First College Football Poll Out:
| Author: Michael Licata |
| Date: 08/22/2010 |
The defending national champions will start the 2010 NCAA
Football season in the same place they ended last season, ranked first in
the Associated Press poll. The Alabama Crimson Tide are the AP's number one
team in a preseason poll for the first time since 1978. It's going to be
hard to replace All-Americans Rolando McClain, Terence Cody and Javier
Arenas, along with six other starters on defense from last year's national
championship team. The beacon of hope is reigning Heisman trophy winner,
running back Mark Ingram. The other huge key to a title defense is returning
starting quarterback Greg McIlroy. He is throwing to number one wide out
Julio Jones. Jones is looking to have a great season, given his already high
draft stock. Another championship season could ensure Jones being drafted in
the top five.
Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State is listed at number two. Boise State, after
another undefeated season, is ranked third. Alabama SEC nemesis Florida is
ranked fourth with Texas rounding out the top five in the poll. TCU is
sixth, Oklahoma next followed by Nebraska, Iowa and Virginia Tech are ranked
6-10 in the poll. 1978, the last time the Crimson Tide were ranked first in
the preseason poll was also the first of two consecutive national
championships under coaching legend Paul 'Bear' Bryant. It's not a sure
thing that Alabama will repeat as champs, only Florida State in 1999 and USC
in 2004 have held the top spot in the poll for the entire season. 10 of 60
teams that were number one in the preseason poll went on to win the national
championship.
The dominance of the SEC conference continues. They have six teams inside
the top 25. The ACC is second with five teams. The highest Big East team,
Pittsburgh, is ranked 15th. It just shows the quality of programs in the
SEC. They're above most teams and only lose to each other, rarely losing
their non-conference games. USC is ranked 15th, the lowest since Pete
Carroll's second season as head coach. Boise State is no longer an underdog
team. They even received one first place vote. They're still outside the
major conferences, but it should change after a few years in the Mountain
West Conference, starting next season. They should continue to dominate the
Western Athletic Conference. The games start in a few days, every fan is
waiting to see which unknown player will begin his Heisman candidacy and the
upsets in the non-conference schedule will begin.
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