Pointless Polling...Part 2 Update

Last month, it was discussed on this blogosphere how pointless pre-season polls were.

Well, let's revisit that issue and see were we stand with about half the college football season complete.

Pre-season AP Top 25 followed by Current AP Top 25
1. USC - Currently #13
2. LSU - Currently #5
3. West Virginia - Currently #9
4. Texas - Currently #19
5. Michigan - Currently #24
6. Florida - Currently #14
7. Wisconsin - Currently unranked
8. Oklahoma - Currently #4
9. Virginia Tech - Currently #11
10. Louisville - Currently unranked
11. Ohio State - Currently #1
12. California - Currently #10
13. Georgia - Currently #21
14. UCLA - Currently unranked
15. Tennessee - Currently #20
16. Rutgers - Currently unranked
17. Penn State - Currently unranked
18. Auburn - Currently #18
19. Florida State - Currently unranked
20. Nebraska - Currently unranked
21. Arkansas - Currently unranked
22. TCU - Currently unranked
23. Hawaii - Currently #17
24. Boise State - Currently unranked
25. Texas A&M - Currently unranked

Let's look at the three most telling facts:
-11 of the 25 teams in the pre-season AP Top 25 are no longer in the Top 25.
-5 of the current Top 10 teams were unranked at the start of the season.
-Only 3 of the current Top 10 teams were ranked in the Top 10 to start the season.

Although this college football season has been ripe with upsets, it continually holds true that a pre-season Top 25 poll is pure guesswork. Let the athletes decide everything on the field and it will all play out eventually...oh wait, there is that whole BCS monster isn't there? So much for letting the athletes decide it!