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re: Phil Steele's pre season top 25 ranking
Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:32 pm to docTQ4
Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:32 pm to docTQ4
quote:
I think most people had Miami, Texas Tech, and Vandy expected to be very good? The only real surprise was BYU
Miami was 10th preseason (1 spot behind LSU). Texas Tech was 23rd. Vandy was not ranked.
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Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:34 pm to southendzoneresident
We should have a preseason top 25 thread so everyone can post their top 25 rankings and we can revisit them at the end of the year. I bet they would all be very accurate.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:48 pm to southendzoneresident
quote:
5 Indiana
8 Alabama
Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:05 pm to southendzoneresident
Just an opinion of another “expert” so we just have to prove it. We play 6 or 7 teams ahead of us. Only thing to do is take care of business and beat them.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:29 pm to Sissidog02
Shouldn't even allow pools or rankings till after week 4 or 5.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:52 pm to southendzoneresident
That's right, folks. Navy is a stronger team than LSU. 
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:01 pm to southendzoneresident
quote:
I think Phil needs to retire.
“Last year my analytics correctly picked all the teams in the playoffs and the national champion was my 34 ranked dark horse teams to possibly make it into the playoffs. So I am the only publication to correctly pick the national champion the last 92 seasons.”
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:18 pm to southendzoneresident
I could see 12 but 22
Really
Really
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:23 pm to southendzoneresident
Last season 2025 Rankings by Phil
Team (AP Poll/ USA Today Poll) 0= not in top 25.
1)Penn St 0/0
2)Clemson 0/0
3)ND 10/11
4)Texas 12/13
5)Ohio St 5/6
6)Georgia 6/5
7) Alabama 9/9
8) Oregon 4/4
9) Oklahoma 13/10
10) Michigan 21/22
11) LSU 0/0
12) SMU 0/0
13) Baylor 0/0
14) Miami, Fl 2/2
15) Boise St 0/0
He did pick #1, lIndiana 20th.
He picked Ole Miss 26th, they finished 3rd in both polls.
Team (AP Poll/ USA Today Poll) 0= not in top 25.
1)Penn St 0/0
2)Clemson 0/0
3)ND 10/11
4)Texas 12/13
5)Ohio St 5/6
6)Georgia 6/5
7) Alabama 9/9
8) Oregon 4/4
9) Oklahoma 13/10
10) Michigan 21/22
11) LSU 0/0
12) SMU 0/0
13) Baylor 0/0
14) Miami, Fl 2/2
15) Boise St 0/0
He did pick #1, lIndiana 20th.
He picked Ole Miss 26th, they finished 3rd in both polls.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 10:26 pm to southendzoneresident
He always hates on LSU
Posted on 7/1/26 at 11:35 pm to rltiger
Clemson was terrible last year. They barely qualified for a bowl. How are they supposed to be drastically improved, better than LSU?
Posted on 7/1/26 at 11:37 pm to austintexastiger
He had LSU waaaaaay too high in '25, and rated Kelly among the best SEC coaches
Posted on 7/2/26 at 6:32 am to southendzoneresident
He’s a Texas homer. Always has been.
Posted on 7/2/26 at 7:44 am to Tridentds
I don't why you people care so much about this nonsense.
LSU was #1 or #2 in the preseason baseball poll and were hot trash. No worries though. You can still brag about being preseason ranked so highly.
LSU was #1 or #2 in the preseason baseball poll and were hot trash. No worries though. You can still brag about being preseason ranked so highly.
Posted on 7/5/26 at 2:20 pm to LSBoosie
To be fair, preseason polls are a joke. I think if you asked college football fans, the majority would say those teams would be very competitive.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 1:50 am to southendzoneresident
I realize that its probably low but nobody at all has any idea what this LSU team is gonna look like.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:50 am to southendzoneresident
Notre Dame has more Sept 1 National Championships than anybody. By a long shot.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:23 am to southendzoneresident
I know Phil Steele gets a lot of negative views here. However he has the best college football magazine out there.
He has more information than any other comparable magazine.
I have been buying it for years and is a great source for info on players, coaches and summation of teams.
Like most here, I watch a lot of college football. His magazine helps me enjoy watching a game with teams I am not familiar with. Things like strength and weaknesses of a team, who are the stars, what offense and defense they run, etc..
He has more information than any other comparable magazine.
I have been buying it for years and is a great source for info on players, coaches and summation of teams.
Like most here, I watch a lot of college football. His magazine helps me enjoy watching a game with teams I am not familiar with. Things like strength and weaknesses of a team, who are the stars, what offense and defense they run, etc..
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:31 am to chity
Predictions are a tough business, everybody loved Phil in 2003!
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