Power of Athlon!

Athlon 2008 College Football Preview hits the shelves this weekend and in The College Football Guys continued quest to find out if those shinny preseason magazines are worth the trees they destroy we went back in time again to bring you Athlon's 2007 Preseason Top 25 vs. (Final AP pole).

1. USC (LSU)
2. Texas (Georgia)
3. LSU (USC)
4. Wisconsin (Missouri)
5. West Virginia (Ohio State)
6. Florida (West Virginia)
7. Oklahoma (Kansas)
8. Michigan (Oklahoma)
9. Virginia Tech (Virginia Tech)
10. Rutgers (Texas)
11. Cal (Boston College)
12. Ohio State (Tennessee)
13. Louisville (Florida)
14. Georgia Tech (BYU)
15. UCLA (Auburn)
16. Georgia (Arizona State)
17. Penn State (Cincinnati)
18. Nebraska (Michigan)
19. Hawaii (Hawaii)
20. Tennessee (Illinois)
21. Auburn (Clemson)
22. Oregon State (Texas Tech)
23. Texas AM (Oregon)
24. Miami (Wisconsin)
25. TCU (Oregon State)

They either got 15 right or 10 wrong. What kind of person are you?

The People's Poll

One always wonders what a poll would look like if "the people" voted. Vegas gives us every year the closest thing that we can get to that. Here are the odds for winning the 2009 BCS Championship. There is one thing that concerns me in this poll, either I am out of touch with the popularity of some of these programs OR their are schools out their that might want to consider gambling counseling as a benefit for joining their Alumni Association. Are Tar Heels, Wildcats (all three), Wolfpack, Beavers, and Turtles addicts? Why do they have their own line and not included with "the field?"


USC 3-1
Florida 6-1
Oklahoma 6-1
Georgia 7-1
Ohio St 7-1
LSU 12-1
Missouri 15-1
Clemson 30-1
Texas 30-1
West Virginia 30-1
Michigan 40-1
Virginia Tech 40-1
Auburn 50-1
Illinois 50-1
Penn St 50-1
Alabama 60-1
Florida St 60-1
Kansas 75-1
Miami FL 75-1
Nebraska 75-1
Notre Dame 75-1
Rutgers 75-1
South Carolina 75-1
UCLA 75-1
Wisconsin 75-1
Arizona 100-1
Arizona St 100-1
Arkansas 100-1
Boise St 100-1
Boston College 100-1
California 100-1
Georgia Tech 100-1
Iowa 100-1
Kansas St 100-1
Kentucky 100-1
Louisville 100-1
Maryland 100-1
Michigan St 100-1
North Carolina 100-1
North Carolina St 100-1
Oklahoma St 100-1
Oregon 100-1
Oregon St 100-1
South Florida 100-1
Tennessee 100-1
Texas A&M 100-1
Texas Tech 100-1
Virginia 100-1
Wake Forest 100-1

Field (Any Other Team) 25-1