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Who will make the College Football Playoff and how will the 2. December? Athlon Sports has projected how the results will play out and ranked every team 1 to 1. This NCAA college football ranking represents where we think teams will finish – not where they should start at the beginning of the season. Conference Predictions. Power 5: ACC . Expect Nick Saban's team to lean on its defense and ground attack until the offense finds stability at quarterback.
Team. Preview. 2. Florida State: After winning 1. FSU is poised to challenge for the title. Most of the roster returns intact, but the Seminoles have to find a QB and replace cornerback Jalen Ramsey. Dalvin Cook is one of the frontrunners to win the Heisman. Team. Preview. 3. Ohio State: The Buckeyes have the fewest returning starters (six) of any Power 5 team.
However, thanks to elite recruiting classes, Ohio State should be able to reload in a hurry. And it certainly doesn’t hurt that the Buckeyes can lean on J. T. Barrett until the rest of the pieces fall into place.
Team. Preview. 4. Clemson: Even though the Tigers suffered heavy losses on defense, quarterback Deshaun Watson and the nation’s top receiving corps is more than enough to keep Clemson in the hunt for the national title. Team. Preview. 5.
Michigan: Jim Harbaugh already has Michigan back among the nation’s top teams. The Wolverines have to find a quarterback, but this team can lean on its defense — led by new coordinator Don Brown — to push Ohio State for the Big Ten title. Team. Preview. 6. Oklahoma: The Sooners are a heavy favorite to win the Big 1. TCU, Texas Tech and West Virginia.
If the voids on the offensive line and defense are filled, quarterback Baker Mayfield could carry Oklahoma to another playoff berth. Team. Preview. 7. Tennessee: The Volunteers have made steady improvement under coach Butch Jones, and the pieces are in place to challenge for the SEC title.
Tennessee returns 1. Joshua Dobbs and end Derek Barnett. Team. Preview. 8. Notre Dame: Brian Kelly’s team lost a handful of key players from last year’s 1. But the Fighting Irish have a manageable schedule, two proven quarterbacks and enough of a foundation on both sides of the ball to push for 1. Team. Preview. 9. LSU: After coaching drama surrounding Les Miles at the end of 2.
LSU is loaded for a run at a CFP berth. As usual, the Tigers will lean on their ground attack and defense to carry the team. However, Brandon Harris and the passing game have to improve to win the SEC. Team. Preview. 10. Ole Miss: Hugh Freeze must replace three first- round picks, but the Rebels have recruited well enough to prevent a huge drop off. Chad Kelly is the SEC’s top signal- caller and there’s no shortage of options at receiver. Team. Preview. 11.
Washington: The Huskies are poised for a breakthrough year in Chris Petersen’s third season. Talented sophomores Jake Browning and Myles Gaskin are two of the Pac- 1. Team. Preview. 12.
Stanford: Stanford has won three of the last four Pac- 1. David Shaw’s team was hit hard by personnel departures. However, the Cardinal still has enough returning talent to challenge for the conference title — especially with running back Christian Mc. Caffrey leading the way. Team. Preview. 13. Michigan State: The Spartans have won at least 1. Despite the loss of quarterback Connor Cook, end Shilique Calhoun and standout linemen Jack Conklin and Jack Allen, coach Mark Dantonio won’t allow Michigan State to slip too far in the rankings.
Team. Preview. 14. UCLA: Similar to rival USC, UCLA enters 2. However, the Bruins return the Pac- 1. Josh Rosen, and the schedule is more manageable than the Trojans’ brutal slate. The defense returns eight starters, and standout end Eddie Vanderdoes is back from injury.
Team. Preview. 15. Houston: The bar is set high for Houston after a 1.
Tom Herman’s first season. The Cougars are the top Group of 5 team for 2. Oklahoma and Louisville in non- conference games. Team. Preview. 16. Georgia: New coach Kirby Smart inherits a roster filled with promising talent and one of the nation’s top quarterback recruits in Jacob Eason. However, running back Nick Chubb is recovering from a serious knee injury, and the defense features a revamped front seven. Team. Preview. 17.
