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One conference has reaffirmed that preseason polls should be done away with

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While trying to push the most unpopular playoff expansion format possible, Big Ten commissioner Tony Pettiti and the league's coaches did add their respective voices to something that should resonate with many college football fans - dumping the top 25 preseason polls.

You aren't going to find too many arguments from here about why the preseason polls are necessary, and it's good that one of the top superpower conferences is saying what most of us feel - let's play some games first.

This wasn’t among the talking points for Big Ten coaches and officials in Las Vegas, but I brought it up to several and they agreed: The preseason polls should be obliterated.