Here are the final AP Rankings for the 2016 season.

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Final AP Top 25 of 2016

1)Clemson
2)Alabama
3)USC
4)Washington
5)Oklahoma
6)Ohio State
7)Penn State
8)Florida State
9)Wisconsin
10)Michigan
11)Oklahoma State
12)Stanford
13)LSU
14)Florida
15)Western Michigan
16)Virginia Tech
17)Colorado
18)West Virginia
19)South Florida
20)Miami
21)Louisville
22)Tennessee
23)Utah
24)Auburn
25)San Diego State
 
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Also LSU #13 at only 8-4 when Louisville was their only quality win. Auburn's only quality win was over LSU (barely) so their gross over-ratedness is sorta tied to one another. Louisville had a chance to knock-out both but let us down there.
 
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Face it guys, outside ranking the top 10 or 15, very little analysis is done by the sports writers to fill out their ranking sheet. They revert to who should be good rather that who is good. That said, there is very little to separate teams outside the top 15 or so anyway. Barn gets the nod on conference division bias alone, nothing else. Same for LSwho.

MFITB.

(More Fire In The Belly)

This is a good thing, imo.
 
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dressedcheeseside

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What does it really matter outside fans (us) egos?

If we want to be in the playoff, we have win the conference and do it with only one loss. That doesn't change if we're ranking 25 or 65 to start the season.

I'd much rather have the humongous shoulder chip all summer long.
 
Whiskey_Clear

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dressedcheeseside said:
Face it guys, very little analysis is done by the sports writers to fill out their ranking sheet. They revert to who should be good rather that who is good. That said, there is very little to separate teams outside the top 15 or so anyway. Barn gets the nod on conference division bias alone, nothing else. Same for LSwho.

MFITB.

(More Fire In The Belly)

This is a good thing, imo.
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Edited for accuracy:p
 
Dustman

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dressedcheeseside said:
F--- it. We control our own destiny in the polls because we'll face a ranked team in week 1. Then we have two gimmes that follow. If we start out 3-0 (very possible, if not probable), I see us around 20 heading into week 4.
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Bingo. And preseason ranking goes out the window if we don't beat the Vols. I like the way this sets up for us. Find a way to win the opener and build off that.
 
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