Michigan's Loss Confirms the Wastefulness of Preseason Rankings

That's why I dropped them from 4 to 7 after that first game.

Of course you'd put Penn State in the top 10

Tech looked like hell against ECU.

Their defense didn't. VT will be a very different team when they're playing a game that doesn't immediately follow a hyper-emotional pregame ceremony.

i agree withchristof. Penn st. deservers to be in the top 10 atleast untill vt proves them selves

What the voters are doing is predicting. When the season is underway, they analyze. So they can do their predictions, just don't finalize it and call it an official poll.

Very true Kwitt, couldn't agree with you more. In all honesty, I don't quite understand why it's so hard for people to accept that "pre-season" collegiate rankings in football IS THE "BEGINNING" (and prolly one of the more important) VARIABLE(S) OF THE EQUATION DEFINING COLLEGE FOOTBALL???? Question: Will pre-season ranking in the media EVER go away? With regards to Kwitt's ex. of USC, Oklahoma, and Auburn- yeah, Oklahoma got smoked in BCS title game by 'SC and Auburn looked dominant in their's vs. [who cares? insert here- just remember Tuberville's whining after their win]. So, OK- Auburn remained undefeated and won. Maybe they should have played 'SC that year. But. . . same with LSU/Oklahoma title game -- 'SC smokes [who cares again- they got beat- insert team here] -- you don't hear 'SC fans or PAC10 whining about "titles" or "pre-season rankings" or "toughest conferences" or any other crap that seems to infest college football blogospheres and chat rooms. JUST PLAY BABY! and let the chips fall where they may. Play every game like it's a "playoff game" and show up. Take your wins and losses with dignity and respect to your opponents and shut the flock up already. Why is that so difficult? Forgive me for my tenor, but. . . . I got my opinions, I don't begrudge SS's or anyone else's, it's just that this topic is becoming tiresome already.

Auburn??? Auburn got Outplayed like no one's business by K State for about three quarters; K State is just too inexperienced across the board to slam the door like they should have.

I think Kwitt was referring to a few years ago when Auburn went undefeated and was left out of the title game as pre-seaosn 1 and 2 OU and USC got the bid.

I dont think there's anything wrong with ranking the teams after games have been played. It's just those preseason polls that gotta go out the door.