Apparently, there is a rule in the blogosphere that says if you tag more than three posts with “college football,” you are required to do a pre-season ranking. Failing to do so can mean having your nose flayed, your genitals set on fire, and having to listen to Lee Corso prattle on endlessly about being Burt Reynolds’ roommate at Florida State. Since there is no way I could listen to Corso that long…
Teams are rated within their conference, and the conferences are ranked in order of overall strength.
Plus, since here at Dubsism we are believers in the yin and yang of things, we felt it necessary not only to do the obligatory Top 25 list, but a Bottom 25 list as well. Why? Because for every team that should be admired for its prowess, there is one that should be pitied for its ineptitude.
Not Rated – Independents
Naturally, when you are rating conferences, the outliers cause a problem. Fortunately, none of them are any good, so it really doesn’t matter. The Irish are the best of the lot by a shade; success in South Bend means six wins. Now, former Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz seems to think the Irish can get to the BCS championship game. Be careful how loudly you disagree with that…we all know it’s a crock, but Lou is obviously unstable and rumored to be armed.
1. Notre Dame
2. Navy
3. Army
11) Sun Belt
1. Troy
2. Arkansas State
3. Florida Atlantic
4. Middle Tennessee State
5. Florida International
6. La.-Monroe
7. La.-Lafayette
8. North Texas
9. W. Kentucky
10) WAC
1. Boise State
2. Louisiana Tech
3. Nevada
4. Fresno State
5. Hawaii
6. San Jose State
7. Utah State
8. Idaho
9. New Mexico State
9) C-USA
Eastern Division
1. East Carolina
2. Southern Miss
3. Memphis
4. Marshall
5. Central Florida
6. Alabama-Birmingham
Western Division
1. Houston
2. Tulsa
3. UTEP
4. Rice
5. SMU
6. Tulane
8 ) Mountain West
1. TCU
2. BYU
3. Utah
4. Air Force
5. UNLV
6. Colorado State
7. New Mexico
8. Wyoming
9. San Diego State
7) MAC
Eastern Division
1. Bowling Green
2. Akron
3. Temple
4. Buffalo
5. Ohio
6. Miami (Ohio)
7. Kent State
Western Division
1. Central Michigan
2. Western Michigan
3. Ball State
4. Northern Illinois
5. Toledo
6. Eastern Michigan
6) Big East
1. Rutgers
2. South Florida
3. West Virginia
4. Pittsburgh
5. Cincinnati
6. Connecticut
7. Louisville
8. Syracuse
5) ACC
Atlantic Division
1. Florida State
2. N.C. State
3. Clemson
4. Wake Forest
5. Maryland
6. Boston College
Coastal Division
1. Virginia Tech
2. Georgia Tech
3. North Carolina
4. Miami (FL)
5. Virginia
6. Duke
4) Pacific-10
1. USC
2. California
3. Oregon
4. Oregon State
5. UCLA
6. Arizona State
7. Arizona
8. Stanford
9. Washington
10. Washington State
3) Big Eleven Ten
1. Penn State
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan State
4. Iowa
5. Wisconsin
6. Illinois
7. Minnesota
8. Michigan
9. Northwestern
10. Purdue
11. Indiana
2) Big 12
North Division
1. Kansas
2. Nebraska
3. Missouri
4. Colorado
5. Kansas State
6. Iowa State
South Division
1. Texas
2. Oklahoma
3. Oklahoma State
4. Texas Tech
5. Baylor
6. Texas A&M
1) SEC
Eastern Division
1. Florida
2. Georgia
3. South Carolina
4. Vanderbilt
5. Tennessee
6. Kentucky
Western Division
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Mississippi
4. Arkansas
5. Auburn
6. Mississippi State
National Top 25
1. Florida
2. USC
3. Alabama
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma
6. Penn State
7. Virginia Tech
8. LSU
9. Ohio State
10. Mississippi
11. Oklahoma State
12. California
13. Georgia
14. Oregon
15. Georgia Tech
16. Boise State
17. TCU
18. Michigan State
19. Kansas
20. North Carolina
21. Iowa
22. Rutgers
23. Texas Tech
24. Utah
25. Arkansas
National Bottom 25
96. Mississippi State
97. Washington State
98. Purdue
99. Iowa State
100. Virginia
101. Louisville
102. Eastern Michigan
103. Duke
104. Indiana
105. Syracuse
106. Rice
107. Central Florida
108. SMU
109. Alabama-Birmingham
110. Idaho
111. New Mexico
112. Utah State
113. Kent State
114. Tulane
115. North Texas
116. La.-Lafayette
117. San Diego State
118. New Mexico State
119. Army
120. W. Kentucky
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