Miami Hurricanes coach comes out in favor of ending preseason college football polls, blasts SEC

The advent of NIL and the transfer portal has already made gauging the "best" teams in early August nearly impossible, and as the jaw-dropping 2025 Indiana Hoosiers championship season demonstrated, the modern era has created more surprise teams than in the past.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.

This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.Preseason polls then, despite being a part of the college football process for years, are less useful than ever before.And one prominent offensive coordinator thinks we should get rid of them entirely.

He's probably right.Miami Hurricanes OC Shannon Dawson recently addressed the preseason polls, specifically addressing how they consistently seemingly favor one specific conference.A conference that already more often than not gets the benefit of the doubt from poll voters.CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGEMiami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal reacts on the sidelines against the Pittsburgh Panthers during the third quarter at Acrisure Stadium on Nov.

29, 2025.(Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)"First of all, there should be no such thing as preseason rankings," Dawson said during a press conference.

"That’s the most ridiculous thing on the planet.That is the stupidest thing, because people weigh those things way heavier than they should."You shouldn’t have a ranking until October.

How do you know? (Texas) A&M was ranked in the top-five, but how does that look right now? If anything, it isn’t predictable for the future, it’s the past.Go look at the top-10 last year.

I did.Five of them weren’t even in the (end of season) top-25."It's impossible to argue with that, because it's true.

And despite A&M, and others, looking far worse than their preseason expectations, the first few weeks of games and rankings reflect that initial set.Texas A&M loses to LSU, which mu...