I'm honestly not a fan of preseason rankings but I do see them as a necessary evil. I mean we've got to argue and debate something before the season kicks off, right? So we might as well indulge ourselves in the, "which team deserves to be where" debate.
Granted you can't really predict intangibles such as new coaches and coordinators, new position starters, and JUCO transfers. Therefore these rankings are based solely on how the teams finished in 2014 and who they have returning this fall. It is by no means an indicator of how I believe the final conference standings will appear come early December.