Wednesday, July 2, 2008

CFB Preseason Ranking Roundup

It's never to early to talk about college football. With 59 days left before the Ducks kickoff the season against the Huskies of UW, lets see who ranks the Ducks and where:

ESPN's Mark Schlabach has the Ducks at #21. He wonders about the QB situation (don't we all). His top 5 are: Georgia, Ohio St., OU, USC, and Florida.

SI's Stewart Mandel has the Ducks at #20. Likes our strong defense.
Top 5: Georgia, Ohio St., USC, Missouri, LSU.

Athlon Sports has the Ducks at #19.
Top 5: Florida, Ohio St., OU, USC, Georgia.

Sporting News' Matt hayes has the Ducks at #14. He had the Ducks at #18 before Spring practice but moved them up four spots after.
Top 5: Georgia, Ohio St., USC, OU, Missouri.

Lindy's Sports has the Ducks at#21. They alert everyone that "Gang Green is back in Eugene".
Top 5: Georgia, USC, Ohio St., OU, Missouri.

Scout.com has the Ducks at #16. They claim there is silver lining to the Dixon injury - Roper got some experience. Hmm, a shot at a National Title and Heisman or freshman QB getting 4 games under his belt?!?
Top 5: Ohio St., Georgia, OU, Florida, USC.

So, you have the Ducks as high as #14 and as low as #21. I'll take that, especially when we don't know who are QB will be. I think this will be an exciting year. Nothing like last year but exciting nonetheless. If we can remain healthy and get whoever is at QB off to a quick start I think we'll surprise a lot of teams.

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