RunInRed 16,404 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 We'll use this thread to track all the off-season poll predictions from the pundits ... Phil Steele's Projected AP Top 251. Ohio State 2. TCU 3. Alabama 4. Baylor 5. Oregon 6. Michigan State 7. Southern California 8. Florida State 9. Auburn Just two years ago, Auburn was in the national title game despite not even being ranked in the preseason. Last year, the Tigers underachieved as they opened up preseason No. 6 and finished No. 22, including an Outback Bowl loss to Wisconsin. While they lose their QB, Jeremy Johnson looked great taking over for Nick Marshall and has a lot of talent to work with. Defense has not been a strong suit for Auburn in recent years, but with eight returning starters and Will Muschamp as the defensive coordinator, it will be this year. Auburn has just four true road games, and none of the four teams finished 2014 ranked. With another great recruiting class coming in, Auburn should make the preseason top 10. 10. Georgia 11. UCLA 12. Ole Miss 13. Notre Dame 14. LSU 15. Clemson 16. Arizona State 17. Georgia Tech 18. Wisconsin 19. Missouri 20. Arkansas 21. Mississippi State 22. Oklahoma 23. Boise State 24. Tennessee 25. Stanford http://www.philsteel...15/DBApr27.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,662 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Need them to be in a role where I feel they feel they're disrespected. They felt that in 2010 and in 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aubearcat 2,137 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 The poll on ESPN had AU #4 with osu #1, tcu #2, & Oregon #3. ua was #7 and 8 of the top 25 were sec teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,227 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Incredible amount of respect after finishing 22nd last year, losing lots down the stretch And playing like crap. Brett Mcmurphy just picked us to win it all over TCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,404 Posted May 5, 2015 Author Share Posted May 5, 2015 SEC post-spring power rankingsEdward Aschoff, College Football 1. Auburn: The Tigers officially found their quarterback in Jeremy Johnson, and the running game figures to be incredibly fierce with Roc Thomas and Jovon Robinson heading the pack. We always knew the offense would be fine, but Will Muschamp's arrival as defensive coordinator has added some edge to a defense that believes it made headway this spring. Also, the return of rush-end Carl Lawson is a major upgrade for that side of the ball. 2. Georgia 3. Ole Miss 4. Alabama 5. Arkansas 6. Tennessee 7. Mississippi State 8. LSU 9. Missouri 10. Texas A&M 11. South Carolina 12. Florida 13. Kentucky 14. Vanderbilt http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/101153/sec-post-spring-power-rankings-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PigskinPat 2,579 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Need them to be in a role where I feel they feel they're disrespected. They felt that in 2010 and in 2013. ^^This x100^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagleAU 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Mark Schlabach's Projected AP Top 25 (ESPN)1. Ohio State 2. TCU 3. Oregon 4. Auburn If new quarterback Jeremy Johnson is as good as advertised, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn 's high-octane spread offense should be better than ever. Will Auburn's defense be any better? Malzahn hired former Florida coach Will Muschamp to give his team's defense more teeth, and linemen Montravius Adams and Carl Lawson are good building blocks. 5. Southern California 6. Baylor 7. Alabama 8. Michigan State 9. Georgia 10. Clemson 11. UCLA 12. Notre Dame 13. Arizona 14. Ole Miss 15. Florida State 16. LSU 17. Wisconsin 18. Georgia Tech 19. Arizona State 20. Tennessee 21. Arkansas 22. Boise State 23. Stanford 24. Missouri 25. Louisville LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,822 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 When has the media ever been right about picking the eventual national champion? Thinking about putting some money down, but I think I need to see Stat's formulaic prediction on who will be good and the certain number of players with a certain amt of experience playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keesler 5,924 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 When has the media ever been right about picking the eventual national champion? Well hell, if they didn't have Auburn in their mix folks on here would belly-ache and complain that AU gets no respect....... :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,822 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 When has the media ever been right about picking the eventual national champion? Well hell, if they didn't have Auburn in their mix folks on here would belly-ache and complain that AU gets no respect....... :-\ LOL yeah, its either AU gets no respect or the respect will be the cause of the team losing 5 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagle84 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Need them to be in a role where I feel they feel they're disrespected. They felt that in 2010 and in 2013. ^^This x100^^ I think it's about time we learned to lead from the front. Yes, feeling disrespected can be a good motivator, but if we want to be considered an elite program, we're going to get a lot of respect, and we need to learn to live up to it. Find another source of motivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUbritt 611 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Need them to be in a role where I feel they feel they're disrespected. They felt that in 2010 and in 2013. ^^This x100^^ I think it's about time we learned to lead from the front. Yes, feeling