TCU: TCU will be a dark horse contender in the Big 1. Only one starter returns on offense, but there’s a good foundation in place at the skill positions. The Horned Frogs are loaded on defense and return four key players who missed all or most of last year due to injury. Team. Preview. 18. Louisville: The Cardinals finished the 2. Bobby Petrino’s team should build on that momentum in 2.
Lamar Jackson. Team. Preview. 19. Iowa: The Hawkeyes were one of college football’s biggest surprises in 2. Big Ten West. Quarterback C. J. Beathard leads the way on offense, while the defense returns eight starters. Team. Preview. 20.
Florida: The defense is still among the best in the SEC, but Florida has to find some answers on offense after averaging 1. Oregon State transfer Luke Del Rio is expected to start at quarterback. Team. Preview. 21. North Carolina: New quarterback Mitch Trubisky is a rising star, and the supporting cast is among the best in the ACC.
The defense showed some improvement under new coordinator Gene Chizik last year but has to get tougher against the run. Team. Preview. 22. USC: Clay Helton’s first full season on the job features one of the nation’s toughest schedules, a quarterback battle and a completely revamped defensive line. Team. Preview. 23. Oregon: The Ducks hope another FCS transfer (Dakota Prukop) is the right answer at quarterback. There’s no shortage of skill talent on offense, but the line must replace three starters.
Brady Hoke is tasked with improving a defense that surrendered 3. Team. Preview. 24. Oklahoma State: Mason Rudolph to James Washington should be one of the Big 1. However, for the Cowboys to match last year’s 1. Team. Preview. 25. Baylor: The dismissal of Art Briles as the program's coach has added a layer of uncertainty to Baylor for 2. The Bears still have plenty of talent, but question marks remain on the line of scrimmage.
Will interim coach Jim Grobe keep this team in the hunt for the Big 1. Team. Preview. 26. Arkansas: Bret Bielema has to retool an offense that loses quarterback Brandon Allen, running back Alex Collins and a handful of other key players. However, the defense should take a big step forward with nine starters back. If Austin Allen settles in at quarterback, Arkansas could be a top 2. Team. Preview. 27.
Miami: Mark Richt's return to Miami is a much- needed boost for a program still looking for its first trip to the ACC Championship Game. Richt will handle the play- calling duties for the Hurricanes, and he inherits one of the nation's top quarterbacks in junior Brad Kaaya. With North Carolina and Florida State visiting Sun Life Stadium, Miami could surprise in Richt's debut.
Team. Preview. 28. Texas A& M: Kevin Sumlin needs to show the program is still on track after an 8- 5 2.
The quarterback position took a hit with the transfer of Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray, but Oklahoma transfer Trevor Knight should provide stability at the position. The defense took a step forward under first- year coordinator John Chavis last season and should be even better in 2. Team. Preview. 29. Virginia Tech: The Hokies hit a home run with the Justin Fuente hire, and the first- year coach should immediately help an offense that has experienced its share of ups and downs in recent years.
Coordinator Bud Foster needs to restock the trenches, but Virginia Tech could crack the top 2. Team. Preview. 30. Washington State: Don't sleep on Mike Leach's Cougars in the Pac- 1. North title race. Led by quarterback Luke Falk and receiver Gabe Marks, Washington State's offense will be one of the best in the nation.
The defense showed progress under new coordinator Alex Grinch in 2. With six starters back for 2. Team. Preview. 31. Nebraska: After a season filled with bad luck and close losses, Nebraska is due for a change in fortune in 2. With quarterback Tommy Armstrong and a deep group of receivers in place, scoring points won't be a problem for the Cornhuskers. However, coach Mike Riley's team has significant question marks in the trenches. Team. Preview. 32.
Utah: The Utes will be a dangerous team in the Pac- 1. South. Coach Kyle Whittingham's team is once again strong on defense and boasts a standout ground attack on offense. However, the passing game has to improve for Utah to win the division.
Team. Preview. 33. Wisconsin: Paul Chryst had a solid debut (1. Madison, but the road to double- digit wins is much tougher in 2. The Badgers face a brutal schedule, and enter the season with uncertainty at quarterback and a new play- caller on defense.
