Preseason Power Rankings 8-22-23

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While I'm positive every single one of you read and memorized all 15 of my college football previews of the individual teams (Parts I-XV), I thought it would be a good idea to present my top 133 all at once, just in case you missed some, or in case you didn't memorize the order.  But before that, I'm going to compare my top 25 to the AP top 25, just for fun!  So let's start there.

AP Rank	Team	My Rank
1	Georgia	1
2	Michigan	4
3	Ohio State	3
4	Alabama	2
5	LSU	9
6	USC	11
7	Penn State	6
8	FSU	13
9	Clemson	5
10	Washington	12
11	Texas	14
12	Tennessee	15
13	Notre Dame	8
14	Utah	7
15	Oregon	10
16	Kansas State	21
17	TCU	17
18	Oregon State	34
19	Wisconsin	18
20	Oklahoma	19
21	North Carolina	31
22	Ole Miss	33
23	Texas A&M	22
24	Tulane	39
25	Iowa	16
26	Texas Tech	43
27	South Carolina	46
28	UCLA	28
29	UTSA	20
30	Arkansas	47
31	Boise State	23
32	Pittsburgh	24
33	Kentucky	38
T34	Louisville	44
T34	Troy	35
T34	Kansas	80
37	Auburn	54
38	Minnesota	25
T39	Toledo	53
T39	Duke	49
T39	Mississippi State	45
T39	Florida	42
T43	Illinois	55
T43	Baylor	41
T43	Coastal Carolina	70
T46	South Alabama	63
T46	NC State	30
T46	James Madison	62
T46	Liberty	69

As you can see, we mostly agree on the top 4, with only Michigan and Alabama flip-flopping at 2 and 4. From 5-17, we mostly have the same teams, just rearranged a bit, with Kansas State at 21 in my rankings the one outlier. According to my rankings, the AP is overrating Kansas (46 spots), Coastal Carolina (27 spots), Liberty (23 spots), South Carolina (19 spots), Texas Tech, Arkansas, Auburn, and South Alabama (17 spots each), Oregon State and James Madison (16 spots each), Tulane (15 spots), Toledo (14 spots), Illinois (12 spots), Ole Miss (11 spots), and North Carolina, Louisville, and Duke (10 spots each) the most. They also undervalued NC State (16 spots), Minnesota (13 spots), Iowa and UTSA (9 spots each), and Boise State and Pittsburgh (8 spots each) the most.

Anyway, here are my rankings from 1 to 131:

Rank	Team
1	Georgia
2	Alabama
3	Ohio State
4	Michigan
5	Clemson
6	Penn State
7	Utah
8	Notre Dame
9	LSU
10	Oregon
11	USC
12	Washington
13	FSU
14	Texas
15	Tennessee
16	Iowa
17	TCU
18	Wisconsin
19	Oklahoma
20	UTSA
21	Kansas State
22	Texas A&M
23	Boise State
24	Pittsburgh
25	Minnesota
26	Air Force
27	Cincinnati
28	UCLA
29	UCF
30	NC State
31	North Carolina
32	Oklahoma State
33	Ole Miss
34	Oregon State
35	Troy
36	Fresno State
37	BYU
38	Kentucky
39	Tulane
40	Wake Forest
41	Baylor
42	Florida
43	Texas Tech
44	Louisville
45	Mississippi State
46	South Carolina
47	Arkansas
48	Marshall
49	Duke
50	Miami, Fl
51	Appalachian State
52	San Diego State
53	Toledo
54	Auburn
55	Illinois
56	WKU
57	Missouri
58	Memphis
59	Houston
60	Maryland
61	SMU
62	James Madison
63	South Alabama
64	Army
65	Washington State
66	Iowa State
67	Michigan State
68	Louisiana
69	Liberty
70	Coastal Carolina
71	West Virginia
72	Ohio
73	Syracuse
74	Purdue
75	UAB
76	East Carolina
77	Wyoming
78	Eastern Michigan
79	San Jose State
80	Kansas
81	Middle Tenn
82	FAU
83	Nebraska
84	Buffalo
85	California
86	Georgia Southern
87	Miami, OH
88	Virginia Tech
89	Boston College
90	Utah State
91	Southern Miss
92	Georgia Tech
93	Georgia State
94	Arizona
95	Arizona State
96	Indiana
97	North Texas
98	Central Michigan
99	Virginia
100	Rutgers
101	Ball State
102	Vanderbilt
103	UTEP
104	Northern Illinois
105	Western Michigan
106	Tulsa
107	New Mexico State
108	UConn
109	Northwestern
110	Stanford
111	Navy
112	Nevada
113	La Tech
114	Arkansas State
115	Colorado State
116	Kent State
117	Rice
118	UNLV
119	Temple
120	Bowling Green
121	ODU
122	Hawai'i
123	Colorado
124	ULM
125	Texas State
126	Akron
127	Jacksonville State
128	FIU
129	Charlotte
130	New Mexico
131	USF
132	Sam Houston
133	UMass

I will update these rankings each week throughout the season.

Feel free to leave a comment. Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends! 

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!