Which Coach gave TEXAS a 1st place vote?? Is someone trolling...

Others receiving votes:
Iowa 248, Penn State 246, Tennessee 163, BYU 152, LSU 143, Auburn 98, UCF 55, North Carolina 34, San Diego State 25, Fresno State 21, Mississippi State 19, Florida 17, Air Force 12, Utah State 12, Appalachian State 10, Boise State 10, UCLA 10, Minnesota 6, South Carolina 5, Kansas State 4, Army 3, Iowa State 3, SMU 2, Purdue 2, Coastal Carolina 2, Louisiana 2, Oregon State 2, UTSA 1, Louisville 1, Florida State 1

Jack Bauer said:

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Which Coach gave TEXAS a 1st place vote?? Is someone trolling...

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It's hilarious - but extremely unsurprising - to me that Texas is even ranked considering they're a 5-win team with no proven QB, a defense ranked in the triple digits and one of the worst O-lines in the conference.

parch said:

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Jack Bauer said:

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Which Coach gave TEXAS a 1st place vote?? Is someone trolling...

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It's hilarious - but extremely unsurprising - to me that Texas is even ranked considering they're a 5-win team with no proven QB, a defense ranked in the triple digits and one of the worst O-lines in the conference.

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Texas - "we're not entitled"

Also, Texas - 5-7 team ranked #18 in pre-season poll with a 1st place vote.

For what it's worth, Mandel took exception to both OU and UT's rankings.

No. 9 Oklahoma
I did not include the Sooners in my early Top 25. Maybe that's an overreaction, but few programs have undergone so much change in the span of a year, starting with Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams' relocations to SoCal and the arrival of a first-time head coach in Venables. UCF transfer quarterback Dillon Gabriel was a big pickup, but the Sooners still saw at least 15 key players from 2021 either turn pro or transfer.

No. 18 Texas
Are you serious, coaches? Are you in on the joke perhaps? One of you even gave the Longhorns, 5-7 last season, a first-place vote. Yes, they have stars Bijan Robinson and Xavier Worthy, but you're still placing a whole lot of confidence in much-touted quarterback Quinn Ewers, who's yet to throw a college pass, an O-line that may start two freshman tackles and a defense that ranked 102nd last season.

I figured BYU would be ranked

Figure Wilner did this

First place votes received in preseason USA Today coaches poll:

Alabama 64
Georgia 6
Ohio State 5
Texas 1

Coaches' ballots are not made public until the final poll released after @CFBPlayoff

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 8, 2022

gobears20 said:

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Figure Wilner did this

First place votes received in preseason USA Today coaches poll:

Alabama 64
Georgia 6
Ohio State 5
Texas 1

Coaches' ballots are not made public until the final poll released after @CFBPlayoff

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 8, 2022

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Coaches, not media.

I'm gonna guess some G5 coach is sucking up for a job at UT??

The USA TODAY Sports AFCA Board of Coaches is 66 head coaches at Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. The board for the 2022 season:

Tom Albin, Ohio;
Tom Allen, Indiana;
Blake Anderson, Utah State;
Marcus Arroyo, UNLV;
Dino Babers, Syracuse;
Mike Bloomgren, Rice;
Brent Brennan, San Jose State;
Neal Brown, West Virginia;
Troy Calhoun, Air Force;
Jamey Chadwell, Coastal Carolina;
Paul Chryst, Wisconsin;
Dave Clawson, Wake Forest;
Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech;
Kalen DeBoer, Washington;
Jake Dickert, Washington State;
Dana Dimel, Texas-El Paso;
Dave Doeren, North Carolina State;
Stan Drayton, Temple;
Sonny Dykes, TCU;
Herm Edwards, Arizona State;
Mike Elko, Duke;
Luke Fickell, Cincinnati;
Jedd Fisch, Arizona;
Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern;
James Franklin, Penn State;
Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame;
Hugh Freeze, Liberty;
Willie Fritz, Tulane;
Scott Frost, Nebraska;
Danny Gonzales, New Mexico;
Jeff Hafley, Boston College;
Will Hall, Southern Mississippi;
Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois;
Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky;
Brady Hoke, San Diego State;
Dana Holgorsen; Houston;
Butch Jones, Arkansas State;
Chris Klieman, Kansas State;
Rhett Lashlee, SMU;
Lance Leipold, Kansas;
Tim Lester, Western Michigan;
Sean Lewis, Kent State;
Mike Locksley, Maryland;
Mike MacIntyre, Florida International;
Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio);
Joey McGuire, Texas Tech;
Jeff Monken, Army;
Joe Moorhead, Akron;
Jim Mora, Connecticut;
Billy Napier, Florida;
Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh;
Ken Niumatalolo, Navy;
Sam Pittman, Arkansas;
Brent Pry, Virginia Tech;
Nick Saban, Alabama;
Scott Satterfield, Louisville;
Greg Schiano, Rutgers;
Kirby Smart, Georgia; J
ake Spavital, Texas State;
Rick Stockstill, Middle Tennessee;
Jon Sumrall, Troy;
Jeff Tedford, Fresno State;
Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio;
Mel Tucker, Michigan State;
Kyle Whittingham, Utah,
Ken Wilson, Nevada.

My bad lol

I guarantee you we just spent more time blathering about this poll than any one single head coach did while considering his ballot.

These things usually get handed to a student assistant to fill out.

gobears20 said:

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I figured BYU would be ranked

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Losing to UAB in a minor bowl game to end the season probably didn't help.

I bet it was Nick Sabin who gave UT the vote.... LOL

Perfect world.....UT and OU both finish with losing records and the B12 decides to kick them out a year early for the SEC...

Starting the season in 10th place is a solid for CDA's program and the respect it has earned.

We Baylor fans recognize that this year's team has a ton of potential but also a ton of question marks. And footballs take funny bounces.

However this season may end, it begins with widespread respect. And respect survives whether you win or lose.

I'm happy about that.

BluesBear said:

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I bet it was Nick Sabin who gave UT the vote.... LOL

Perfect world.....UT and OU both finish with losing records and the B12 decides to kick them out a year early for the SEC...

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In a perfect world the BIG XII would make them all road games until they leave.

So the Big 12 voters are represented by:

WVU
Kansas
K State
Texas Tech
TCU

I noticed that too. At least Sark isn't there. Except for the Texas absence, it's essentially the bottom half of the conference. Very strange.

Who decides who votes for this thing & what criteria is used? Or is there any established criteria and whatever grad assistant that is assigned picks names out of thin air.

Way too heavy on the blue bloods, especially at the top. As usual, the Cows & Ags are way too high. One more example of a preseason poll that is meaningless.

Maybe Lance Leipold voted UT #1 so they can get extra recruiting momentum when KU beats them

tomiathon said:

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Maybe Lance Leipold voted UT #1 so they can get extra recruiting momentum when KU beats them

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I love this take

These new updates are wild pic.twitter.com/cEL2mlURb6

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