Post-Spring Way-Too-Early Top 25

[killer cacti]

CBS released theirs:

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State: Have we forgotten the Buckeyes are 24-2 in Urban Meyer's two seasons? Have we forgotten Ohio State is getting ready to run away and hide from the rest of the Big Ten? Call the Bucks The Team That America Forgot. Braxton Miller is a year older. Ohio State misses Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa out of the reconfigured West Division. Biggest issue: Will strength of schedule sting the Bucks? Not with the national championship field doubled to four. That gets them into the playoff. Meyer, Miller etc. take it from there.
3. Florida State
4. Oregon
5. Oklahoma
6. Auburn
7. Michigan State: That was a defining moment in January when Kyler Elsworth stopped Stanford's Ryan Hewitt on fourth-on-1 in the Rose Bowl. There's still room in the game for smashmouth. The Spartans have won more games the past four years (42) than Ohio State and Wisconsin. Watch for Nov. 8 when Ohio State visits East Lansing.
8. South Carolina
9. LSU
10. Stanford
11. Baylor
12. UCLA
13. Kansas State
14. Georgia: The past two years have been heartbreaking, whether it's been Alabama (2012) or Auburn (2013). Wouldn't it be ironic -- after Aaron Murray -- if Hutson Mason won the East. Todd Gurley gives the Dawgs a fighting, bashing, pounding chance.
15. Wisconsin: In Year Two, Gary Andersen is the new Bret Bielema, who was the old Barry Alvarez. The Badgers will continue to run it and try to squeeze out some quality quarterback play. We get a quick barometer in the opener against LSU in Houston.
16. USC
17. Arizona State
18. Nebraska: Bo Pelini has lightened up. Did you see him carry the cat out for the spring game? Perhaps the Huskers will relax along with him. Pelini has his leading rusher (Ameer Abdullah) and receiver (Kenny Bell) back. It would be nice to win more than nine.
19. Texas
20. Notre Dame
21. Cincinnati
22. Texas A&M
23. Iowa: Hawkeyes should be 6-1 -- at worst -- on Nov. 1. The problem is the schedule is backloaded with Northwestern, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska in the final month.
24. Duke
25. BYU

Full capsules in the link here: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/24552506/post-spring-top-25-welcome-back-to-the-top-spot-alabama

Lol...what a crock. Name the last team to beat Ohio State - then find them on the list. Then go to the link and find them in the next 5 out - not there either. C'mon man!

Plus, I like what Duke's doing, but they're not the #2 ACC team (I don't count ND just yet).

Who you beat last year in the last game has little bearing on the next season. I can find quite a few examples of this in both polls (like Nebraska and Georgia). Teams can change drastically from year to year.

Oh, I understand that. But the majority of our defense is back, and we lost our qb & 2 wr, and we drop out of the top 30? What's that about?

 

[deedsker]

Who you beat at the end of last year gives a starting point to look at the next year. That's why small schools love bowl games. It is a positive way to move to spring if you win.

 

[Saunders]

CBS released theirs:

1. Alabama
2. Ohio State: Have we forgotten the Buckeyes are 24-2 in Urban Meyer's two seasons? Have we forgotten Ohio State is getting ready to run away and hide from the rest of the Big Ten? Call the Bucks The Team That America Forgot. Braxton Miller is a year older. Ohio State misses Wisconsin, Nebraska and Iowa out of the reconfigured West Division. Biggest issue: Will strength of schedule sting the Bucks? Not with the national championship field doubled to four. That gets them into the playoff. Meyer, Miller etc. take it from there.
3. Florida State
4. Oregon
5. Oklahoma
6. Auburn
7. Michigan State: That was a defining moment in January when Kyler Elsworth stopped Stanford's Ryan Hewitt on fourth-on-1 in the Rose Bowl. There's still room in the game for smashmouth. The Spartans have won more games the past four years (42) than Ohio State and Wisconsin. Watch for Nov. 8 when Ohio State visits East Lansing.
8. South Carolina
9. LSU
10. Stanford
11. Baylor
12. UCLA
13. Kansas State
14. Georgia: The past two years have been heartbreaking, whether it's been Alabama (2012) or Auburn (2013). Wouldn't it be ironic -- after Aaron Murray -- if Hutson Mason won the East. Todd Gurley gives the Dawgs a fighting, bashing, pounding chance.
15. Wisconsin: In Year Two, Gary Andersen is the new Bret Bielema, who was the old Barry Alvarez. The Badgers will continue to run it and try to squeeze out some quality quarterback play. We get a quick barometer in the opener against LSU in Houston.
16. USC
17. Arizona State
18. Nebraska: Bo Pelini has lightened up. Did you see him carry the cat out for the spring game? Perhaps the Huskers will relax along with him. Pelini has his leading rusher (Ameer Abdullah) and receiver (Kenny Bell) back. It would be nice to win more than nine.
19. Texas
20. Notre Dame
21. Cincinnati
22. Texas A&M
23. Iowa: Hawkeyes should be 6-1 -- at worst -- on Nov. 1. The problem is the schedule is backloaded with Northwestern, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska in the final month.
24. Duke
25. BYU

Full capsules in the link here: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/dennis-dodd/24552506/post-spring-top-25-welcome-back-to-the-top-spot-alabama

Lol...what a crock. Name the last team to beat Ohio State - then find them on the list. Then go to the link and find them in the next 5 out - not there either. C'mon man!

Plus, I like what Duke's doing, but they're not the #2 ACC team (I don't count ND just yet).

Who you beat last year in the last game has little bearing on the next season. I can find quite a few examples of this in both polls (like Nebraska and Georgia). Teams can change drastically from year to year.

Oh, I understand that. But the majority of our defense is back, and we lost our qb & 2 wr, and we drop out of the top 30? What's that about?

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