ESPN's Greg McElroy breaks down his top 10

[Gerry Hamilton]

Texas No. 7

 

[Joe Z]

Gerry off topic you still hacked on twitter 

[Tom Herman]

Dont get me wrong, id much rather be in this position for our preseason rankings compared to being #1, but this team just seems better on paper compared to last years team that was preseason #1. Idk if the media are just hedging and not wanting to overrate Texas like last year, but im just kinda suprised that we're this low for some of these media types (McElroy, Klatt, etc.). Also, his bama homerism definitly coming out with having them at #8

[GoHorns1]

I don’t pay attention to preseason polls. 

[cmk4pres]

Coached him at SLC. Overly analytical 

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

Texas is being dinged for last year. They are better than 7 and will prove that. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

11 hours ago, Joe Zura said:

Gerry off topic you still hacked on twitter 

lol Apparently it will take weeks to fix 

I may make move to IG much more

[Jerry K]

I'm not a fan of preseason polls but this is where I feel the Horns should be ranked. There's a number of areas they obviously need to improve in and took steps to make those improvements but they still have to do it. And I can't say it enough- the schedule is brutal! 

[alrightalrightalright]

Joel Klatt has us 7 too. That’s fine, we’ll prove em wrong.

[Hornio]

We deserve to be at 7 after last year.  Arch inaccuracy, Florida loss, Kentucky OT, Miss St OT, Vanderbilt close win.....it was an ugly season last year for a preseason #1.  Make us prove it

[Texasborn91]

Who gives a $hit. We will find out soon enough. 

[Sanka Decaf]

I thought his reasoning was fine.  He's right, it's a brutal schedule and a lot has to go right just to survive that schedule, particularly the long stretch of games without a bye. For a number of teams, he said essentially the same thing "they could win it all . . ."  

but, I also agree - who cares. This ranking, whether 1 or 7 or unranked, isn't going to help us win any actual games and doesn't matter.  If we're undefeated when we get to the first CFP ranking, this takes care of itself.