Team. Preview. 34. Boise State: A year after winning the Mountain West and the Fiesta Bowl, the Broncos slipped to 9- 4 in coach Bryan Harsin's second season.
However, Boise State won't be down for long, as quarterback Brett Rypien and running back Jeremy Mc. Nichols anchor an explosive offense and provide enough firepower to win the Mountain West in 2.
Team. Preview. 35. Auburn: The Tigers were one of the nation's biggest disappointments in 2. Is a rebound year in store for coach Gus Malzahn? Auburn needs to find an answer at quarterback, while new coordinator Kevin Steele is tasked with improving a defense that ranked near the bottom of the SEC last season. Team. Preview. 36.
San Diego State: Rocky Long's Aztecs are the defending Mountain West champs and will be a tough out once again in 2.
Predicting every team's first loss. The college football offseason is a funky beast.
Every team presents a foggy unknown that can cloud even the most rational fan’s judgment. Combined with high levels of fan optimism, it creates this big, lumbering paradox that lives in the doldrums of June and July. Until the games start, we have no good sense of how all this talent will mesh on the gridiron.
So we default to optimism. Unless you’re a South Carolina fan, in which case it’s hard to feel good about much when you have a loss to The Citadel still haunting your dreams. Few enjoy actively thinking about the first stumbling block their school might hit. After all, some might say, how you finish can outweigh a strong start. So on that happy note, let’s get started: South Carolina: Sept. Vanderbilt. Let’s refrain from labeling this as a Gamecocks- bashing article for a minute and recognize that Vandy has a real chance to be decent — at least by Vandy standards.
Last season, the . Offensively, leading rusher Ralph Webb returns on the heels of a 1,1. Kyle Shurmur likely remains the starter under center after showing some promise as a true freshman.
The team returns 1. Nashvegas. South Carolina already was due for some major growing pains in Will Muschamp.
Early enrollee Brandon Mc. Ilwain may be a two- sport college star down the line, but in the present it’s easy to envision the true freshman quarterback frantically fleeing the pocket just like Lorenzo Nunez did before him. Auburn: Sept. Clemson. Poor Gus Malzahn. He’s just trying to enjoy his mid- life crisis purchase in peace, and maybe find a viable quarterback while he’s at it. But here comes dancin’ Dabo, fired up and fresh off a heartbreaking national championship loss to .
But Malzahn and Co. As Cam Newton told SEC Country on Sunday, “When (Malzahn’s offense) is ran the right way, it’s very fun to watch.”Emphasis mine. Missouri: Sept. 3 at West Virginia. Mizzou still has bigger problems than the performance of its football team, and even if it didn’t, life in Faurot Field post- Gary Pinkel won’t be easy for coach Barry Odom and the Tigers. That’s not to say West Virginia will be especially good in 2.
But the Mountaineers’ offense did click down the stretch last season, scoring 3. West Virginia has what it takes to knock off a rebuilding Missouri squad at home in the couch- burning capital of America.
Ole Miss: Sept. Florida State. First, I promise there’s no anti- SEC agenda here. The Week 1 slate of non- conference games is simply stacked with quality matchups, and I’d be overly optimistic to think the conference can immediately display the same dominance that led to its phenomenal 8- 2 bowl record last year. Ole Miss is facing what you might call some NCAA trouble, including a potential postseason ban. Teams typically respond to this scenario in one of two ways: A) they crumble, B) they adopt the tried- and- true “us- versus- the- world” mentality and turn in a surprisingly good season. The Rebels have too much talent for the former to happen and should be in line for another 1. But Florida State presents the first of many challenges on a brutal 2.
The Seminoles return several starters from a 1. Heisman contender Dalvin Cook. Edge rusher De. Marcus Walker (1. Ole Miss trots out at left tackle, be it five- star freshman Greg Little or someone else. Free Shoes University gets to play its “neutral” site game in Orlando, too, and all of that will be tough for Ole Miss to overcome. Kentucky: Sept. 1.
