NORMAN — At this point in the college football cycle, everyone is releasing their preseason rankings.
Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Lindy's, Athlon, Phil Steele, college football coaches, your waiter at Olive Garden.
The poll that really matters, the College Football Playoff ranking, doesn't come out for months, and yet, everyone has a guess — some more educated than others — on how the top college football teams will fare in the upcoming season.
Traditionally, the preseason rankings favor OU, but that isn't always an accurate predictor of the Sooners' success in the coming year. In 11 of Bob Stoops' 18 seasons, Oklahoma finished lower than its preseason Associated Press ranking.