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| Rank | Team | |
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| 1 | Florida | |
| 2 | Texas | |
| 3 | Alabama | |
| 4 | Oklahoma | |
| 5 | Southern Cal | |
| 6 | LSU | |
| 7 | Ohio State | |
| 8 | Georgia Tech | |
| 9 | California | |
| 10 | Mississippi | |
| 11 | Virginia Tech | |
| 12 | Penn State | |
| 13 | TCU | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State | |
| 15 | Boise State | |
| 16 | Oregon | |
| 17 | North Carolina | |
| 18 | Iowa | |
| 19 | Brigham Young | |
| 20 | Georgia | |
| 21 | Texas Tech | |
| 22 | Michigan State | |
| 23 | Arkansas | |
| 24 | West Virginia | |
| 25 | UAB | |
Everything stayed the same at the top but I did a little tinkering in the bottom half so, explanations and such:
- I dropped Michigan State down to #22 from #17. I think Dantonio is a good coach and they'll be playing fundamentally sound football with an eye towards defense once again, but without Hoyer and Ringer I don't see much improvement from last year (though I also don't see regression).
- With the Spartans falling, that made way for North Carolina to raise up a spot to #17 from #18. Take your shirt off.
- Iowa is up to #18 from #22. They're a better overall team than Michigan State so I pretty much just flopped them in my rankings.
- Georgia bumps up to #20 from #24. They'll have a solid offensive line and Joe Cox has some experience, so it will be another quietly solid season for them.
- I decided to drop UCLA out completely (though I do think they will improve enough to get to a bowl game this year, 8 wins is about as far as they can go and that's not really ranked worthy at this point) and include West Virginia. Someone has to win the Big East, right?
- UAB stays put at #25 until they lose a game. Go Blazers.
We're coming for you Troy.