Sentences with phrase «preseason poll»

We'll remember this one for a while, and honestly, both teams will probably end up getting bowl bumps in the ensuing preseason polls.

It helps sell tickets, and it informs preseason polls which actually have a pretty large effect on the majority of the season's polls.

The defending champs are already No. 1 in preseason polls and they keep pulling in accolades.

Michigan returns 92.5 % of its scoring from last year, most among AP preseason poll (UNC 2nd — 88.1 %).

In theory, having the committee begin ranking teams only midseason (instead of using preseason polls as a guideline) should decrease the two - year issue.

I don't trust them nearly enough to think of the Frogs as the No. 2 team in the country (as many preseason polls have done).

Led by head coach Johan Cedergren, the Wildcats look to outpace their 4th place Conference USA preseason poll position.

Things don't start easy for the Golden Eagles, as the Cardinal are ranked second in the nation in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll.

In the ACC preseason poll, the Orange were picked to finish 10th in the conference.

Iowa at Purdue, 12:00 PM Eastern: It's been a rough season for the Hawkeyes, who were ranked # 17 in the AP Preseason Poll.

It's the third straight season that the defending champion has topped the preseason poll, following Florida State and Alabama.

Michigan was picked to finish in a tie for fifth in the Big Ten preseason poll, below Northwestern and Minnesota and tied with Maryland.

They began 2009 third in the preseason polls and went 8 - 5.

Coaches have learned the hard way that being first in the preseason polls can be the unkindest cut of all

Ranked 11th in the preseason polls, the Cardinal figured out creative ways to blow scoring chances — they rank 110th in Points Per Scoring Opportunity (first downs inside the opponent's 40)-- and suffered three three - point losses (to USC, Notre Dame, and Utah) as a result.

Will Bowen move Louisville up a few spots in the preseason polls?

This is the last ranking until next season's preseason poll in August.

Clemson controlled the line against Alabama and Ohio State — a.k.a. probably the two top teams in 2017's preseason polls — and will almost certainly do so against every team they face this fall.

And while those first three coaches lead what are probably the top three teams in the preseason polls, expectations have been dialed back a bit for Swinney's defending champs.

Hawaii was picked to finish second in the WAC and ranked in both preseason polls for the first time ever.

A preseason poll had them projected to finish third in the Big East, behind the West Virginia Hokies and the Pittsburgh Panthers.

When ABC - TV's Bill Flemming told Texas coach Fred Akers that he had heard the Longhorns would be ranked as high as third in some preseason polls, Akers was incredulous.

The Wildcats were No. 6 in the preseason polls even after major roster turnover from a 32 - win team the season before, which included the departure of star wing Josh Hart and national title game hero Kris Jenkins.

The Jayhawks started the year No. 4 in the preseason polls even after losing National Player of the Year Frank Mason to graduation and star freshman wing Josh Jackson to the NBA as a top - five draft pick.

For each of his first four seasons, USC basically lived up to preseason expectations (and when it comes to USC and preseason polls, aggressive optimism is omnipresent)-- the Trojans started 19th in 1987 and finished 18th.

Since the preseason poll began in 1950, the closest we've come to that might've been Rocket Ismail leading No. 1 Notre Dame past No. 2 Michigan in Week 3 of 1989.

If all three go back to Nevada, the Wolf Pack should be a top - 10 team in the preseason polls.

After being picked to finish 13th in the ACC's preseason poll, Clemson went on to win 11 games in conference play (fewer than only Virginia and Duke), earned a No. 5 seed in the tourney and reached the Sweet 16 by handling a solid New Mexico State team in the first round and whipping No. 4 seed Auburn in the second.

In December the team, which was ranked ninth in the AP's preseason poll, lost by 26 points to then No. 18 Indiana.

MU is one of seven teams not ranked in the preseason poll to vault their way into the top 25, led by Kentucky zooming their way up to # 9.

They also have a game against a Wichita State squad that picked up a few votes in the preseason poll, which means that the coaches have the Shockers a few notches ahead of Marquette to start the season.

After five wins, Georgia has jumped from No. 15 in the preseason polls to No. 5.

Marquette was picked 7th in the Big East's preseason poll and their schedule is packed against tough Big East opponents.

GOOD NEWS: Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball moved up one spot in the new Associated Press top 25 poll, going from # 17 in the preseason poll to # 16 in the first in - season poll of 2017 - 18.

For the first time since the 2014 preseason poll, the Golden Eagles have earned a national ranking.

One of the teams coming in for that is Iowa State, who received 59 points worth of votes in the preseason poll to land at the # 32 spot in the rankings.

The Golden Eagles had 34 points in last week's edition of the poll, up from just six points in the preseason poll.