Where do USC and Clemson rank in preseason polls?
Here’s a look at the preseason consensus top teams, as complied by Phil Steele. His list is a compilation of the rankings from Lindy’s, ESPN, Athlon, Bill Connelly S&P+, the Fremeau Efficiency Index and College Football News. After you get past Ohio State and Alabama, there’s a lot of disagreement over which team belongs where.
Ranking | Team | Lindy | ESPN | Athlon | S&P | FEI | CFN |
1 | Ohio State | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Alabam | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
3 | Oregon | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
4 | Baylor | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 2 |
5 | TCU | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 5 |
6 | Georgia | 10 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
7 | Michigan State | 6 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
8 | LSU | 13 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
9 | Notre Dame | 7 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 10 |
10 | Southern Cal | 11 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 |
11 | Auburn | 8 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 15 |
12 | UCLA | 20 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
13 | Florida State | 12 | 21 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 11 |
14 | Ole Miss | 28 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
15 | Clemson | 9 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 13 |
16 | Oklahoma | 21 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 20 | 18 |
17 | Arizona State | 14 | 20 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 22 |
18 | Arkansas | 27 | 10 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 17 |
19 | Georgia Tech | 15 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 21 |
20 | Tennessee | 17 | 14 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 16 |
33 | South Carolina | 49 | 40 | 37 | 31 | 23 | 14 |
This story was originally published July 23, 2015 at 1:51 PM.