For entertainment purposes only:Who should be No. 1 in the 2013 preseason college football polls? This one is from SI

Northern Illinois Huskies (SI, No. 25)
UCLA Bruins (SI, No. 24)
Vanderbilt Commodores (SI, No. 23)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (SI, No. 22)
Northwestern Wildcats (SI, No. 21)
Baylor Bears (SI, No. 20)
Kansas State Wildcats (SI, No. 19)
Boise State Broncos (SI, No. 18)
Texas Longhorns (SI, No. 17)
Florida State Seminoles (SI, No. 16)
TCU Horned Frogs (SI, No. 15)
LSU Tigers (SI, No. 14)
Oklahoma Sooners (SI, No. 13)
Michigan Wolverines (SI, No. 12)
Georgia Bulldogs (SI, No. 11)
Clemson Tigers (SI, No. 10)
Florida Gators (SI, No. 9)
South Carolina Gamecocks (SI, No. 8)
Louisville Cardinals (SI, No. 7)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (SI, No. 6)
Ohio State Buckeyes (SI, No. 5)
Oregon Ducks (SI, No. 4)
Stanford Cardinal (SI, No. 3)
Texas A&M Aggies (SI, No. 2)
Alabama Crimson Tide (SI, No. 1)



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AP poll:sports.gather.com/viewArticle....281474981559883

Rant Sports:www.rantsports.com/ncaa-footba...nkings/#slide_1

Phil Steele:aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-foot...diction-ranking 1. Alabama (13-1, SEC Champions, National Champion).

2. Ohio State (12-0)

3. Stanford (12-2, Pac-12 champions, Rose Bowl Champion)

4. Oregon (12-1, Fiesta Bowl Champion)

5. Texas A&M (11-2, Cotton Bowl Champion)

6. Georgia (12-2, SEC East Division Champions; Capital One Bowl Champion)

7. Notre Dame (12-1, lost in BCS National Championship Game)

8. Florida (11-2; lost in Sugar Bowl)

9. South Carolina (11-2; Outback Bowl Champion)

10. Louisville (11-2; Sugar Bowl Champion)

Athlon Sports:1.Alabama Crimson Tide
2.Ohio State Buckeyes
3.Oregon Ducks
4.LSU Tigers
5.Georgia Bulldogs
6.Florida Gators
7.Texas A&M Aggies
8.Notre Dame Fighting Irish
9.Oklahoma Sooners
10.Stanford Cardinal
11.South Carolina Gamecocks
12.Clemson Tigers
13.Oklahoma State Cowboys
14.TCU Horned Frogs
15.Louisville Cardinals
16.Florida State Seminoles
17.Boise State Broncos
18.UCLA Bruins
19.Nebraska Cornhuskers
20.Michigan Wolverines
21.USC Trojans
22.Texas Longhorns
23.Wisconsin Badgers
24.Oregon State Beavers
25.Arizona State Sun Devils 34.North Carolina

The higher USuCk is ranked come Labor Day the better our win will look. If we do what we need to do in Columbia we will be favored in all remaining games.

These have to be fake --- where is NCSU?

Look out pollsters, you are in for a rude awakening.

One thing to check is which teams benefited from a favorable turn over ratio last season and given them an extra loss or two this season, aside from anything else, under the "regression to the mean" concept.

Oregon and Florida meet those criteria.

Obviously, personnel and coaching changes are also significant. I think having a returning QB with experience and at least decent talent is high on the list.

F$U is not fairing to well in the pre-pre-pre-season polls.

"Who should be No. 1 in the 2013 preseason college football polls? "

Nobody.

They shouldn't allow voting until after four or five weeks of play.