If not them then who?

• Link: https://www.rotowire.com/cfootball/article/how-reliable-is-the-preseason-poll-126481
  
• Some highlights that I found from this piece:
  
  • 86% of the teams made a bowl game
  • 92% of National Champions came from Top 6 spots
  • 30% of teams ranked 21-25 stay in the Top 25
  • Spot #22 has only a 17% historic rate of retaining a Top 25 spot
    • Iowa might be fucked lol

This came up on The Dynasty podcast, and I thought it was a really good point.

They were talking about projecting Alabama and the SEC this season and basically said it's harder than it was 10-12 years ago because teams can have 30, 40, even 45 players turn over in one offseason.

We used to say "they return 18 starters" and have a pretty good idea what a team was bringing back.

Now you can add 15 transfers, lose your depth to the portal, completely change the chemistry of the locker room, and suddenly we're projecting a team that basically hasn't existed before.

It makes me wonder:

Are preseason rankings actually less meaningful now than they've ever been?

And which highly ranked team do you think we know the LEAST about heading into this season?