The OIA Top 25

And finally, here comes my favorite part of our preseason prognostications, mostly because I'm relieved to have finished tallying the votes for this thing, which wasn't all that fun. So here it is...

1. USC - 150 (6)
2. LSU - 137
3. Texas - 123
4. Michigan -107
5. West Virginia - 103
6. Oklahoma - 97
7. Louisville - 96
8. Georgia - 86
9. Florida - 75
9. Tennessee - 75
11. Florida State - 73
12. Wisconsin - 63
13. Cal - 61
14. Virginia Tech - 60
15. UCLA - 57
16. Ohio State - 50
17. Arkansas - 47
18. Nebraska - 43
19. Auburn - 40
19.Georgia Tech - 40
21. South Carolina - 36
22. Miami - 33
23. Rutgers - 32
24. Boise State - 27
25. Clemson - 23

Also Receiving Votes: Georgia Southern - 19, Penn State - 19, Iowa - 17, Notre Dame - 17, Hawaii - 15, Alabama - 11, Oregon - 11, Texas A&M - 11, Texas Tech - 10, Missouri - 9, San Jose State - 9, TCU - 8, Real Madrid - 7, South Florida - 5, Illinois - 4, Rice - 4, Arizona State - 3, Oklahoma State - 3, Savannah High - 3, Savannah Sand Gnats - 2, Kent State - 1, Oregon State - 1

Thoughts: So yeah, we all took the easy way out and put USC at No. 1, but for good reason, I think. The rest of the top 5 is pretty standard, and of course, Georgia is way, way too high, but I think we all saw that one coming. Some of the other SEC teams' rankings are probably a little inflated as well, but other than that, it's a pretty solid poll for the most part. I also really, really like Tech at No. 19.

So that's it. That's the list. It looks like all that stands between us and football season are two days and the Week 1 picks at that other blog.