ESPN reporter releases AP Top 25 ballot-espn

kyallie · Aug 19, 2015

That ought to be some real motivation for Bama!

ESPN reporter releases AP Top 25 ballot-espn via bol

The first Associated Press Top 25 poll for the 2015 college football season is released at 2 p.m. (ET) Sunday, but ESPN's Brett McMurphy released his personal ballot Thursday morning via Twitter.
Here's how McMurphy, who cautioned his picks were based on entering this season and not a prediction of how the teams will finish, ranked them:

kyallie · Aug 19, 2015

SDS is closer to the mark. Any time the barn is ranked in front of us I'm steamed...wait Gus said he could've put 60 on us. It'll be out Sunday at 2:00, then mercifully the season will finally start in 10 days or so.

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Projecting the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll-sds

crimsonaudio · Aug 19, 2015

Here's how McMurphy, who cautioned his picks were based on entering this season and not a prediction of how the teams will finish, ranked them

Perhaps the most ridiculous concept in all of sports...

kyallie · Aug 19, 2015

Agreed, these lists ared the bane of off/pre season. SMH.

colbysullivan · Aug 19, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
Perhaps the most ridiculous concept in all of sports...

Seriously. If anyone actually believes there are EIGHT teams better than Bama, then I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Matt0424 · Aug 19, 2015

I'm not really that upset with this. It's one person's opinion. If you look at it completely from an outside point of view, we are returning a very small percentage of our offense, starting a new QB, are putting together a new o-line, and had bad secondary play last year.

I could see someone ranking us anywhere in the top ten, and being able to give a reason.

Now I think most of us are in tune enough to know we're in better shape than a lot think, so it seems skewed against us. I don't see it that way though.

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B1GTide · Aug 19, 2015

I have no idea who this guy is, so really don't care about his opinion. Frankly, a whole lot of posters on this board have a lot more credibility with me than some random ESPN analyst.

rolltideface · Aug 19, 2015

Yeah- the guy has zero to lose with this Top 25...nobody is held accountable for these stupid things anyway. Here's mine:
1. Alabama
2. UGA
3. Ole Miss
4. Arkansas
5. Ohio State

RTR91 · Aug 19, 2015

B1GTide said:
I have no idea who this guy is, so really don't care about his opinion. Frankly, a whole lot of posters on this board have a lot more credibility with me than some random ESPN analyst.

Brett McMurphy is one of, if not the, top ESPN college football reporter.

B1GTide · Aug 19, 2015

RTR91 said:
Brett McMurphy is one of, if not the, top ESPN college football reporter.

Sorry, says who? I have never heard of him before. He does not appear on any of their college football programing. I had to do a google search to even see what he looks like. He is older, but he is absolutely not anywhere near their top college football "reporter".

GrayTide · Aug 19, 2015

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...-to-live-up-to-hype-in-2015/ar-BBlSZnm#page=4

USA Today thinks the same.

dvil doc · Aug 19, 2015

I like the other B. Mc. Britt McHenry.

Alasippi · Aug 19, 2015

I love the stupidity of the media. I think this may be the best Bama team since 66.
We'll see. I'm too busy to debate it. Just my opinion, and let's see what happens.
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CrimsonForce · Aug 19, 2015

What does the AP poll or the coaches poll matter with the playoff committee? Other than for conjecture..

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Redwood Forrest · Aug 19, 2015

crimsonaudio said:
Perhaps the most ridiculous concept in all of sports...

I don't understand that concept at all. Why rank teams how they start? Isn't the whole object to make the CFB playoff?

his picks were based on entering this season

Vandy enters the season undefeated so I guess I will rank them number one.

deliveryman35 · Aug 19, 2015

I'd rank us at 4th preseason--behind the barn. That says I think we'll be pretty darn good, but I'm not sold on us being the best either. I think both the Wisconsin and Ole Miss games could be very tough.

dadleyblane5 · Aug 20, 2015

"Yawn"

92tide · Aug 20, 2015

deliveryman35 said:
I'd rank us at 4th preseason--behind the barn.

and i don't think anyone here is the least bit surprised

teamplayer · Aug 20, 2015

Why do some of y'all get so upset about polls. Personally, I like the polls because I like to see different opinions of who the better teams will be for the upcoming season. Do they mean anything? They do to me. They mean it is getting close to time for the teams to hit the fields and find out who is best. If you don't like polls, though, the solution is simple- don't read them. Besides, is it really an insult to put a team with only nine returning starters in the top ten? It doesn't insult me because I also think we have several question marks. I think we have talented kids who are ready to step-up and answer those questions, but until they do, being ranked number eight doesn't feel like an insult to me. Roll Tide!

capnfrog · Aug 20, 2015

deliveryman35 said:
I'd rank us at 4th preseason--behind the barn. That says I think we'll be pretty darn good, but I'm not sold on us being the best either. I think both the Wisconsin and Ole Miss games could be very tough.

and Ga. and TN. and LSU and Albarn. Go half steppin in on any of them and see what happens.

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