Preseason rankings aren’t an exact science. Often teams will find themselves among the top teams in the country before the games are played only to be dropped in the first few weeks of the season when the games are factored in.
On the flip side of that coin, we have the teams who are on the outside looking in that can make a statement and finish the year among the top 25 teams in the country. The coaches poll powered by USA TODAY Sports was released last week and we are focusing on the teams on the outside in our second installment of the ‘Countdown 2 Kickoff’ series.
The only team on our list that wasn’t ranked in the Coaches Poll but earned a spot in the AP poll is Iowa. The Hawkeyes came in at No. 25 on the AP poll but they do join 10 other teams on our list of unranked teams since we are using the coaches poll as the baseline.
As we move one day closer to the start of the 2023 season, College Sports Wire previews 11 unranked teams who could make noise this year.