

But having ND ranked ahead of West Virginia can’t be sitting too well in Mountaineer Nation.....

[claymax]

LOL, I needed a good laugh after all this Death care nonsense, so I thank you. All I have to say is West Virginia who? (only poking for fun, not trying to be narcissistic)

[Man50D]

The farce that is the pre season rankings. It’s tantamount to a student receiving grades before taking any courses.

[yuleeyahoo]

[Osage Orange]

He's not the only real good QB that returned....

The Sooners have a pretty good QB too..that chose to stay in school also.

[GOP_Raider]

Couldn’t agree with you more. Perhaps the only thing the BCS does right is that they don’t have rankings of their own until roughly halfway through the season.

[dfwgator]

I’m sure the Old Ball Coach will once again vote Duke 25th in his preseason ballot.

[Man50D]

Perhaps the only thing the BCS does right is that they don’t have rankings of their own until roughly halfway through the season.

True. That's why I don't give my FWIW Top Ten premiere ranking until after the season starts. Preseason rankings distort the rankings during the regular season.

[Man50D]

I’m sure the Old Ball Coach will once again vote Duke 25th in his preseason ballot.

Why not?

[Lee'sGhost]

I didn’t think Steve Spurrier was with Florida any more?

[WayneS]

“I got an ‘A’ in pre-semester Calculus!”

[Kid Shelleen]

yup but it is fun to stir the pot !!

[Man50D]

“I got an ‘A’ in pre-semester Calculus!”

I wish I went to your school.

[Man50D]

yup but it is fun to stir the pot !!

In that case, UCONN IS NUMBER ONE!!!!!!!!

[WayneS]

Or even: Go Hokies!!

[WayneS]

What I didn’t tell you is that I have a tendency to fall in the rankings a bit during the season.

After all, I AM a VT Hokie!

[Kid Shelleen]

Maybe in March !!

[jla]

Neither one of you need to worry about any SEC team winning the 2009-10 National Championship.
That trophy will be taken back to South Bend.

ND

[RayChuang88]

I would not be surprised that we have Florida versus Texas in the BCS Championship Game at the Rose Bowl.