... thanks, Associated Press writers. As if the target wasn't already big enough! Being ranked No.1 in any poll is certainly a thrill, but it doesn't take long for the thrill to wear off and realize that being ranked at the top or anywhere else in any pre-season poll is simply meaningless.

The top ranking takes many specific attributes of a program into consideration but in the end, it is only a guess. An educated guess, but a guess, nonetheless. Not one team on the list has played a meaningful game.

Not one team has taken a snap against an opponent dressed in another uniform and gained a single positive yard. There have been no goal line stands, red zone mistakes, or fourth quarter comebacks.

The...

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