2008 Preseason Rankings

These numbers are still somewhat preliminary. Some pieces of information I had a hard time tracking down, so I made educated guesses as necessary. These numbers may change slightly, but I wouldn't expect to see many position changes at this point as most of the major components have been accounted for already.

Rank	Score	Team	Previous Rank	Rank Change
1	1.000000	Kansas	1	0
2	0.938313	LSU	2	0
3	0.930843	Missouri	4	1
4	0.927229	Ohio State	7	3
5	0.864458	Georgia	9	4
6	0.863133	USC	6	0
7	0.848675	Oklahoma	8	1
8	0.832048	BYU	10	2
9	0.812289	Cinncinati	12	3
10	0.799518	West Virginia	3	-7
11	0.778554	Boise State	14	3
12	0.774940	Virginia Tech	11	-1
13	0.773494	Boston College	13	0
14	0.765060	Florida	17	3
14	0.765060	Clemson	18	4
16	0.762892	Arizona State	16	0
17	0.759759	Hawaii	5	-12
18	0.749880	South Florida	20	2
19	0.746988	Oregon	19	0
20	0.746747	Texas	15	-5
21	0.744578	Texas Tech	21	0
22	0.733976	Penn State	22	0
23	0.721084	Tennessee	24	1
24	0.713494	Utah	23	-1
25	0.708434	Tulsa	26	1
26	0.707470	Connecticut	28	2
27	0.703614	UCF	25	-2
28	0.700602	Auburn	29	1
29	0.682169	Wisconsin	34	5
30	0.678072	Wake Forest	33	3
31	0.670843	Air Force	27	-4
32	0.668675	Oregon State	30	-2
33	0.665783	Illinois	32	-1
34	0.658313	Troy	36	2
35	0.650602	New Mexico	35	0
36	0.644337	Rutgers	39	3
37	0.636145	Virginia	37	0
38	0.627470	Fresno State	40	2
39	0.623133	Kentucky	41	2
40	0.615663	Florida Atlantic	45	5
41	0.612048	Purdue	42	1
42	0.608434	East Carolina	46	4
43	0.600000	TCU	44	1
44	0.583133	Western Kentucky	47	3
45	0.574337	Michigan State	48	3
46	0.568193	Alabama	49	3
47	0.567470	Ball State	51	4
48	0.566024	Mississippi State	50	2
49	0.562410	Michigan	31	-18
50	0.560241	Bowling Green	54	4
51	0.556627	Oklahoma State	53	2
52	0.551205	Arkansas	38	-14
53	0.547108	Houston	43	-10
54	0.545060	Navy	52	-2
54	0.545060	Florida State	57	3
56	0.543133	California	58	2
57	0.537108	Central Michigan	59	2
58	0.534940	Louisville	60	2
59	0.525060	Indiana	62	3
60	0.519518	Texas A&M	55	-5
61	0.514699	Georgia Tech	56	-5
62	0.511325	Southern Miss	61	-1
63	0.506024	Memphis	63	0
64	0.493976	UCLA	67	3
65	0.491084	Maryland	66	1
66	0.485301	Iowa	65	-1
67	0.484819	South Carolina	64	-3
68	0.471325	Washington State	77	9
69	0.465542	Nebraska	84	15
70	0.459036	Kansas State	69	-1
71	0.458434	Nevada	68	-3
72	0.457831	Colorado	72	0
73	0.456627	Louisiana Monroe	71	-2
74	0.455422	Ohio	70	-4
75	0.446747	Arizona	74	-1
76	0.445301	Northwestern	73	-3
77	0.432771	Vanderbilt	76	-1
78	0.424096	Pittsburgh	75	-3
79	0.420120	Colorado State	99	20
80	0.414458	Middle Tennessee State	79	-1
81	0.412048	Arkansas State	80	-1
82	0.408434	Miami (Ohio)	78	-4
83	0.405301	San Jose State	83	0
84	0.401928	Miami	86	2
85	0.397349	Toledo	81	-4
86	0.395422	Mississippi	101	15
87	0.385422	Western Michigan	82	-5
88	0.379157	Wyoming	87	-1
89	0.375904	Buffalo	85	-4
90	0.374940	Baylor	110	20
91	0.371084	North Carolina State	89	-2
92	0.361446	Louisiana Tech	88	-4
93	0.340120	UTEP	90	-3
94	0.339036	Washington	92	-2
95	0.338072	SMU	116	21
96	0.334337	San Diego State	95	-1
97	0.318072	Northern Illinois	115	18
98	0.315181	North Carolina	91	-7
99	0.313735	Tulane	94	-5
100	0.311446	Eastern Michigan	93	-7
101	0.303614	Stanford	96	-5
102	0.298795	Duke	119	17
103	0.298554	Akron	97	-6
104	0.258072	Temple	98	-6
105	0.246024	New Mexico State	100	-5
106	0.236145	Louisiana Lafayette	103	-3
107	0.235663	Army	109	2
108	0.229398	Iowa State	105	-3
109	0.226024	Notre Dame	102	-7
110	0.222651	Marshall	104	-6
111	0.220482	UNLV	108	-3
112	0.219277	Kent State	106	-6
113	0.191566	Rice	107	-6
114	0.136024	Utah State	111	-3
115	0.135181	North Texas	112	-3
116	0.120723	Syracuse	114	-2
117	0.101928	UAB	113	-4
118	0.070843	Minnesota	117	-1
119	0.050120	Idaho	118	-1
120	0.000000	Florida International	120	0

I can almost taste the tailgating

It's August 1st, and you know what that means! That's right, it means I need to start seriously thinking about what to get my wife for her birthday. Almost as important however, is the fact that a new season of college football kicks off in just about 4 weeks. I'm about halfway through the preseason rankings and I hope to finish those up by the middle of the month for everyone to enjoy and speculate on. In case you're curious, preliminary estimates look like Kansas is going to be #1. So go cash in your tax rebate stimulus check on a bigger TV, call your cable/satellite provide and order Gameplan, make a Costco run for a season's worth of nacho cheese, and start trying to decide whether Kansas can pull a Florida and whether defending I-AA threepeat champion Appy State can shock the world again when they head into Tiger Stadium to face I-A champion LSU to open the season.