disrespected can be a good motivator, but if we want to be considered an elite program, we're going to get a lot of respect, and we need to learn to live up to it. Find another source of motivation. Agreed. Jordan Spieth was interesting in his reply to an interview question about his mindset going into match play. He said he plays as if he's two holes down from the start. If he makes up the 'deficit', he resets it in his mind to two holes down. That way, he always stays aggressive and keeps the hammer down. The HBC once said that it's not his job to keep his team from scoring. The point was that the offense had always to have the mentality of going out and scoring, no matter the actual score in the game. Conversely, the defense must always want to prevent the other team from scoring and get the ball back for the offense. It's simple, but pretty hard to do with a lead. I hope JJ and the rest of the offense treat every drive as if we need to score a TD to tie the game at the end. I hope the D plays as if they need to hold the opponent scoreless to preserve a win. If we do that, I suspect the rankings will take care of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnthePlains 2,014 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I know it has nothing to do with results but man I hate it when folks start picking AU at the top. It just never seems to work out well for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,822 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 I know it has nothing to do with results but man I hate it when folks start picking AU at the top. It just never seems to work out well for us. Hopefully the players don't buy into this. I imagine they constantly hear AU IS BETTER AS UNDERDOGS. Probably doesn't work too well to have that hammered into their minds all offseason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auburn4life 24 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 SEC post-spring power rankingsEdward Aschoff, College Football 3. Ole Miss Did I miss something. Didn't Ole Miss lose a lot of players from last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarEagleAU 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 SEC post-spring power rankingsEdward Aschoff, College Football 3. Ole Miss Did I miss something. Didn't Ole Miss lose a lot of players from last season? Miss State Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUwent 3,748 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 A&M is being rated waaaaaayyyyy too low. I'm scared of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,662 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Need them to be in a role where I feel they feel they're disrespected. They felt that in 2010 and in 2013. ^^This x100^^ I think it's about time we learned to lead from the front. Yes, feeling disrespected can be a good motivator, but if we want to be considered an elite program, we're going to get a lot of respect, and we need to learn to live up to it. Find another source of motivation. I'm just going off of prior history Auburn hasn't done well from the lead in decades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dual-Threat Rigby 8,662 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 A&M is being rated waaaaaayyyyy too low. I'm scared of them. 2016 is their breakout year. Kyler Murray, more elite defensive pieces to fit Chavis' system as well as more time to develop their already good offensive pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war eagle6 0 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 A&M is being rated waaaaaayyyyy too low. I'm scared of them. I would be if cej was still dcoordinator. Other than that, we owe them big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,227 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Incredible amount of respect after finishing 22nd last year, losing lots down the stretch And playing like crap. Brett Mcmurphy just picked us to win it all over TCU. Brett was correct on 3 of 4 picks on playoff last year as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUwent 3,748 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 ^In fairness, the playoff had four of the top five pre-season AP teams. If these early ESPN rankings are a sign of the pre-season AP poll, I hope the same thing happens this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randman5000 4,227 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 ^in fairness, last year was one of the least surprising finishes ever. Yeah. I still cannot believe Miss St choked though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,791 Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 As with pre season polls every year we again have to ask, do the pollsters mean these are the best 20 teams right now (taking into account how teams did in 2014 plus changes in rosters & coaching staff between bowl games and 2015 kickoff - as Phil Steele's seems to indicate) or are these pre season polls a prediction of the best teams in order when all's said & done in January 2016 - as ESPN's narratives with its annual pre season polls seem to indicate. I suggest Muschamp gives us a heck of a bump in the Steele-poll model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunInRed 16,404 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Share Posted May 15, 2015 CBS's Dennis Dodd has AU at No. 7 ... 7. Auburn: The defense has to be better, especially with the addition of coordinator Will Muschamp. The Tigers gave up at least 31 points six times last season, the most in one campaign since 2011. At quarterback, Jeremy Johnson may be Nick Marshall plus one-half.http://www.cbssports...t-spring-top-25 Also, The Sporting News: No. 3 - Auburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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