The good folks at Maxim Magazine have complied a pretty damn good list of the worst preseason #1 teams in college football history. Enjoy.

5. University of Pittsburgh, 1982
Finished: 9-3 (AP No. 10)
Pitt enjoyed its greatest success ever under coach Jackie Sherrill, finishing 11-1 in each of the previous three seasons. Still, there evidently wasn't a doubt in anyone's mind that, after he fled for Texas A&M to become the highest paid coach ever, Pitt and its senior QB Dan Marino wouldn't miss a five-step drop. Out went Sherrill, in stepped the legendary Serafino "Foge" Fazio... right into the steaming pile of Pitt's first three-loss season in four years. AP voters are worse than values voters.

4. Penn State, 1997
Finished: 9-3 (AP No. 16)
For a team boasting football's second all-time winningest ...

With the 2008 Preseason Coaches Football Poll and 2008 Preseason AP Football poll in the books for the upcoming football season, it's time to drill down a little deeper into the polls and determine where the nation's top ranked college football teams stand in the eyes of the poll voters.

To get a better feel for where teams really stand in the eyes of the poll voters, we'll look at the actual poll ranking, and then the highest and lowest ballot positions for each of the top teams.

TEAM	AP Poll	Highest Ranking	Lowest Ranking
Georgia	1	1	7
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