My "Not Ready for Primetime" Football Rankings (2023)

[BamaDude]

Had planned to do this before the season started, but didn't get around to it. For what its worth, the only FB score that I am aware of is from the Notre Dame-Navy game.

1. Georgia
2. Michigan
3. Ohio St.
4. Alabama
5. Tennessee
6. Clemson
7. Penn St.
8. Texas A&M
9. USC
10. Florida St.
11. LSU
12. Texas
13. Washington
14. Oregon
15. Tulane
16. South Alabama
17. Kansas St.
18. TCU
19. Illinois
20. Utah
21. Oregon St.
22. Notre Dame
23. Ole Miss
24. UTSA
25. Fresno St.

That's my almost-but-not-quite pre-season rankings.

 

[jarntt]

 

[MHSL82]

After the recovery, he should have just gone down and trust the kneel down. I hadn’t seen this game or highlight, so I kind of felt that he might fumble and Michigan return it and that’s why it’s a highlight. But of course he just gets tackled.

 

[BamaDude]

Updated Rankings after Week 1:

1. Georgia (1-0) beat UT-Martin 48-7
2. Michigan (1-0) beat East Carolina 30-3
3. Ohio St. (1-0) beat Indiana 23-3
4. Alabama (1-0) beat MTSU 56-7
5. Tennessee (1-0) beat Virginia 49-13
6. Penn St. (1-0) beat West Virginia 38-15 (+1)
7. FSU (1-0) beat LSU 45-24 (+3)
8. Texas A&M (1-0) beat New Mexico 52-10
9. USC (2-0) beat San Jose St. 56-28, beat Nevada 66-14
10. Washington (1-0) beat Boise St. 56-19 (+3)
11. Oregon (1-0) beat Portland St. 81-7 (+3)
12. Texas (1-0) beat Rice 37-10
13. Tulane (1-0) beat South Alabama 37-17 (+2)
14. LSU (0-1) lost to FSU 45-24 (-3)
15. Duke (1-0) beat Clemson 28-7 (New!)
16. Kansas St. (1-0) beat SEMO 45-0 (+1)
17. Utah (1-0) beat Florida 24-11 (+3)
18. Clemson (0-1) lost to Duke 28-7 (-12)
19. Oregon St. (1-0) beat San Jose St. 42-17 (+2)
20. Illinois (1-0) beat Toledo 30-28 (-1)
21. Notre Dame (2-0) beat Navy 42-3, beat Tennessee St. 56-3 (+1)
22. Ole Miss (1-0) beat Mercer 73-7 (+1)
23. North Carolina (1-0) beat South Carolina 31-17 (New!)
24. Fresno St. (1-0) beat Purdue 39-35 (+1)
25. South Alabama (0-1) lost to Tulane 37-17 (-9)

Dropped out: TCU (0-1) (was 18th) lost to Colorado 45-42; UTSA (0-1) (was 24th) lost to Houston 17-14.

 

[socaljim242]

I'm a USC fan mind you. How do you have Clemson and LSU three and six spots above Notre Dame? lol. Thats crazy.

 

[jwolt92]

Holy fuckin SEC Homerism. Get real with these rankings

 

[thunderc]

S Alabama stays in the top 25? Wait a minute, you had them ranked in the first place? No OU? What a dumbass.

 

[BamaDude]

Rankings after Week 2:

1. Georgia (2-0) beat Ball St. 45-3
2. Michigan (2-0) beat UNLV 35-7
3. Ohio St. (2-0) beat Youngstown St. 35-7
4. FSU (2-0) beat Southern Miss 66-13 +3
5. Penn St. (2-0) beat Delaware 63-7 +1
6. Tennessee (2-0) beat Austin Peay 30-13 -1
7. Texas (2-0) beat Alabama 34-24 +5
8. USC (3-0) beat Stanford 56-10 +1
9. Alabama (1-1) lost to Texas 34-24 -5
10. Washington (2-0) beat Tulsa 43-10
11. Oregon (2-0) beat Texas Tech 38-30
12. Duke (2-0) beat Lafayette 42-7 +3
13. Kansas St. (2-0) beat Troy 42-13 +3
14. Oregon St. (2-0) beat UC-Davis 55-7 +5
15. Miami (FL) (2-0) beat Texas A&M 48-33 (new)
16. LSU (1-1) beat Grambling 72-10 -2
17. Utah (2-0) beat Baylor 20-13
18. Ole Miss (2-0) beat Tulane 37-20 +4
19. Clemson (1-1) beat Charleston-Southern 66-17 -1
20. Texas A&M (1-1) lost to Miami (FL) 48-33 -12
21. Notre Dame (3-0) beat N.C. State 45-24
22. Tulane (1-1) lost to Ole Miss 37-20 -9
23. North Carolina (2-0) beat Appalachian St. 40-34 in 2 OT
24. Kansas (2-0) beat Illinois 34-23 (new)
25. Colorado (2-0) beat Nebraska 36-24 (new)

Dropped out: Illinois (1-1) lost to Kansas 34-23 (was #19); Fresno St. (2-0) beat Eastern Washington 34-31 in 2 OT (was #24); South Alabama (1-1) beat Southeast Louisiana 35-17 (was #25)

