AP Top 25 is out.... Time to rant!

Here is the AP Top 25 for the preseason. My thoughts are below.

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Oklahoma (36)	0-0	1464
2	Alabama (17)	0-0	1439
3	Oregon (4)	0-0	1330
4	LSU (1)	0-0	1286
5	Boise State (2)	0-0	1200
6	Florida State	0-0	1168
7	Stanford	0-0	1091
8	Texas A&M	0-0	965
9	Oklahoma State	0-0	955
10	Nebraska	0-0	910
11	Wisconsin	0-0	900
12	South Carolina	0-0	848
13	Virginia Tech	0-0	821
14	TCU	0-0	690
15	Arkansas	0-0	686
16	Notre Dame	0-0	530
17	Michigan State	0-0	519
18	Ohio State	0-0	443
19	Georgia	0-0	369
20	Mississippi State	0-0	361
21	Missouri	0-0	258
22	Florida	0-0	228
23	Auburn	0-0	219
24	West Virginia	0-0	207
25	USC	0-0	160

• Others receiving votes: Texas 114, Penn State 75, Arizona State 67, Miami (FL) 32, Utah 25, Southern Miss 20, Iowa 19, Brigham Young 15, North Carolina State 15, Air Force 14, Houston 13, Pittsburgh 9, Michigan 7, Tennessee 5, UCF 5, NORIL 4, Hawaii 4, Tulsa 3, Arizona 2, Maryland 2, Nevada 1, Northwestern 1, Washington 1

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Some Thoughts:

• Not much beef with the Top 10, though I would contend that Stanford and Nebraska are both a bit high. I'd put both teams in the 10-15 range.
• Oklahoma State may be the 9th best team in the country, but they will never finish there. The Big 12, especially with that round robin schedule, will eat itself up.
• Arkansas might be a bit low at 15... I'd rank the hogs no lower than South Carolina (#12), for sure.
• Notre Dame is way too high. Yes, the Irish did improve over 2010, but there is simply no need to rank them all the way up at #16.
• WHY IS GEORGIA RANKED? I know it's not last year's team, but the last time we saw them, it was losing 10-6 to UCF to finish 6-7 on the year.
• On 8 SEC teams in the top 25... The SEC's good, no doubt. But because the conference is the best doesn't mean that its mediocre teams are the best as well, see Florida, Georgia.
• There is always always an AQ bias in these polls. Even for teams that are now AQ... I'd take Utah over most of the teams immediately ahead of it, especially Texas, Penn State, West Virginia, and Georgia.
• Poor Big East, last of the AQs... when will your time come again? Possibly never, though if you joined with the ACC you could compete with the Mountain West!!!