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[QUOTE="ImperialOrange, post: 1198611, member: 362"]
I'm just bringing up discussion points. Honestly, Kansas may end up the #5 team in the country BUT there is no real presmise for why they, SU, or anyone else are ranked where they are preseason thus I'm not a fan. Cetainly is adventageous to start the season ranked higly vs not though. #5 Kansas might drop to #15 Kansas vs #23 Kansas being dropped to unranked. It's easier to maintain a high ranking than to aquire one in the first place. Also easier to be ranked, dropped, and reranked vs unranked in the first place. Thankfully, basketball plays so many games to give us a better big picture view. Football, not as much.

If it was up to me basketball rankings wouldn't come out until December, and football until October. Preseason rankings show too much bias based on name and/or conference recognition.

Here are the football preseason rankings that are currently outliers:

Over ranked
4[URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/201/oklahoma-sooners']Oklahoma[/URL] (1)
9[URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/2579/south-carolina-gamecocks']South Carolina[/URL]
11[URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/24/stanford-cardinal']Stanford[/URL]
13[URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/99/lsu-tigers']LSU[/URL]
23[URL='http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/_/id/153/north-carolina-tar-heels']North Carolina[/URL]

Under ranked
Others receiving votes:
TCU 23
Mississippi State 22
Unmentioned:
Utah
Georgia Tech
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