2026 college football (and volleyball) thread

Today, the first AP preseason football poll dropped so it seemed like time to start this thread. Can’t wait for the season to begin!

And I’ve already been to a volleyball exhibition game so that season has started for me.

Here’s the football rankings:

School Pts. '25 Rec.
1. Ohio State (40) 1,672 12-2
2. Oregon (14) 1,597 13-2
3. Georgia 1,513 12-2
4. Notre Dame (6) 1,510 10-2
5. Texas 1,483 10-3
6. Indiana (8) 1,440 16-0
7. Miami (1) 1,379 13-3
8. Texas A&M 1,131 11-2
9. Ole Miss 1,102 13-2
10. Oklahoma 1,047 10-3
11. LSU 988 7-6
12. Texas Tech 983 12-2
13. Alabama 904 11-4
14. BYU 839 12-2
14. Southern Cal 839 9-4
16. Michigan 718 9-4
17. Washington 501 9-4
18. Penn State 482 7-6
19. SMU 434 9-4
20. Tennessee 394 8-5
21. Utah 304 11-2
22. Iowa 260 9-4
23. Houston 252 10-3
24. Louisville 194 9-4
25. Missouri 117 8-5

And here is volleyball:

1 Nebraska (57) 1568
2 Texas (1) 1427
3 Kentucky (4) 1398
4 Pittsburgh 1383
5 Stanford 1312
6 Wisconsin 1268
7 Louisville 1140
8 Texas A&M (1) 1089
9 Purdue 1002
10 Penn State 947
11 SMU 934
12 Arizona State 920
13 Creighton 843
14 Minnesota 721
15 Kansas 566
16 Indiana 497
17 Florida 455
18 TCU 444
19 North Carolina 437
20 Southern California 395
21 Baylor 361
22 Tennessee 194
23 Colorado 180
24 BYU 161
25 Oregon 138
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Going to the vball game tonight between UT and USC. Man, we are on the struggle bus, and I hate that a starter already is out for the season.

Can’t. Wait. For football Saturday.

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I have college football on right now, Minnesota vs. Eastern Illinois. Go Gophers!

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LSU Releases Video Welcoming NFL Players to Campus :woman_facepalming:

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I don’t get Peacock so can’t watch it. Go, Golden Gophers!

Opting for Coco at the US Open right now.

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Colorado beats Georgia Tech in the final minute of the game. The game wasn’t very exciting until the last minute. CU scores its game-winning touchdown with less than a minute to play. GA Tech gets into field goal range in the final seconds, but the kick was blocked.

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UMass was 0-12 last year and 29.5 point underdogs on the road at Rutgers, and won 37-21 last night in a game that was not as close as the final score indicated.

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Eagerly awaiting further legal action today. :popcorn:

LSU is not the only school that has guys who were drafted and/or who went to NFL camps on their rosters. IMO this is all the NCAA’s fault for not grandfathering 2026 grads in the move to 5 in 5. We wouldn’t be having this issue today if they had.

AFAIK, all 2026 grads who sued for another year of eligibility have won. So there’s that too. What a mess.

LSU roster for tomorrow’s game due this afternoon/evening.

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I want to put in a defense of UT in regard to this roster thing as I heard a podcast that equated UT’s one guy with what’s going on at LSU. The one player who is back at UT, Cole Hutson, played his career at UT and never unenrolled from the school as he was working this spring toward his MBA. He did an NFL tryout, but never played in a game or signed a professional contract. LSU is getting other SEC players who didn’t go to LSU or enter the transfer portal and signed NFL contracts and played in NFL games.

From CBS Sports: “Members of the Class of 2022 have been put in a difficult position as the rules seem to change around them every few weeks. At one point, every member of the Class of 2022 was granted a blanket waiver to return to school. That was later overturned, once again throwing players into limbo. One coach told CBS Sports that their advisors suggested the best way to approach any eligibility case was for a player to file a lawsuit and just see what happens.” That’s what Hutson and others did.

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I’m here to whine! I purchased tickets for us to go to the UMD/VT game, at $200 a piece, to be social with friends. However, parking wasn’t available when I purchased the tickets, and now it appears to be SOLD OUT. I also don’t know how to secure our actual tickets, but I’m sure I can figure that out before game day. I’m not sure what we will do about the parking :frowning:

Bummer.

As much as I love college football, I am just as happy staying home and watching on TV.

UT looked really good today. Props to that TxSt QB. He’s really talented.

Looking forward to tonight’s Clemson/LSU game. Would love Lane to lose.

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What the heck was that, Michigan? You call that a win?

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I didn’t think there was time on the clock. I feel bad for Western Michigan. And funny that they are rushing the field for that win.

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We’ll take it, but…

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We’ve always lived with the refs - well until tennis and the baseball strike zone changed.

But the right thing here, assuming the tv clock was accurate, is for WMU to be given the win as if the last play didn’t exist because the game was over.

I like Kyle Whittington. I think he’s a great hire.

Is WMU that good or UM not ?

It was an unfortunate game all around. Not a win to be happy about. It will always bear the stink of controversy.

Bryce Underwood looked terrible. I think UM is going to have a rough season this year. oklahoma is going to destroy them if he plays like that.

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There are so many reasons to not like college football. This is not one of them.

In D1 volleyball, Big10/SEC double header today at Wrigley Field. Yep, outdoors at Wrigley. Go Nebraska!

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James Franklin is back baby!!!

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