 

[thunderc]

Fn hilarious honestly

 

[BamaDude]

Rankings after Week 3:

1. Georgia (3-0) beat South Carolina 24-14
2. Michigan (3-0) beat Bowling Green 31-6
3. Ohio St. (3-0) beat Western Kentucky 63-10
4. Penn St. (3-0) beat Illinois 30-13 +1
5. FSU (3-0) beat Boston College 31-29 -1
6. Texas (3-0) beat Wyoming 31-10 +1
7. Washington (3-0) beat Michigan St. 41-7 +3
8. USC (3-0) did not play
9. Oregon (3-0) beat Hawaii 55-10 +2
10. Duke (3-0) beat Northwestern 38-14 +2
11. Oregon St. (3-0) beat San Diego St. 26-9 +3
12. Miami (FL) (3-0) beat Bethune-Cookman 48-7
13. Alabama (2-1) beat South Florida 17-3 -4
14. LSU (2-1) beat Mississippi St. 41-14 +2
15. Utah (3-0) beat Weber St. 31-7 +2
16. Tennessee (2-1) lost to Florida 29-16 -10
17. Ole Miss (3-0) beat Georgia Tech 48-23 +1
18. Notre Dame (4-0) beat Central Michigan 41-17 +3
19. Clemson (2-1) beat FAU 48-14
20. Texas A&M (2-1) beat Louisiana-Monroe 47-3
21. North Carolina (3-0) beat Minnesota 31-13 +2
22. Tulane (2-1) beat Southern Miss 21-3
23. Colorado (3-0) beat Colorado St. 43-35 in 2 OT +2
24. Washington St. (3-0) beat Northern Colorado 64-21 (new)
25. Kansas (3-0) beat Nevada 31-24 -1

Dropped out: Kansas St. (2-1) lost to Missouri 30-27 (was #13).

 

[fightinfunbags]

Why is Alabama even ranked? They lost to the only good team they’ve played. Their offense is retarded. They were in a dog fight with slop in S Florida.

 

[thunderc]

OU would be favored on the road against half these teams lol

 

[Clayton]

Why is Alabama even ranked? They lost to the only good team they’ve played. Their offense is retarded. They were in a dog fight with slop in S Florida.

Seems like more of an upside ranking than anything. Unfortunately thats pretty consistent with the mainstream rankings.

Mizzou beat Kansas St and the only thing it did was cause Kansas St to plummet down the rankings. Kinda funny.

 

[BamaDude]

Updated rankings after Week 4:

1. Georgia (4-0) beat UAB 49-21
2. Michigan (4-0) beat Rutgers 31-7
3. Ohio St. (4-0) beat Notre Dame 17-14
4. Penn State (4-0) beat Iowa 31-0
5. Florida St. (4-0) beat Clemson 31-24 in OT
6. Texas (4-0) beat Baylor 38-6
7. Washington (4-0) beat California 59-32
8. Oregon (4-0) beat Colorado 42-6 +1
9. USC (4-0) beat Arizona St. 42-28 -1
10. Duke (4-0) beat UConn 41-7
11. Miami (FL) (4-0) beat Temple 41-7 +1
12. Alabama (3-1) beat Ole Miss 24-10 +1
13. LSU (3-1) beat Arkansas 34-31 +1
14. Utah (4-0) beat UCLA 14-7 +1
15. Tennessee (3-1) beat UTSA 45-14 +1
16. Texas A&M (3-1) beat Auburn 27-10 +4
17. North Carolina (4-0) beat Pittsburgh 41-24 +4
18. Washington St. (4-0) beat Oregon St. 38-35 +6
19. Notre Dame (4-1) lost to Ohio St. 17-14 -1
20. Oregon St. (3-1) lost to Washington St. 38-35 -9
21. Ole Miss (3-1) lost to Alabama 24-10 -4
22. Tulane (3-1) beat Nicholls St. 36-7
23. Kansas (4-0) beat BYU 38-27 +2
24. Maryland (4-0) beat Michigan St. 31-9 (New)
25. Oklahoma (4-0) beat Cincinnati 20-6 (New)

Dropped out: Clemson (2-2) lost to Florida St. 31-24 in OT (was #19):
Colorado (3-1) lost to Oregon 42-6 (was #23)

 

[Clayton]

Why is Tennessee up at 15?

