Moderators Jeff Howe Posted May 4 Moderators Posted May 4 I'd have Texas ahead of Miami for sure, probably Notre Dame and probably Oregon. I think anywhere from No. 3-No. 6 is a fair ranking for the Longhorns. 8 1 Quote
Texas fan in Georgia Posted May 4 Posted May 4 18 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said: I'd have Texas ahead of Miami for sure, probably Notre Dame and probably Oregon. I think anywhere from No. 3-No. 6 is a fair ranking for the Longhorns. I’d also put us in front of Indiana. Anywhere in the top 5 is reasonable, but some teams ahead of us have more question marks IMO. Josh Pate has us at 2 behind ND. 3 Quote
Moderators CJ Vogel Posted May 4 Moderators Posted May 4 Notre Dame appears to be the darling for everyone this offseason. I want to see what Carr can do without the luxury of two 1st round running backs by his side. 7 Quote
Burnt Orange Horn Posted May 4 Posted May 4 Seems like Klatt is developing late concussion protocol symptoms. 3 Quote
Joe Zura Posted May 4 Posted May 4 35 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said: Notre Dame appears to be the darling for everyone this offseason. I want to see what Carr can do without the luxury of two 1st round running backs by his side. To be Fair I could be the QB for them and win them at least 10 games on that soft ass schedule 4 Quote
NothinButDaHorns34 Posted May 4 Posted May 4 A bunch of baseless opinions right now until late august 1 Quote
Austalgia Posted May 4 Posted May 4 (edited) I like Joel Klatt. He is usually pretty fair, and not a natural Texas hater. However, it seems like all the way too earlys are going by postseason rankings last year. And formulating a plan from there. I feel like that thinking has to be revamped in this new age of the transfer portal . Pundits are going ti have to actually do their homework, because these teams are totally different from last years post season. Start over, yes see who is and isn’t coming back, but see who has experienced starts coming in from the portal to counter the losses and complement the talent leftover. Edited May 4 by Austalgia 2 Quote
hookem1014 Posted May 4 Posted May 4 2 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said: Indiana has Josh Hoover at QB. Josh Hoover. Hoover is not a bad QB by any means and Indiana had a solid portal class overall. They won’t be as good as last year but how much can you knock the defending champs? Quote
Alex Butler Posted May 4 Posted May 4 1 hour ago, Jeff Howe said: I'd have Texas ahead of Miami for sure, probably Notre Dame and probably Oregon. I think anywhere from No. 3-No. 6 is a fair ranking for the Longhorns. Is this a joke? @Joe Zura are your ducks paying Joel now too?! 1 Quote
Joe Zura Posted May 4 Posted May 4 2 minutes ago, Alex Butler said: Is this a joke? @Joe Zura are your ducks paying Joel now too?! I mean he works for the big 10 so of course he is going to glaze them the way CJ glazes John Midteer 2 Quote
4thandFive Posted May 4 Posted May 4 Texas should be good enough it won’t matter. Win it all. 1 Quote
Kevin C Posted May 4 Posted May 4 Texas was #1 in most pre-season rankings last season and Mamning was lock for Heisman. 🤪 Much prefer #7 over #1 in all these preseason rankings to start 2026. Let’s show it on field in game 2!! Everything prior to that just noise. Hook em! 🧡🐂🤘🏼 1 Quote
Sanka Decaf Posted May 4 Posted May 4 Will the pollsters have the guts to move teams ahead of ND when those teams beat ranked opponents, or will the pollsters just keep ND where it is because they look the part walloping the inferior opponents that dot their schedule? There are easily 4-5 teams that could have a great record with much better wins . . . but there's only room for 1 ahead of ND based on this early take. Quote
LovingBuckeye Posted May 8 Posted May 8 (edited) Not that anybody here cares, but my T5 would be 1. Ohio State 2. Notre Dame 3. Indiana 4. Texas 5. Oregon I don't buy Georgia at all as a T5 team. Not to anybody's surprise but I think 2-5 are pretty interchangeable, but I think Ohio State is clearly #1 Edited May 8 by LovingBuckeye Quote
LovingBuckeye Posted May 8 Posted May 8 On 5/4/2026 at 2:56 PM, Jonas Peterson said: He has 3 Big 10 teams in his top 4. Fox brown-noser. It's almost like the B1G has been dominating the sport on the field to earn that Quote
LovingBuckeye Posted May 8 Posted May 8 On 5/4/2026 at 2:45 PM, 4thandFive said: Texas should be good enough it won’t matter. Win it all. Right. If Arch takes that next step in his development, it's probably game over for the rest of CFB. I have my doubts Quote
LovingBuckeye Posted May 8 Posted May 8 On 5/4/2026 at 2:37 PM, hookem1014 said: Hoover is not a bad QB by any means and Indiana had a solid portal class overall. They won’t be as good as last year but how much can you knock the defending champs? IU is very much in the conversation for best team in the country. They probably have the #1 WR corp, which pains me to say as a Buckeye, and possibly the top coaching staff in the country. Hoover is going to crush it in Bloomington Quote
