probably....
a lot of the preseason rankings come from what happened in the bowl games.
Take 1999 for instance.
Ohio State won the Rose Bowl but graduated pretty much the entire offense and most of the defense.
The next year, they opened at #5 in the AP and #6 in the Coaches polls.
They ended up 6-6 and missing the bowl games altogether.
Post 72 was for you. My bad.