Who should be preseason #1 & is it a CURSE? | Always College Football

The weight of being the preseason #1 team is very heavy. In 76 years of the AP poll there is only ONE team that started #1 and stayed that way throughout the entire season and won a National Championship - that was Florida State in 1999. While the CFP has given more leeway for the top ranked teams it’s still a big target on your back to start the season. So who deserves to be ranked #1 in the preseason? McElroy makes the case for and against Texas, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Oregon, Miami, Indiana and Georgia all to be the preseason #1 ranked team.

0:00 Intros
1:30 Is it a curse to be preseason #1?
5:50 The preseason poll can tell you a lot about how people perceive teams
10:45 The case for and against Ohio State being preseason #1
14:40 The case for and against Oregon being preseason #1
18:20 The case for and against Notre Dame being preseason #1
21:20 The case for and against Texas being preseason #1
24:55 The case for and against Indiana being preseason #1
27:56 The case for and against Miami being preseason #1
30:39 The case for and against Georgia being preseason #1
34:50 HOT TAKE - Ohio State is the right #1
35:23 HOT TAKE - Notre Dame will have the most regular season wins
36:02 HOT TAKE - Arch Manning will finish higher in Heisman race than Texas in the CFP
36:52 HOT TAKE - The National Champ will hold teams to under 15 PPG

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