The 2019 college football season kicks off on Saturday with Miami vs Florida at 4pm.
Prior to the start of the year – we wanted to get our rankings out. We will also include our CFP, Heisman, and National Champion predictions.
Many contributors to Hefty Headlines were invited to participate in this inaugural pre-season poll. Of the ten people invited – five responded. Anyways, here is what we have:
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
| 1 | Clemson (5) | 0 – 0 | 125 |
| 2 | Alabama | 0 – 0 | 120 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 0 – 0 | 112 |
| 4 | Georgia | 0 – 0 | 110 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 0 – 0 | 99 |
| 6 | Texas | 0 – 0 | 96 |
| 7 | LSU | 0 – 0 | 95 |
| 8 | Michigan | 0 – 0 | 90 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 0 – 0 | 81 |
| 10 | Washington | 0 – 0 | 80 |
| 11 | Florida | 0 – 0 | 79 |
| 12 | Oregon | 0 – 0 | 71 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 0 – 0 | 65 |
| 14 | Penn State | 0 – 0 | 48 |
| 15 | Auburn | 0 – 0 | 43 |
| 16 | UCF | 0 – 0 | 41 |
| 17 | Utah | 0 – 0 | 36 |
| 18 | Iowa | 0 – 0 | 30 |
| 19 | Stanford | 0 – 0 | 22 |
| 20 | Michigan State | 0 – 0 | 21 |
| 21 | Wisconsin | 0 – 0 | 20 |
| 22 | Miami | 0 – 0 | 17 |
| 23 | Army | 0 – 0 | 15 |
| 24 | Boise State | 0 – 0 | 14 |
| 25 | Washington State | 0 – 0 | 12 |
- Others receiving votes: Nebraska 11, BYU 10, TCU 9, Syracuse 8, USC 8, Missouri 7, Iowa State 7, Northwestern 6, Mississippi State 6, Virginia Tech 5, Utah State 3, Fresno State 1, UL-Lafayette 1, Oklahoma State 1.
Heisman Pick
Trevor Lawrence – QB – Clemson
The most common name chosen was that of Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence. Other names that were brought up were Wisconsin RB Johnathan Taylor, Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa, and Oklahoma QB Jalen Hurts.
CFP Predictions
Clemson, Alabama, Texas, and ….Ohio State or Oklahoma.
Clemson and Alabama were unanimously selected to make it into the CFP. Texas was selected by the majority of our voters. Ohio State and Oklahoma were tied for the 4th spot. Washington, Michigan, and Notre Dame also received a vote.
National Champion
Clemson
The Tigers are our pick to win the College Football Playoff – receiving most of the votes. Alabama and Texas were also selected as potential winners.
Wrap Up
We will keep this going throughout the season – hopefully. Some weeks we will have more voters – some weeks we will have less. The only thing that is for sure is none of us really know what we are talking about – just like everyone else.
– Buzz
