Preseason polls are ridiculous. Really, they are. Think about it, we’re making lists about groups of people, some of which we’ve literally never seen with our own eyes (looking at you, Lunt).
But everybody does it and everybody studies them because it’s football and we’d analyze a pile of poop if it had a number next to it on ESPN.com.
Here are twelve preseason publications you might be interested in:
| Publication | Ranking |
| Big Lead | 17 (highest) |
| FOX | 17 (highest) |
| USA Today | 19 |
| CBS | 19 |
| Athlon | 19 |
| AP | 19 |
| Bleacher Report | 22 |
| ESPN | 22 |
| SB Nation | 23 |
| Sports Illustrated | NR (lowest) |
| Sporting News | NR (lowest) |
Understandable. And not a bad place to be. Rather be underrated than overrated!!
But does it ever bother you, deep inside, that despite what we know about our Cowboys, that some of these clowns, highly compensated clowns that make their living doing this kind of stuff, may know something we don’t???? Right now, I do not discount that our Cowboys have a shot at B12 repeat, I mean, really?!??!, NR from SI?