2015 Pre-Season Coaches Poll (ND #11)

[Sherm Sticky]

Seems some ND fans are unhappy with ND's preseason #11 ranking as we have a new QB. Game day did a segment on newbie QBs, New Guy Under Center, 9 of the Top 25 teams have newbies. ND seems to have a lot of company.



ND actually has two, one in South Bend and one in Tallahassee. For all the laments last year, Golson is once QB for a Top 10 team.



New QBs

9 UGA

10 FSU

11 ND

13 UCLA

14 LSU

15 ASU

17 MISS

19 OU

23 BSU

I believe it's 13 of the top 25. Off the top of my head you have left of Alabama and Oregon.


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[Crazy Balki]

I agree with you, but another angle I would be curious about:

ND beats Clemson and USC, but drops one to Georgia Tech, finishes 11-1.

USC and Clemson both finish 12-1 conference champions, in addition to an undefeated Ohio State and Baylor.

Who gets left out?

Definitely Clemson. USC's SOS is much stronger, and given USC's one loss is to us, they'd have a resume that consists of beating Arizona, Arizona State, UCLA, Oregon, Utah and Stanford. That's incredibly impressive. Whereas, Clemson would have wins over Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville and maybe South Carolina, not as impressive.

 

[Crazy Balki]

I believe it's 13 of the top 25. Off the top of my head you have left of Alabama and Oregon.


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Auburn and Baylor as well.

 

[BGIF]

I believe it's 13 of the top 25. Off the top of my head you have left of Alabama and Oregon.


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Could be. The list I posted was from a Gameday Graphic that I copied while the DVR was on pause. I though I heard Bama having a new QB when they broke down the team. I also thought Mariota was gone but their graphic only had those teams I listed.