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College football preseason rankings have arrived—and so have the bad takes, obvious double standards and predictable complaints about the SEC.
On Rise & Shine College Football’s BIG MONDAY, Jason Watkins breaks down ESPN’s preseason FPI Top 25, the latest national and SEC coaching rankings and the egregious omission of Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables from lists that still include USC’s Lincoln Riley.
Venables still has plenty to prove as the leader of a complete football program, but he just guided Oklahoma back to the College Football Playoff behind a dominant defense and an undefeated November featuring wins over Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri and LSU.
Meanwhile, Riley is 5-13 against AP-ranked opponents and 0-5 against AP top-10 teams through his first four seasons at USC.
Jason also examines the constant hype surrounding Dan Lanning, Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin, whether preseason rankings should exist and why critics of ESPN’s FPI continually ignore strength of schedule when attacking SEC-heavy projections.
Plus:
• Is Oklahoma properly ranked at No. 12 by ESPN FPI?
• Should Brent Venables rank ahead of Lincoln Riley?
• Are Lanning and Sarkisian being crowned too soon?
• Did Texas Tech’s 2025 season expose flaws in the CFP seeding process?
• Why are Big 12 and ACC supporters so angry about preseason polls?
• Does the SEC receive preferential treatment—or simply play better competition?
• Why does HOF College Football rank only a Top 12 plus the First Four Out?
Join the conversation and tell us where Venables belongs among the nation’s head coaches.
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