 

[BamaDude]

Rankings after Week 5:

1. Michigan (5-0) beat Nebraska 41-7 +1
2. Georgia (5-0) beat Auburn 27-20 -1
3. Penn St. (5-0) beat Northwestern 41-13 +1
4. Ohio St. (4-0) did not play -1
5. Texas (5-0) beat Kansas 40-14 +1
6. Florida St. (4-0) did not play -1
7. Oregon (5-0) beat Stanford 42-6 +1
8. Miami (FL) (4-0) did not play +3
9. USC (5-0) beat Colorado 48-41
10. Washington (5-0) beat Arizona 31-24 -3
11. Alabama (4-1) beat Mississippi 40-17 +1
12. Washington St. (4-0) did not play +6
13. Notre Dame (5-1) beat Duke 21-14 +6
14. Oregon St. (4-1) beat Utah 21-7 +6
15. Duke (4-1) lost to Notre Dame 21-14 -5
16. Texas A&M (4-1) beat Arkansas 34-22
17. North Carolina (4-0) did not play
18. Utah (4-1) lost to Oregon St. 21-7 -4
19. Ole Miss (4-1) beat LSU 55-49 +2
20. Tennessee (4-1) beat South Carolina 41-20 -5
21. Kentucky (5-0) beat Florida 33-14 (New)
22. Tulane (4-1) beat UAB 35-23
23. Maryland (5-0) beat Indiana 44-17 +1
24. Oklahoma (5-0) beat Iowa St. 50-20 +1
25. Louisville (5-0) beat North Carolina St. 13-10 (New)

Dropped out: LSU (3-2) lost to Ole Miss 55-49 (was #13),
Kansas (4-1) lost to Texas 40-14 (was #23).

NOTE: I will be on vacation next week & may not post an update.

 

[jwolt92]

NOTE: I will be on vacation next week & may not post an update.

That's probably the best thing for this thread

 

[Tritonboat71]

That's probably the best thing for this thread

Funniest thing I’ve read in some time.


It’s amazing people are upset with some rando’s poll.

It’s as irrelevant as any other poll until late November and early December.

 

[BamaDude]

The rankings I tried (and failed) to post last week after the Week 6 games:

1. Michigan 6-0 beat Minnesota 52-10
2. Georgia 6-0 beat Kentucky 51-13
3. Penn St. 5-0 DNP
4. Ohio St. 5-0 beat Maryland 37-17
5. 5. Oregon 5-0 DNP +2
6. FSU 5-0 beat Virginia Tech 39-17
7. Washington 5-0 DNP +3
8. North Carolina 5-0 beat Syracuse 40-7 +9
9. Oklahoma 6-0 beat Texas 34-30 +15
10. Texas 5-1 lost to Oklahoma 34-30 -5
11. Alabama 5-1 beat Texas A&M 26-20
12. USC 6-0 beat Arizona 43-41 in 3 OT -3
13. Oregon St. 5-1 beat California 52-40 +1
14. Duke 4-1 DNP +1
15. Ole Miss 5-1 beat Arkansas 27-20 +4
16. Louisville 6-0 beat Notre Dame 33-20 +9
17. Tennessee 4-1 DNP +3
18. Utah 4-1 DNP
19. UCLA 4-1 beat Washington St. 25-17 (new)
20. Washington St. 4-1 lost to UCLA 25-17 -8
21. Tulane 4-1 DNP +1
22. Notre Dame 5-2 lost to Louisville 33-20 -9
23. Wyoming 5-1 beat Fresno St. 24-19 (new)
24. Miami (FL) 5-1 lost to Georgia Tech 23-20 -16
25. Maryland 5-1 lost to Ohio St. 37-17 -2

Dropped out: #16 Texas A&M 4-2 lost to Alabama 26-20; #21 Kentucky 5-1 lost to Georgia 51-13

I plan to post my current ratings tomorrow.

 

[BamaDude]

Updated ratings after Week 7:

1. Michigan (7-0) beat Indiana 52-7
2. Georgia (7-0) beat Vanderbilt 37-20
3. Penn St. (6-0) beat UMass 63-0
4. Ohio St. (6-0) beat Purdue 41-7
5. Florida St. (6-0) beat Syracuse 41-3 +1
6. Washington (6-0) beat Oregon 36-33 +1
7. Oregon (5-1) lost to Washington 36-33 -2
8. North Carolina (6-0) beat Miami (FL) 41-31
9. Oklahoma (6-0) did not play
10. Texas (5-1) did not play
11. Alabama (6-1) beat Arkansas 24-21
12. Oregon St. (6-1) beat UCLA 36-24 +1
13. Duke (5-1) beat North Carolina St. 24-3 +1
14. Ole Miss (5-1) did not play +1
15. Tennessee (5-1) beat Texas A&M 20-13 +2
16. Utah (5-1) beat California 34-14 +2
17. Tulane (5-1) beat Memphis 31-21 +4
18. Notre Dame (6-2) beat USC 48-20 +4
19. Air Force (6-0) beat Wyoming 34-27 (New)
20. LSU (5-2) beat Auburn 48-18 (New)
21. UCLA (4-2) lost to Oregon St. 36-24 -2
22. USC (6-1) lost to Notre Dame 48-20 -10
23. Liberty (7-0) beat MTSU 42-35 (New)
24. Missouri (6-1) beat Kentucky 38-21 (New)
25. James Madison (6-0) beat Georgia Southern 41-13 (New)

Dropped out (with former ranking): #16 Louisville (6-1) lost to Pittsburgh 38-21, #20 Washington St. (4-2) lost to Arizona 44-6, #23 Wyoming (5-2) lost to Air Force 34-27, #24 Miami (FL) (4-2) lost to North Carolina 41-31, #25 Maryland (5-2) lost to Illinois 27-24.