| 13 August 2008
| Rank | Team | Delta |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia |  25 |
| 2 | Southern Cal | 24 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 23 |
| 4 | Florida | 22 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 21 |
| 6 | Missouri | 20 |
| 7 | Clemson | 19 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 18 |
| 9 | Wisconsin | 17 |
| 10 | Kansas | 16 |
| 11 | Auburn | 15 |
| 12 | Brigham Young | 14 |
| 13 | LSU | 13 |
| 14 | Texas | 12 |
| 15 | Texas Tech | 11 |
| 16 | Illinois | 10 |
| 17 | Oregon | 9 |
| 18 | Virginia Tech | 8 |
| 19 | Wake Forest | 7 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 6 |
| 21 | Arizona State | 5 |
| 22 | South Florida | 4 |
| 23 | Alabama | 3 |
| 24 | Oregon State | 2 |
| 25 | Fresno State | 1 |
A few thoughts.
- Despite the season ending injury to starting left tackle Trinton Sturdivant, I'm keeping UGA as my top ranked team. I think that the importance of a sophomore left tackle may be overstated, and there's help behind him. It increases the risk, but I don't think it's as devastating as some.
- Similarly, I don't think that USC will miss Mark Sanchez for much (or for long). Mitch Mustain is the apparent starter for the Virginia game. It won't matter.
- On the flipside, if Florida's MASH unit impression doesn't stop, they will fall.
- I wanted to rank Ohio State lower, since they've been demolished by SEC teams in the bowls 23 years in a row, but they should be stacked again this year. At least until January '09.
- I've got Clemson seventh. They're going to be good, and we get themfirst.
- LSU might be the most overrated team in the country. They're as high as 6th in some polls, and they'll be breaking in a brand new quarterback in the SEC. It's rough to put those sorts of expectations on this team.
- We're 23rd in this iteration, we'll see how we look up front defensively against Clemson. We could move higher (even if we lose).
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