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How Doug voted in the AP preseason top 25 poll:
1. Southern Cal
2. Alabama
3. Oklahoma
4. LSU
5. Oregon
6. Michigan
7. Florida St.
8. Arkansas
9. West Virginia
10. Georgia
11. Virginia Tech
12. South Carolina
13. Clemson
14. Wisconsin
15. TCU
16. Ohio St.
17. Michigan St.
18. Boise St.
19. Stanford
20. Nebraska
21. Auburn
22. Washington
23. Florida
24. Texas
25. Louisville
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Veteran sports reporter Doug Doughty is the University of Virginia athletics beat writer for The Roanoke Times and also writes the weekly College Notebook and online-only College Notebook Plus.
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I’m curious as to why you have Tech ranked ahead of Clemson considering that Clemson destroyed Tech twice last season. Any insight?
Not a bad poll but I’m wondering same things as previous guy. Clemnson beat VT like a rented mule twice last year and have their playmakers back this year.
Because he must keep his audience in the NRV happy.
Because last season has absolutely no bearing on this season.
If he cared solely about readers, wouldn’t UVA be in the top 25? He is, after all, the UVA Insider. Being a Hokie fan, I would have also put Clemson ahead of VT.