Loading ...Enough with all the preseason magazine powder-puff polls that don’t mean anything.
It’s time for the real polls to come out. And since the coaches’ poll is one-third of the equation that gives us the BCS, it’s probably a tad more important than the AP poll.
For the second straight year, Cal is ranked No. 12 in the first coaches’ poll of the year.
And again, the Bears will head into their season-opener ranked higher than Tennessee, which garnered enough votes to earn them No. 15. But by no means is Cal the favorite to beat the Vols on Sept. 1.
And hey, it looks like Athlon Sports got the Bears’ ranking sort of right. Athlon ranked Cal No. 11 in its preseason poll.
Of course USC was ranked No. 1, but the Trojans were not a consensus pick. USC only received 45 of the 60 first-place votes. No. 2 LSU received four first-place votes, No. 3 Florida got nine first-place votes and No. 5 Michigan was able to muster two first-place votes.
And yes, EA Sports was almost right with UCLA’s No. 19 ranking in NCAA Football ’08. The Bruins—on the laurels of their desperate win over USC last year—are ranked No. 17 by the coaches.
Image Source: Ben Gallup, Daily Cal
Cal Begins Season Ranked No. 12 According to ESPN/USA Today Preseason Coaches’ Poll [Cal Bears]
2007 NCAA Football Rankings – Preseason [ESPN]
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