ESPN has just released its Top 25 for NCAA football. Keep in mind this
is only the spring top 25, but if you take a look it is one of the most ridiculous placing of top 25s I have ever seen.
Let me begin:
* There is no way LSU should be ranked higher than USC, especially with USC's incoming class and Mike Williams making a return for the Trojans.
*Oklahoma should not be below Georgia. Oklahoma has their Heisman trophy winner returning as well as other key points to Bob Stoops' offense.
*The next issue I have results in three teams. Utah, Maryland, and Ohio State. Why is Utah ranked ahead of OSU? Ohio State should be ranked lower than Maryland, which they are. They lost 14 players in the draft, and their incoming class isn't one of their strongest they have ever gotten, however it is good. Maryland should be ranked a little higher, I mean they have turned that program around over there so good that they should be competing with the Michigans and Florida States of the collegiate ranks. And Utah, what? They don't even deserve a spot in the top 50.
*Other problems I have with the Spring poll is the setting of : Toledo, Minnesota, and Cal. They shouldn't be in the top 25.
If I had it my way I would put the spring top 25 as follows:
1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. LSU
4. Michigan
5. Maryland
6. Ohio State
7. Miami
8. Florida State
9. Georgia
10. Iowa
11. Texas
12. Purdue
13. Kansas State
14. Florida
15. Tennessee
16. Auburn
17. West Virginia
18. Virginia Tech
19. Nebraska
20. Clemson
21. Louisville
22. Georgia Tech
23. Pittsburg
24. Alabama
25. Washington State
Of course, it is only spring.