re: AP Poll released...LSU No. 14

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Michigan st, oregon, usc??? What have they done?

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I hope you are being sarcastic, but I fear that you aren't. USC I'll give you as being pretty light on recent accomplishments, but the other two? Oregon won the PAC 12 and played for the National Championship, destroying Florida State in the first round of the playoffs along the way. Michigan State went 11-2, losing only to the two national finalists and winning the Cotton Bowl against Baylor. It's hard to find many better resumes than that.

Of course, all of that was last year, so technically the 2015 versions haven't done anything (of course, neither has anyone else). So you can criticize the whole idea of a pre-season poll if you want, but if you're going to do one, last year's results are the best information you have to go on. Given that, it's hard to justify not ranking Michigan State and Oregon pretty high.