Philip Barber Posted yesterday at 10:42 AM Posted yesterday at 10:42 AM Texas will earn its first preseason AP No. 1 ranking in program history Sometimes I’ll come across a stat on Sports Reference that’s so stunning that I have to check 6 different places to verify it. While working on a story about why Texas should not want to be the preseason No. 1 team in the AP Poll — that stems entirely from the fact that the preseason No. 1 failed to win a national title 19 out of the last 20 seasons — I stumbled on something that blew my mind. Texas has never been a preseason No. 1 team in the AP Poll. It’s been close. It was the preseason No. 2 in 2009, 2005, 1970, 1965 and 1962, but since the preseason AP Poll became a thing in 1950, it never held that No. 1 spot entering the season. This year, that finally changes. It was picked to win the SEC, which has been the preamble for the preseason AP No. 1 team each of the last 4 years. Yeah, maybe that’s a bit because of the Arch Manning hype, but a team riding consecutive Playoff semifinal trips that returns a wealth of talent on defense would be worthy of that honor. Well, I suppose recent history suggests it’s a bit more of a dubious honor. First time maybe 3 Quote
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted yesterday at 12:32 PM Moderators Posted yesterday at 12:32 PM I bet AP Poll has Texas starting at No. 2 But I'm also not a better! 2 Quote
alrightalrightalright Posted yesterday at 02:41 PM Posted yesterday at 02:41 PM I’d like Ohio State to be 1 and for us to be 2. Then I can save my phone battery and $8 on WiFi on the flight home as there’ll be no need to speculate what ranking we’ll be going into Week 2 😏🤘🏽 2 Quote
Paul Jespersen Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago The record of preseason #1s who end #1 is very, very poor, fwiw. Something like 1 or 2 teams in 20+ years. I'm too lazy to look it up, but it is significant. Just another door to knock down. 🤘 Quote
Sundancekid Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago 10 out of 65 preseason AP #1s have won it all. Quote
Sundancekid Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago 2 out of the last 20 AP #1s have won it all. USC in 2004 and Alabama in 2017. Quote
Paul Jespersen Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago Just now, Sundancekid said: 2 out of the last 20 AP #1s have won it all. USC in 2004 and Alabama in 2017. This is what I saw as well. 10% isn't a great hit record... 🤘 Quote
Moderators Jeff Howe Posted 22 hours ago Moderators Posted 22 hours ago Texas is No. 1 in the Coaches Poll: Quote
GQ03 Posted 20 hours ago Posted 20 hours ago 3 hours ago, Sundancekid said: 2 out of the last 20 AP #1s have won it all. USC in 2004 and Alabama in 2017. Wasn't Ohio St #1 entering last year? Quote
Jet Jones Posted 17 hours ago Posted 17 hours ago 2 hours ago, GQ03 said: Wasn't Ohio St #1 entering last year? Georgia was #1 and Ohio State was #2 in the preseason AP and Coaches polls last season. The year before Georgia was #1 and Michigan was #2 in both polls. Quote
GQ03 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 12 hours ago, Jet Jones said: Georgia was #1 and Ohio State was #2 in the preseason AP and Coaches polls last season. The year before Georgia was #1 and Michigan was #2 in both polls. I knew about the year before but I thought Ohio St was #1 last year given all the guys that turned down the draft to return plus the portal additions. They were most everyone's pick to win it last pre-season. Quote
cochamps Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago The "never" thing is a little misleading. In the way back machine, the two polls were AP and UPI - so UPI not Coaches. I think we would've been first in both those polls in 1970 Quote
Drunk randoke Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago (edited) https://youtu.be/d-hDl6OALv4?si=ic3Z-fC6hRf3NVlF Edited 2 hours ago by Drunk randoke Quote
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