Here for the Wins Posted May 8 Posted May 8 9 minutes ago, LovingBuckeye said: Not that anybody here cares, but my T5 would be 1. Ohio State 2. Notre Dame 3. Indiana 4. Texas 5. Oregon I don't buy Georgia at all as a T5 team. Not to anybody's surprise but I think 2-5 are pretty interchangeable, but I think Ohio State is clearly #1 Please elaborate as to why you believe OSU is clearly #1. You’ve lost significant homegrown talent the past two years on the defensive side of the ball. Texas-Ohio State were largely on par last year with Texas elite talent being a year younger. Quote
Brad Kay Posted May 8 Posted May 8 On 5/4/2026 at 1:19 PM, Joe Zura said: To be Fair I could be the QB for them and win them at least 10 games on that soft ass schedule FIFY: To be Fair I could be the QB for them, as long as the OL coach is anyone but Flood, and win them at least 10 games on that soft ass schedule 2 Quote
LovingBuckeye Posted May 8 Posted May 8 4 minutes ago, Here for the Wins said: Please elaborate as to why you believe OSU is clearly #1. You’ve lost significant homegrown talent the past two years on the defensive side of the ball. Texas-Ohio State were largely on par last year with Texas elite talent being a year younger. It's just my opinion, but here are my reasons Offensively - Ohio State returns their Heisman finalist QB. For the first time in four years Ryan Day gets a second year with a QB - Ohio State returns their top two running backs (both were true freshman last season) - Ohio State returns 4/5 starting offensive lineman - Ohio State returns their #1 & #3 wide receivers, which include the best WR in the country - Ohio State is deep at TE - Ohio State has a massive upgrade at offensive coordinator Defensively - This is year 2 in Matt Patricia's scheme - Ohio State's LB room is probably the best unit on the entire team - Ohio State returns their #2 & #3 CB's from last season, and one of their starting safeties - Based on Ohio State (& Larry Johnson's history) the losses on the defensive line don't worry me. They added a lot of talent from the portal - Historically, Ohio State always has a top tier defense Special teams - Ohio State has a special teams coach for the first time in several years, before this, it was just Ryan Day trying to coach special teams - Ohio State added an all conference kicker in the portal. Kicker has been a weak spot for the Buckeyes for what seems like a decade now Quote
Here for the Wins Posted May 8 Posted May 8 6 minutes ago, LovingBuckeye said: It's just my opinion, but here are my reasons Offensively - Ohio State returns their Heisman finalist QB. For the first time in four years Ryan Day gets a second year with a QB - Ohio State returns their top two running backs (both were true freshman last season) - Ohio State returns 4/5 starting offensive lineman - Ohio State returns their #1 & #3 wide receivers, which include the best WR in the country - Ohio State is deep at TE - Ohio State has a massive upgrade at offensive coordinator Defensively - This is year 2 in Matt Patricia's scheme - Ohio State's LB room is probably the best unit on the entire team - Ohio State returns their #2 & #3 CB's from last season, and one of their starting safeties - Based on Ohio State (& Larry Johnson's history) the losses on the defensive line don't worry me. They added a lot of talent from the portal - Historically, Ohio State always has a top tier defense Special teams - Ohio State has a special teams coach for the first time in several years, before this, it was just Ryan Day trying to coach special teams - Ohio State added an all conference kicker in the portal. Kicker has been a weak spot for the Buckeyes for what seems like a decade now I have no idea who you added. You have limited reps returning at LBer from what I can tell. Similar at TE. So you’ll have to enlighten me on the LBs. Seems like limited game reps in the scheme. From my limited look, it seems as though you’ve lost size there too. Sayin should be better, but he shouldn’t have been a Heisman contender. His season will come down to whether teams can pressure him and how he handles it. That’ll be few games in the regular season. You lost 3 of 5 starters in the defensive backfield. Lots of reps walking out the door. I have no doubt you’ll be very good again, but I’m not sold on the clearly. Quote
HonkEm Posted May 8 Posted May 8 On 5/4/2026 at 1:34 PM, Austalgia said: I like Joel Klatt. He is usually pretty fair, and not a natural Texas hater. However, it seems like all the way too earlys are going by postseason rankings last year. And formulating a plan from there. I feel like that thinking has to be revamped in this new age of the transfer portal . Pundits are going ti have to actually do their homework, because these teams are totally different from last years post season. Start over, yes see who is and isn’t coming back, but see who has experienced starts coming in from the portal to counter the losses and complement the talent leftover. Totally agree - these preseason rankings can’t just be “last year’s postseason poll, but shuffled.” That worked before the portal era, but now rosters flip so hard that last year’s finish barely tells you anything. Analysts actually have to dig into who left, who came in, and how many experienced starters were added through the portal. Some teams lose 20 guys and fall off a cliff. Others lose 20 and replace them with 20 dudes who’ve started 30+ games. If you’re not rebuilding your evaluation from scratch every offseason, you’re basically ranking last year’s teams, not this year’s. Quote
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