The Value of the 2019 Pre-season Polls...

[instaGATOR]

AP Preseason Poll - Aug 30, 2018
Preseason Poll -- Compared to the Wk-15 Poll

1. UA -- 1 Won SEC-C
2. Clem - 2 Won ACC-C
3. UGA - (3. ND)
4. Wis - NR - (4. OK)
5. tOSU - 5. Won Big-Ten
6. Wash - 9. - (6. UGA)
7. OU - 4.-- (7.UCF)
8. Mia - NR - (8.Mich)
9. AU - NR - (9. Wash)
10. PSU - 13.-- (10. UF)
11. MichSt - NR -- (11. LSU)
12. ND --- 3. 12-0 -- (12. WashSt)
13. Stan - NR -- (13. PSU)
14. Mich - 8. -- (14. TX)
15. USCw - NR - (15. WVa)
16. TCU - NR - (16. UK)
17. WVa - 15 - (17. Syr)
18. MsSt - NR - (18. MsSt)
19. FSU - NR - (19. FresSt)
20. VaTech - NR - (20. Utah)
21. UCF 8. (21. aTm)
22. BSU 23. (22. Army)
23. TX 14. (23. BSU)
24. Ore NR (24. Mizzou)
25. LSU 11. (25. IoSt)

Eleven (11) of the AP's Pre-season Top 25 were Not Ranked by the end of the season.
They got the before & after rankings correct 3 times out of 25 tries.
So, now you know what value to put on their 2019 preseason poll...

The Final Completed Season rankings are waiting on the NC game's results.

 

[Gator Fever]

The top 3 may be the same again though Georgia may be 4th instead of 3rd.

 

[PacoGator19]

Also goes to show you just how good Mullen and staff did.

 

[sadgator]

The fact that we’ll finish somewhere in the top 8 is insane and awesome. Mullen did this...

 

[IrishPokerDog]

(Holy crap...I agree with something Insta posted)

 

[grommit]

To salvage this, Oregon WILL probably end up in the tail end of the final poll thanks to their pathetic bowl win over michigan state.

 

[grommit]

The BEST part of this is while we started off unranked and will move up into the top 10 of the final poll, UGLY drops from their preseason spot by twice as many spots at least. Who's moving in the right direction here?

 

[instaGATOR]

(Holy crap...I agree with something Insta posted)

Please, don't tell anyone, I don't want you to ruin my rep...

 

[Gator Fever]

Preseason polls are basically an exercise in mental masturbation.

UK BB was preseason #2, and got crushed in the opener by Duke, and have lost twice more since then.

For 2019 I don’t expect UK FB to be ranked preseason. We lose a lot on the defense. I expect we’ll finish the regular season at 6-6 or 7-5.

How many football starters are you guys losing? Wasn't KY loaded with Seniors and a couple of Juniors leaving early?

 

[IrishPokerDog]

How many football starters are you guys losing? Wasn't KY loaded with Seniors and a couple of Juniors leaving early?

I think we have 11 starters returning, but have a lot of experience returning in key reserves. Can’t truly replace Snell and Josh Allen, and our secondary is decimated though

 

[instaGATOR]

So you're saying that a new streak with begin in 2019??? ---

 

[instaGATOR]

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