Sporting News preseason rankings

The top 25 for sporting news are:
1.Notre Dame
2.Ohio State
3.Auburn
4.LSU
5.W Virginia
6.S California
7.Texas
8.Florida
9.Oklahoma
10.Florida State
11.Iowa
12.Georgia
13.California
14.Miami
15.Penn State
16.VirginiaTech
17.Michigan
18.Tennessee
19.Louisville
20.Texas Tech
21.TCU
22.Nebraska
23.Oregon
24.Clemson
25.Alabama

 

This will be a repeat of '03 for AU (and let's hope for us, too!).

 

I think Auburn has to replace their top two recievers plus that tight end that was pretty good, so the passing game may take some time to develop.

 

I think these are the best rankings that I've seen. That is about the right place LSU should be ranked.:hihi:

 

So... they are obviously expecting ND to beat GT, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan State, UCLA and USC.
Can't WAIT to see that!!

 

If they can find a defense, Notre Dame is a title contender this year. If not, they will still win 9 games.

 

ND loses at least 5 games

 

I think the Irish will outscore too many of thier opponents to lose 5 games, I say 2 or 3 losses.

 

hahah it's one thing to not like ND, but another to be completely biased about it

I see no way they are worse than they were last year

they will slaughter USC this year

Weis made it clear the day after they lost to them, that he wants them bad

 

Pretty close, but it was actually AU's #2 & #3 receivers (Devin Aromashodu and Ben Obamanu) that went to the draft. Also gone are WR Anthony Mix and TE Cooper Wallace.

Auburn returns it's #1 WR, Courtney Taylor, which is a name I'm confident most LSU fans remember from the '04 game. Also back is Sr. TE Cole Bennett, another standout from the '04 game. Bennett is bracketed with two fine TE's (Trott, McKenzie) and a host of backups for depth. IMO, Auburn will show marked improvement with their TE's this season and, for the first time in Borge's tenure, will utilize them much more frequently in the west-coast style offense. Don't be surpised to see some three-TE sets inside the red zone.

I look for the passing game to get a lot of work in the game against MSU, just prior to playing LSU. Still, Auburn will not shake it's reputation of being a "run first" offense.