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The first FanPulse community-based poll is officially here.
And thanks to some conference-wide love, the Northwestern Wildcats are all the way up at #21 as one of eight Big Ten teams ranked.
As a reminder, SBNation’s new FanPulse for its college community serves as a way to make your voice heard with regards to both the national college football landscape and Northwestern specifically. Each week during the season, voters will fill out a poll ballot while also answering some questions about the Wildcats’ progress.
If you haven’t already, make sure to sign up using this link!
In the meantime, here are the full results of this first set of rankings:
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Meanwhile, here are the Northwestern-specific poll results, as voted on by you, the members of the Inside NU community:
Northwestern Fans’ FanPulse Preseason Poll
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Clemson |
| 2 | Alabama |
| 3 | Georgia |
| 4 | Oklahoma |
| 5 | Ohio State |
| 6 | Michigan |
| 7 | Notre Dame |
| 8 | Florida |
| 9 | Texas |
| 10 | Texas A&M |
| 11 | LSU |
| 12 | Oregon |
| 13 | Washington |
| 14 | Penn State |
| 15 | UCF |
| 16 | Utah |
| 17 | Northwestern |
| 18 | Auburn |
| 19 | Wisconsin |
| 20 | Iowa |
| 21 | Iowa State |
| 22 | Miami |
| 23 | Michigan State |
| 24 | Stanford |
| 25 | Nebraska |
| Receiving Votes: | Virginia Tech |
| Syracuse | |
| Kentucky | |
| Boise State | |
| Washington State |
The Wildcats are a modest four slots higher in our own poll, but otherwise the national landscape looks very similar, with only a few minor changes from the community’s poll as a whole.