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RANKINGS UPDATE: Hawkeyes left out of Preseason Polls

Nick Saban loves to turn the littlest bit of “criticism” into fuel for the Crimson Tide on an annual basis. A few years ago he expressed what has become one of the most well known phrases in recent college football history “Rat Poison.” Now Nick has several different kinds of rat poison analogies. Here’s hoping that Captain Kirk sees a rankings snub as “yummy” rat poison.

After hearing last week that they were left out of the preseason Coaches Poll, the Iowa Hawkeyes learned today that they would be starting the season unranked in the AP poll as well.