🏈 Alabama ranks No. 3 in Coaches preseason poll

[CrimsonBoz]

Ohio state
TCU
Bama
Baylor
Oregon
Mich State
Auburn
FSU
UGA
USC
Notre Dame
Clemson
LSU
UCLA
Ole Miss
ASU
GT
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Arky
Stanford
Arizona
Mizzou
Boise State
Tennessee

 

[bama alum]

Wow! I guess the coaches don't feel as strongly about USC as the media does. Right now, I can't argue with their top three, maybe four.

 

[Barnabus Stinson]

I don't get the ND love at all. Not really sure why Stanford is ranked either.

 

[PhillyGirl]

I don't get the ND love at all. Not really sure why Stanford is ranked either.

 

[planomateo]

Texas hasn't missed the poll since 1998. Gonna be funny if ND loses to Texas first game of the season. Can VaTech pull off back to back wins?

:bolt:

 

[BamaFan334]

I don't like the Baylor pick. I see them dropping off. No way they continue their last two seasons of success. Oregon and Michigan State I'll just have to watch and see about. Everything else looks about as close as one could guess at this point. More parity this year than I have ever gone into a season seeing. It is an honest toss up this year.

 

[BAMAFSTBACK]

Our D this year is why we are #3 IMO. And I like it.

 

[CrimsonBoz]

This is how many ranked teams each plays.

1. OSU -1
2. TCU- 2
3. Bama-9
4 Baylor-2
5. Oregon -4
6. Mich st-2
7. Auburn -7
8. Fsu-2
9. Georgia-5
10. Usc-6
11. Nd -4
12. Clemson -3
13. Lsu-6
14. Ucla-5
15. Ole Miss-6
16. Arz st-4
17. G tech-4
18. Wis -1
19. Ou- 3
20. Ark-8
21. Stan -5
22. Arz- 4
23. Mizz-5
24. Bsu- 0
25. Tenn-5
26. Miss st-7
27. A&M -7

 

[Jimmy Rustler]

Preseason polls are a joke.

 

[BamaFan334]

This is how many ranked teams each plays.

1. OSU -1
2. TCU- 2
3. Bama-9
4 Baylor-2
5. Oregon -4
6. Mich st-2
7. Auburn -7
8. Fsu-2
9. Georgia-5
10. Usc-6
11. Nd -4
12. Clemson -3
13. Lsu-6
14. Ucla-5
15. Ole Miss-6
16. Arz st-4
17. G tech-4
18. Wis -1
19. Ou- 3
20. Ark-8
21. Stan -5
22. Arz- 4
23. Mizz-5
24. Bsu- 0
25. Tenn-5
26. Miss st-7
27. A&M -7

Man, that's some good information. Ohio State has to be penalized for that garbage schedule they've gotten away with for years. And I cannot help but roll over laughing when people keep talking about TCU's road game to Minnesota last season as a "quality" out of conference game. It almost makes me spew Coke out my nose I find it so comical. Let's all hope that gets criticized a little more with these highly sought after playoff spots on the line.

 

[Bamabww]

July 30, 2015


Aaron Suttles
TideSports.com Senior Writer

Alabama ranks No. 3 in the freshly released USA Today Coaches preseason poll.

Defending national champion Ohio State was the overwhelming choice for No. 1 with 62 of the 64 first-place votes. Alabama picked up one first-place vote as did No. 2 TCU.

Alabama coach Nick Saban is one of the 64 head coaches whom comprise the poll.

Click here to view the entire poll.

The Crimson Tide is one of eight SEC teams ranked in the top 25. Nine of Alabama's 12 regular season opponents ranked in the top 27 (Auburn No. 7, Georgia No. 9, LSU No. 13, Ole Miss No. 15, Wisconsin No. 18, Arkansas No. 20, Tennessee No. 25, Mississippi State No. 26 and Texas A&M No. 27).

- See more at: https://alabama.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1787297#sthash.eMMijQQf.dpuf

 

[2Stater]

This is how many ranked teams each plays.

1. OSU -1
2. TCU- 2
3. Bama-9
4 Baylor-2
5. Oregon -4
6. Mich st-2
7. Auburn -7
8. Fsu-2
9. Georgia-5
10. Usc-6
11. Nd -4
12. Clemson -3
13. Lsu-6
14. Ucla-5
15. Ole Miss-6
16. Arz st-4
17. G tech-4
18. Wis -1
19. Ou- 3
20. Ark-8
21. Stan -5
22. Arz- 4
23. Mizz-5
24. Bsu- 0
25. Tenn-5
26. Miss st-7
27. A&M -7

Bama & Arky #1 & 2 for toughest schedule.

 

[OldPlayer]

Preseason polls are a joke.

This :clap:

Too many unknowns, too many guesses, too much "based on last year." It will give a few teams a woody because they can say they are ranked but in reality at least a third of these teams won't be ranked by midseason.

 

[Mr. Pink]

I know these polls are to create conversation and stuff, but I don't think any poll that actually matters should come out until mid season. Let everyone play 6-7 games first, then rank them for the first time.

 

[Gideon Swashbuckler]

Does anyone actually care about preseason polls?
They're like the forwards in books, warnings on cigarettes, or CAD posts...
No one reads them.

 

[alabama mike]

Just hope nd loses every game they play.

 

[OldPlayer]

I know these polls are to create conversation and stuff, but I don't think any poll that actually matters should come out until mid season. Let everyone play 6-7 games first, then rank them for the first time.

If you "eliminated" the polls for the first 6-7 weeks, somebody would come up with a poll to replace the polls. Mock BCS rankings were created prior to the first release and we saw this last year when the playoff rankings were guesstimated before they were released. Every time one of those early rankings came out, the fan bases erupted with joy because their team was ranked in the rankings that didn't count.

 

[PhillyGirl]

@Finebaum: #Alabama's No. 3 ranking in Preseason Coaches Poll is lowest start for Nick Saban since the 2009 season when Bama went 14-0.

 

[CrimsonBoz]

The lower the better for us.

 

[Bammerboy321]

Oregon will implode this year.