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Why OU football fans should pay little or no attention to what preseason polls say

Once August rolls around on the calendar, the big news in the college football world -- other than the growing anticipation and countdown to another season -- is what teams are considered to be the 25 best in the country entering the new season based on the foresight of both the two major preseason polls in the Associated Press Top 25 and Coaches Poll.

Some fans -- mostly of the Crimson and Cream variety -- were naturally upset at Oklahoma being left out of the top 25 of the preseason coaches poll. This week, however, the media brought a smile to the faces of OU football fans, as well as cries of overrated from some critics, by placing the Sooners No.