BYU Ranked No. 14 by Athlon Sports

It’s that time of year — college football preseason publications are starting to flood the news stands. Not surprisingly, BYU is being ranked in various preseason polls. Athlon Sports came out today and the Cougars checked in at No. 14. The magazine also proclaims that BYU should be the best non-BCS team in the nation.

What do you thinking of this ranking? Is it too high? Too low? Just right?

Below is the news release BYU sent out about this.

ATHLON SPORTS PICKS BYU No. 14
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 6, 2008) ‘ BYU has once again been predicted to be one of the top non-BCS contenders for the upcoming 2008 football season with Athlon Sports ranking the Cougars at the No. 14 position in its preseason Top-25 poll.
Athlon Sports predicts Bronco Mendenhall’s Cougars to win the Mountain West Conference for the third consecutive year, and have selected 11 BYU players as All-MWC performers. In 2007, Athlon Sports led all other preseason football magazines in prediction accuracy.
‘BYU should be the best non-BCS conference team in the nation this year,’ says Athlon Sports senior editor Mitch Light. ‘The Cougars are absolutely loaded on offense, and with Bronco Mendenhall’s background, you know his team will be good defensively, even though they will have a lot of new faces on that side of the ball.’
Offensive lineman Ray Feinga is named Third-Team All-America and First-Team All-MWC. Joining him on the first team are quarterback Max Hall, running back Harvey Unga, wide receiver and kick returner Austin Collie, tight end Dennis Pitta, offensive lineman Dallas Reynolds and defensive lineman Jan Jorgensen.
Punt returner Bryce Mahuika is named Second-Team All-MWC. Center Tom Sorensen, linebacker David Nixon and punter CJ Santiago join the All-MWC Third Team.