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South Carolina Football: Gamecocks left off of another preseason poll

By Kevin Miller

South Carolina football Head Coach Shane Beamer and his team continue to be doubted despite improving every season. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union]
South Carolina football Head Coach Shane Beamer and his team continue to be doubted despite improving every season. [Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union] /
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South Carolina football is in the unique position of having a wide variety of realistic preseason expectations. With the nation’s most difficult schedule but also lots of reasons for optimism regarding the direction of the program, the Gamecocks’ preseason projections have been all over the place.

Some betting outlets have USC sitting between 6 wins and 7 wins for the 2023 season, while some college football analysts believe the Gamecocks could win up to 9 games in the regular season.

Recently, the preseason USAToday Coaches Poll was released, and the Gamecocks sat just outside of the top-25 rankings at #27.

The preseason AP poll was released on Monday, and the South Carolina football program was nowhere to be found in the top-25.

Exactly like the preseason USAToday Coaches Poll, the Gamecocks were on the “Also Receiving Votes” list and wound up in the 27th spot.

Carolina is set to play five teams from the AP Poll’s top-25 (including three of the top-12) and three more from the “Also Receiving Votes” list. In other words, the Gamecocks most likely will play at least five good teams in 2023. One of the teams not on the list, Missouri, has also given USC trouble in recent years, winning four in a row over the Gamecocks.

The entire AP Poll is listed below:

  1. Georgia Bulldogs
  2. Michigan Wolverines
  3. Ohio State Buckeyes
  4. Alabama Crimson Tide
  5. LSU Tigers
  6. Southern Cal Trojans
  7. Penn State Nittany Lions
  8. Florida State Seminoles
  9. Clemson Tigers
  10. Washington Huskies
  11. Texas Longhorns
  12. Tennessee Volunteers
  13. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
  14. Utah Utes
  15. Oregon Ducks
  16. Kansas State Wildcats
  17. TCU Horned Frogs
  18. Oregon State Beavers
  19. Wisconsin Badgers
  20. Oklahoma Sooners
  21. North Carolina Tar Heels
  22. Ole Miss Rebels
  23. Texas A&M Aggies
  24. Tulane Green Wave
  25. Iowa Hawkeyes

Also receiving votes (in order): Texas Tech Red Raiders, South Carolina Gamecocks, UCLA Bruins, Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners, Arkansas Razorbacks, Boise State Broncos, Pittsburgh Panthers, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, Troy Trojans, Kansas Jayhawks, Auburn Tigers, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Toledo Rockets, Duke Blue Devils, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Florida Gators, Illinois Fighting Illini, Baylor Bears, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, South Alabama Jaguars, NC State Wolfpack, James Madison Dukes, Liberty Flames

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