Florida. Kentucky played abysmal football in the second half of 2. It’s not that the Wildcats lack talent. Kentucky has secured some impressive recruiting hauls under coach Mark Stoops, highlighted by his 2. But how well have those players been developed since arriving on campus?
The play- calling has been puzzling at times, as well. Kentucky has played Florida close in recent years, and there has to be a strong motivating factor in preventing its long Gators losing streak from reaching the 3. Unless this team suddenly becomes stouter in the trenches, however, a shocking upset in The Swamp should elude Stoops’ crew once again. Mississippi State: Sept. LSUThe SEC West might be the least forgiving division in college football. And now that Mississippi State is without record- setting quarterback Dak Prescott and defensive standouts Chris Jones and Will Redmond, the battle should become even more of an uphill affair.
LSU has a national title firmly in its sights and will not suffer a setback so early. The Bulldogs’ defense should show improvement from last season, when it allowed 1. SEC), but that may only mean the Fournette- led Tigers rush for 2. Arkansas: Sept. Texas A& MThe Aggies have gotten the best of the Razorbacks in each of coach Kevin Sumlin.
Arkansas has some major pieces to replace on offense — a senior quarterback, its top two running backs, the nation’s best tight end and a dominant offensive guard — and last I checked, the three- headed monster of Myles Garrett, Daeshon Hall and human bulldozer Daylon Mack does not have a soft spot for teams in rebuilding mode. This game will be competitive and entertaining, as are most games that feature the play- calling of Sumlin and Hogs offensive coordinator Dan Enos, but Texas A& M just has too much talent for an Arkansas team becoming known for slow starts. Florida: Sept. 2.
Tennessee. This is the smack- talk showdown that just keeps on giving. All eyes will be on Knoxville in what some are already billing as a de facto SEC East title game. With so many great storylines — Tennessee’s losing streak, the dramatic nature in which last year’s game ended, the Twitter war and this likely being Butch Jones. Whether they can sustain their winning ways after the high that would come from this game, well . It’s all about perspective! Georgia: Sept. 2.
Ole Miss. The Bulldogs are the best- positioned of the three SEC East teams that hired new coaches for this season, and there’s no reason they can’t finish with eight or nine wins. But this program also has some big early questions that leave room for doubt. Just how good can Jacob Eason be right away, and how much will he play?
Will Nick Chubb be the same after injury? Can Sam Pittman effectively retool an offensive line that got manhandled at times last year? Beating a stacked group of Rebels in Oxford would be an incredible validation of Kirby Smart. For now, Ole Miss losing here has the look of a UGA fan’s pipe dream. Tennessee: Oct. 1 at UGAWe’ve seen this storyline play out before: After beating a hated rival following weeks of dramatic buildup, the up- and- coming team lays a giant egg on the road next time out.
This is Tennessee’s trap game, if you can really even call it a trap, and it’s sure to throw a healthy portion of chaos into the SEC East race. Why this game for the Vols? Georgia’s defensive backs are experienced and primed to take advantage of Joshua Dobbs. Florida. Is it really that outlandish to see Vanderbilt start 4- 0? South Carolina, Georgia Tech, a Brandon Doughty- less Western Kentucky squad and Middle Tennessee State are beatable. Florida’s talent still trumps Vandy, and the Gators will take care of business here, but from where Derek Mason. But Mason is a darn good coach who was part of some special seasons at Stanford, and he now has some pieces around which to build.
Alabama: Oct. 1. 5 at Tennessee. The Vols beat Florida, disappoint against UGA and then ? Yes they do. The Third Saturday in October has belonged to the Tide since Nick Saban arrived.
But there’s a little bit of Rocky Top magic brewing this season that leads us to believe orange finally beats crimson in this long- standing rivalry. For the flaws in his game, Dobbs’ athleticism makes him the type of college quarterback that can pull off dramatic upsets such as this one. Tailbacks Jalen Hurd and Alvin Kamara form one of the most dangerous one- two punches in college football. And, perhaps most importantly, Alabama has shown that it struggles offensively against teams with the type of pass rushers Tennessee will field (just look at last year’s narrow 1. Derek Barnett and Jaylen Reeves- Maybin will play starring roles in this one, Cam Sutton will come up with some timely pass defense against Alabama’s stacked receiving corps and the Vols offense will squeak out just enough production in UT’s biggest victory in years.
