2015 weekly poll thread

[azgreg]

First coaches poll is out.

http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/fo ... ll/2015/1/

1 Ohio State 62
2 TCU 1
3 Alabama 1
4 Baylor
5 Oregon
6 Michigan State
7 Auburn
8 Florida State
9 Georgia
10 USC
11 Notre Dame
12 Clemson
13 LSU
14 UCLA
15 Ole Miss
16 Arizona State
17 Georgia Tech
18 Wisconsin
19 Oklahoma
20 Arkansas
21 Stanford
22 Arizona
23 Missouri
24 Boise State
25 Tennessee

[FightWildcatsFight]

UCLA above Stanford again?

It must kill UCLA that they keep getting ranked ahead of Stanford every year lol.

[ASUHATER!]

Thought we might be ranked a little higher but I'm not surprised. Media seems to be underrating us again. First time we've been ranked preseason since we were #4 in 1999. Only the 10th time we've been ranked preseason (1974, 1975, 1983, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2015)

[RazorsEdgeAZ]

Hate the Amway USAToday coaches poll. IRRELEVANT, imo. Coaches/staff self-serving and often is reflected on how they vote/rank. It's called Amway for a reason $$$$$$$.

OK, my rant over...

[Gilbertcat]

Ranked is Ranked but the coaches poll needs to stop. It doesnt do anything, its not used to declare a national champion, its useless time some grad assistant spent over the weekend.

[azgreg]

http://www.si.com/college-football/2015 ... d=si_ncaaf

1 Ohio State Buckeyes
2 Auburn Tigers
3 TCU Horned Frogs
4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
5 Alabama Crimson Tide
6 Baylor Bears
7 Michigan State Spartans
8 USC Trojans
9 Florida State Seminoles
10 Oregon Ducks
11 Georgia Bulldogs
12 Clemson Tigers
13 Ole Miss Rebels
14 UCLA Bruins
15 Arizona Wildcats
Anu Solomon gained national attention after passing for 3,793 yards (and 28 TDs) as a redshirt freshman in 2014. But his coaches are focused on a different number: 85%, the rate of successful decisions, from deciphering cover­ages to the timing of handoffs, they expect their QB to make. “For me to tell you he was hitting 85—no, not last year,” co-offensive coordinator Rod Smith says. “We under­stood it because of the s­­­---storm he was in as a freshman [starter].”
16 Boise State Broncos
17 Arizona State Sun Devils
18 Stanford Cardinal
19 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
20 Missouri Tigers
21 Oklahoma Sooners
22 Arkansas Razorbacks
23 LSU Tigers
24 Wisconsin Badgers
25 Mississippi State Bulldogs

[Merkin]

Duke 6

Steve Spurrier does vote himself, at least preseason.

[ANGCatFan]

Here is the link to the rest of the SI analysis.

The paragraph above only makes sense if you read the next paragraph:

Anu Solomon gained national attention after passing for 3,793 yards (and 28 touchdowns) as a redshirt freshman in 2014. But his coaches are focused on a different number: 85%, the rate of successful decisions, from deciphering cover­ages to the timing of handoffs, they expect their QB to make. “For me to tell you he was hitting 85—no, not last year,” co–offensive coordinator Rod Smith says. “We under­stood it because of the s­­­---storm he was in as a freshman [starter].”

The 6'2", 205-­pound Solomon watched more film in the off­season; in the spring he had only one or two practices at less than 85%, according to Smith. Solomon’s crisp reads can spring sopho­more tailback Nick Wil­son (1,375 yards in ’14) and junior receiver Cay­leb Jones (73 catches for 1,019 yards), and his confident direction can smooth the assimilation of three new starters on the O­-line.

Better reads with all the skill positions back. If we can find a center and solidify the line this could be something special.