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2021 Preseason Cincinnati Bearcats Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
Maladroit44 3
ToeInDigDeep 3 Between Gardner, Sanders, and Ridder, they have some amazing talent, coached by one of the best coaches in the country in Fickell
Greflingorax 4
Joester09 4
relax_on_the_mat 5
CockADoodleBOOM 6
coogs35 6 Let’s see if they can capitalize on their schedule with Indiana and ND on it.
creative_penguin 6
dasani3x 6
falconlover79 6
Frognosticator 6
hypercube42342 6
igloo27 6
malowry0124 6
PHubbs 6
practicallybert 6
Sometimeswelose 6
steelcitygator 6 I'm a staunch "bowl games are bad predictors" person so I don't overly weigh them (especially with all the opt-outs last year).  They will be really good and should get a retooling ND and probably overrated Indiana.  One of several intriguing G5 storylines this year.
tauzeta 6
thexraptor 6
ucieaters33 6
12panther 7
A-Stu-Ute 7
badgers4194 7
BallSoHerd 7
Blazeth 7
bretticus33 7
BUSean 7
CambodianDrywall 7
corundum9 7
dogwoodmaple 7
Feral_Squirrel 7
GenialGiant 7
HelioOne 7
Hey_Its_Roomie 7
JamesBCrazy 7
KommanderKeen-a42 7
Longvols 7
MrTheSpork 7
No11223456 7
Omegaus492 7
one98d 7
owl_man 7
Rakarei 7
RollWarTideEagle 7
sasmith2015 7
scrotes_magotes 7
SCRx 7
Seneca_Was_In 7
soonerfreak 7
Staind075 7
Striker743 7
tallg8tor 7
TDenverFan 7
thomasosu 7
TopGoose 7
WarEagle9 7
Wurst_Law 7
_fastball 8
admiraltarkin 8
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 8
arrowfan624 8
BamaPride95 8
Bank_Gothic 8
BigBoutros 8
BlueSCar 8 +17.8
BosskOnASegway 8
CFBHurts 8
chrisb19 8
Chucky1539 8
crimsonlaw 8
DarkLegend64 8 Cinci's only regular season loss will be to Notre Dame. But they will dump Indiana.
darkra01 8
Darth_Ra 8 25.90
dicky_________seamus 8
doggo816 8
Dropbackandpunt 8
fireinvestigator113 8
huskerfan4life520 8
jmac_21 8
kdcoltred 8
Mario_Speedwagon 8
monkeymatt1836 8
Mr_Brews 8
nemoran 8
Our-Gardian-Angel 8
Pieisgood186 8
safariari 8
tabelz 8
TaylorLeprechaun 8
tdoger 8
Techwid 8
wameron 8
wesman212 8
andrewthestudent 9
bgr308 9
bwburke94 9
Charlemagne42 9 Have you tried telling all your opponents to go 11-1?
Drexlore 9
eclectic_tastes 9
fourpinz8 9
GatorRich 9
jjjoebox 9
joebob431 9
Johnnycockseed 9
JustAManAndHisLaptop 9
LeWoofle 9
lillipup03 9
not_folie 9
physedka 9
TheReformedBadger 9
tmothy07 9
typicaliconoclast 9
VerySeriousBanana 9
woakley 9 Cincinnati returns their QB and most importantly returns Luke Fickell. Their recruiting isn't as strong as anyone up on this list, and they have to contend with an AAC that grows in strength every year, but this team has shown that they are up to the challenge. 
Xtremeloco 9 This is my end of season poll last year. They earned these spots last year and get them to start the season this year. 
Zloggt 9
cajunaggie08 10
Ch-i-ef 10
CollegeGolf69 10
dabul-master 10
DataDrivenPirate 10
djowen68 10 Returned key players from a really good team including QB. 
GeauxAllDay 10
GilBrandt 10
GoBeaversOSU 10
Hobbes_121 10
King-Clover 10
Lex_Ludorum 10
mellolizard 10
owlalwaysloveyew 10
RegulatorRWF 10
RiffRamBahZoo 10
RobertNeyland 10
scronko 10
tdeff19 10
Texasagsman 10
thegreendalegelf 10
TouchdownHeroes 10
turkishguy 10
UNC_Samurai 10
vanburen1845 10
311polo 11
Cassiyus 11
cmdrcaboose2 11
e8odie 11
GeauxTri 11
halldaylong 11
JCiLee 11
JoshDaws 11
Nathanael-Greene 11
nbingham196 11 12-1 AAC Champs (Loss to Notre Dame)
ndbroski 11
Pikachu1989 11
PumpSmash 11
RavenclawWiz816 11
ShamusJohnson13 11
stesser 11
crownebeach 12 The challenge for a G5 team against top-25 Power 5 teams is the same as the challenge a top-25 P5 team faces when it plays a playoff team -- if everything goes right, you have enough top-end talent to keep up, but you don't have the margin for error, injury, or missed development that a team on that next rung of the ladder does. Cincinnati isn't a top-four team, but they're good enough to hang around with and maybe even beat one on the right day.
dan4223 12
Helifino 12
HUSKEROYAL 12
jnoobs13 12
Red261 12
3RDnKING 13
52hoova 13
Inkblot9 13
NyquillusDillwad20 13
seaotter2 13
zacheiny 13
AlphaH4wk 14
Blooblod 14
Hackasizlak 14
plannedsickdays 14
THECrew42 14
TheZachster 14
Acm0028 15
Jakesnake42 15 Elite Defense but they did lose some talent from last season's Peach Bowl squad...still the favorite to win the AAC but I don't think they are a Top 10 team.
galacticdude7 16
jchall3 17
JeromesNiece 17
Cars-and-Coffee 18
eSpiritCorpse 18 0.8639
NotSoSuperNerd 18
jchurch8073 22
justsaynotoreddit 23
surreptitioussloth 23

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
Blue = Human
Red = Computer
Green = Hybrid

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Normal = after the AP poll was published

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