Texas A& M: Oct. Alabama. Since the season ended, Texas A& M has lost three quarterbacks if you count the de- commitment of Tate Martell.
The school did add Trevor Knight, who stacks up as the SEC’s second- best pure passer and its No. John Chavis has some serious talent at his disposal up front. For all of the ugliness that went along with the Aggies’ second- half collapse, this team should still turn in a solid campaign — fourth place in the SEC West is reasonable. And the structure of their schedule makes a 6- 0 start possible. History repeats itself, though, and Alabama (which would be fresh off a loss to Tennessee if we’re running with the rest of these predictions) will continue to make Johnny Manziel. Ole Miss. LSU has reached SEC front- runner status for a reason: The Tigers are loaded across the board and return arguably the best player in college football, among a handful of other elite talents (Lewis Neal, Tre White, Travin Dural, Arden Key).
Defensive chief Dave Aranda will orchestrate one of the fiercest units in college football, while Fournette, Derrius Guice and three senior offensive linemen should get the job done offensively whether or not Brandon Harris ever learns how to throw the football. If LSU beats Ole Miss here in a “looking ahead to Alabama” scenario, there’s a real chance it finishes unbeaten, especially considering that LSU benefits from facing Saban’s squad in Death Valley. The only thing this team lacks is a good Fournette- centric rap song, which.
Biggest Trap Game for Auburn Football in 2. A trap game is typically a game against an opponent you should beat, sandwiched in between a couple of really difficult games. The guys at Bleacher Report already talked about the Vanderbilt game as a potential trap game as it’s sandwiched between road games to Ole Miss and Georgia, so we won’t spend too much time on that one. SEC Football: Biggest Trap Game for Every Team in 2. While I think Vanderbilt will be much improved in 2. Gus lets his team get down for that game after losing to them the past two times Auburn has played them. Something I found shocking is that Vanderbilt actually leads the all- time series against Auburn 2.
That will definitely be a trap game to keep an eye on, but I think the Arkansas game will be even more of a challenge for Auburn in 2. The week before the Arkansas game, Auburn will hit the road for the first time all season to take on Mississippi State.
After winning 1. 0 of 1. Bulldogs from 2. 00. Mississippi State has won three of the past four matchups. The combined scores over the past six years is 1.
Mississippi State with four of those games being decided by 1. For some reason these two teams always play each other tough, and while I think the Bulldogs are going to have a down year, I expect this to be another fight. After the Arkansas game, Auburn has to go back to the state of Mississippi to play Ole Miss. Depending on how the first six games go, the Ole Miss matchup could be the most crucial game of the year.
Auburn has to upset either Ole Miss or Georgia on the road for this to be a successful year, and Ole Miss will get Auburn’s first shot. Aug 3. 0, 2. 01. 4; Auburn, AL, USA; Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Bret Bielema walks off the field at the end of the game against the Auburn Tigers at Jordan Hare Stadium.
The Tigers beat the Razorbacks 4. Mandatory Credit: Shanna Lockwood- USA TODAY Sports. It would be easy for Gus and Auburn to overlook a possible 3- 4, or worse, Arkansas team at home, while thinking about that Ole Miss matchup.
Plus, Gus Malzahn and Bret Bielema aren’t exactly buddies so you know this game is going to be tight, and Bielema is going to be looking to end Auburn’s season and possibly help get Malzahn removed as head coach at Auburn. I’m not sure that Gus could survive a loss to Arkansas this year.
These two teams played a four overtime game in Fayetteville last year in which Bielema beat Gus for the first time since joining the SEC at Arkansas. I think the Razorbacks are a better team than Vanderbilt, which is why I ultimately think this is a bigger trap game. Plus, you know Bielema is going to bring out his bag of tricks to try and beat Auburn. If Gus can’t get the boys ready to play after a tough road and before a huge swing game against Ole Miss, then the Arkansas game could be the one that ends his tenure at Auburn.