Florida tops intial AP Top-25 Poll in a landslide...

The Florida Gators top the first Associated Press top-25 poll of 2009 receiving 58 of 60 first place votes. Texas, Oklahoma, Southern California, and Alabama round out the top-5. With Superman Tim Tebow returning the Gators received the highest percentage of first place votes ever,96.7%, with Texas getting the other two votes. Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Mississippi, Oklahoma State, and Penn State complete the top-10. Two of the surprising teams in the top-25 are Utah and Notre Dame, Utah should be higher they did destroy Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and Notre Dame should not be in the top-25. ND was terrible last season they went 7-6 against a terrible schedule and they lost at least 3 games they should have won, they either had leads or were within striking distance in those games, and they beat an overrated Hawaii team who will have a home game in the bowl season as long as they win 6 games. These preseason top-25 teams are a waste of time and they are a detriment to the college football season. How can you say this team is better than another team based off of the potential of players who have yet to play a college down or who have very little playing experience. If a team is ranked low in the top-25 polls it is held against them all season long and they will eventually be screwed out of a possible shot at the national championship(Utah had this happen last year), unless you are a traditional powerhouse from one of the big 6 conferences. The first poll should not be released until after the fifth week of the college season that way teams have at least played opponents and you have a better understanding of how good players/teams are against live competition.