Nine SEC teams are ranked in the preseason US LBM Coaches Poll. Think the playoff committee will care about that? They didn't last year.

The USC Trojans will have plenty of doubters to prove wrong on the field this year. The preseason coaches poll excluded USC entirely from the top 25

Reacting to LSU football being ranked No. 9 in the preseason US LBM Coaches Polls, which was released Monday.