On3: Phil Steele 2026 preseason poll, ranking all college football teams, 1 to 138

[Arminius]

Wisconsin 27
Minnesota 35
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Phil Steele releases 2026 preseason poll, ranking all college football teams, 1 to 138

Phil Steele has released his 2026 preseason poll as he ranked all teams in college football from No. 1 to 138.

www.on3.com

 

[Soon2B8]

Dink

 

[goldenboy]

Clueless.

 

[IceBoxGopher]

Nebraska ahead of Minnesota as well. Shocking.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Tell me you're a lazy journalist without telling me you're a lazy journalist

 

[Some guy]

Wisconsin is going to suck.
This is really similar to year 4 Brewster

Dude takes a program with an identity. Changes it. Sucks or is below average. Change identity back. Suck even worse, get fired mid season.

The only difference is Fickell should’ve been better.

 

[fmlizard]

wisconsin was a lot worse than Minnesota last year, recruited significantly worse (28 vs 78 by 247 composite), comparable in transfer rank (38 vs 51). Minnesota returns 68% of production from last year and wisconsin 59%.

What returning production looks like for the 2026 college football season

Notre Dame and Texas have a lot coming back, but 2025 showed that might not mean as much.

www.espn.com

but I guess they are now better by the same magic pixie dust sprinkled each summer upon the Platte River of Nebraska

 

[GVLCGopherFan]

Over the last five years he’s had pre-season Wisconsin at:

2022 = 19
2023 = 13
2024 = 25
2025 = 32
2026 = 27

 

[mngg11]

but I guess they are now better by the same magic pixie dust sprinkled each summer upon the Platte River of Nebraska

Yeah, meth

 

[ergopher]

Over the last five years he’s had pre-season Wisconsin at:

2022 = 19
2023 = 13
2024 = 25
2025 = 32
2026 = 27

Having them at 32 when anyone with half a brain could tell you how Wisconsin's season was going to go six months before the season started tells you all you need to know