Former Kentucky offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson went on a rant about early-season rankings on Monday.
Dawson, now the offensive coordinator at Miami (FL), says there shouldn’t be rankings until October because preseason rankings “give people talking points that are idiots.”
He also took a little shot at the Southeastern Conference.
“Everything’s SEC, SEC. They have all their teams in the top 25. Good for you. At the end of the year, half of them will be in the top 30,” Dawson said. “We can’t sit here and say, ‘hey, we play X number of top-25 teams’. We’ll count those chips up at the end of the year.”
This is outstanding from Miami OC Shannon Dawson. Preaccchhh!!!! pic.twitter.com/QJyR7bixGN
— Danny Kanell (@dannykanell) September 28, 2026
