i don't know what their AP rank was but Sports Illustrated had Dennis Erickson's Oregon State #1 in 2001 (after an 11-1 season and a demolishing of Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl). They started the year with a loss to Fresno State and finished 5-6.
2012 USC was ranked #1 and went 7-6 There was a Preseason #10 curse for a while. 2008 Auburn (5-7), 2012 Arkansas (4-8), and 2013 Florida (4-8) all were atrocious #secsecsec
davenportyaaaa ^the name a young drunken shig gave himself when signing up for the rivals message board back in the day so basically what I'm saying is no
I don’t know where they finished but I know where I did. On my belly. Because I was touching myself. Because they were hot.