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I did a little checking about pre-season prediction from 2002 to 2007and what the final standing was at the end of the season. Of the top 10 teams in the AP polls almost 5 teams on average dropped out of the top 10 and on average 2 of those 5 completely drop out of the top 25 AP poll rankings. The minimum number that dropped out of the top 10 in any one of the given years was 4. Based off Athlon sports magazine, Lindsay magazine, and ESPN.com here are the top 10 teams of the season so far. Actually I've listed 11 because they all agreed on the top 8, in no particular order below, but did have a 100% consensus for 9 & 10
Ohio, Oklahoma, Georgia, USC, Florida, Missouri, Clemson, West Virginia (Top 8) Auburn, Texas, & LSU (For position 9 & 10)
Here is the challenge. What teams do you think will drop out of the top 10, pick a minimum of 4. Do you think any of them will end up unranked? Just an FYI there was only 1 season in the last 6 that all the teams that dropped out of the top 10 stayed in the top 25. All other season had a least 1 go unranked and 1 season had 4 go unranked.
On the flip side by the end of the season there have always been at least 2 unranked teams end up in the top 10. Some seasons had 3 for an average of 2.5 per season. Here are the remaining 14 teams to round out the top 25 in no particular order.
Texas Tech, Wisconson, BYU, Arizona St, Kansas, Tennesse, Illinois, Wake Forest, Fresno St, Oregon, Virgina Tech(2 votes), Pittsburg(2 votes), South Florida(2 votes), Penn State(2 votes)
Who do you think will rise from the obscurity of the sub 25 rankings and make it into the top 10, minimum 2 teams?
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