With so much chaos in College Football this fall, many teams are taking the mantra of “why not us?”. TCU can certainly be one of the teams that surprises national pundits (QB situation be damned) and have gotten at least enough attention this off-season to find themselves amongst the Top 25(ish) with Monday’s first release of the AP Poll.
So, technically the Horned Frogs are in the receiving votes category, not the official rankings, but if you eliminate the programs from conferences that are not competing this fall, all of the sudden you are looking at a Top 25 program in Fort Worth:
Adjusted preseason @AP_Top25 poll w/only teams playing in fall:
1-Clemson
2-Bama
3-Georgia
4-OU
5-LSU
6-Florida
7-Notre Dame
8-Auburn
9-A&M
10-Texas
11-OklaSt
12-UNC
13-Cincy
14-UCF
15-IowaSt
16-Tenn
17-Memphis
18-VaTech
19-Miami
20-UL
21-AppSt
22-UK
23-Baylor
24-TCU
25-Virginia— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 24, 2020One of several Big 12 teams to make the cut, TCU’s program was filled with promise just a few days ago, before the shocking announcement that quarterback Max Duggan’s season was in jeopardy after team medical staff discovered a congenital heart issue.