OP Poll, Year 3, Week 1

It's that time of year again. We are publishing the first OP POLL of the year, the nation's only poll that doesn't respond to the bias of the anti-Gator conspiracy in the AP Poll and the jealous whims of the Coaches in the other poll. We factor in everything, including fun, to our poll.

Week 1

Top 25
1. South Carolina
2. Florida
3. Oklahoma
4. LSU
5. USC-West
6. Auburn
7. Wisconsin
8. Michigan
9. Texas
10. Louisville
11. West Virginia
12. Georgia
13. Boise State
14. Tennessee
15. Virginia Tech
16. Nebraska
17. Kentucky
18. FSU
19. Miami
20. Notre Dame
21. Arkansas
22. Cal
23. UCLA
24. Ohio State
25. Rutgers

Bottom 5
176. FAU
177. FIU
178. Pittsburgh
179. UCF
180. Illinois

South Carolina continues its unprecedented 105 weeks at the top of the poll. The bottom five is, interestingly, unchanged from two years ago. Two years ago, it was incredibly prescient. Others receiving votes were:

26. Houston
27. Boston College
28. Hawaii
29. Penn State
30. Alabama
31. Texas Tech
32. Duke