Miami Hurricanes coach comes out in favor of ending preseason college football polls, blasts SEC

What happened: Miami Hurricanes offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson said preseason college football rankings should not exist and called out the SEC, arguing rankings should not start until October. Why it matters: Dawson said preseason polls give voters talking points and that SEC teams are overranked early, while the content argues analytics based rankings would be better but vested interests keep preseason polls. Key numbers: Dawson said five of last year's preseason top-10 teams were not in the end of season top-25.

Miami Hurricanes offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson said preseason college football rankings should not exist and called out the SEC, arguing rankings should not start until October.

Dawson said preseason polls give voters talking points and that SEC teams are overranked early, while the content argues analytics based rankings would be better but vested interests keep preseason polls. Key numbers: Dawson said five of last year's preseason top-10 teams were not in the end of season top-25.