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ESPN
http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...5-rankings

Stanford #4
UCLA #7
LSU #10 with all their personel losses
USC #14 with a new HC
UNC #17 coming off a 7-5 record in the ACC
Washington #19 with a new HC and almost all new Skilled Players
Florida #25 coming off a 4-8 record


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/19441...igning-day

Texas #25, really! with a brand new HC
North Carolina #22 coming off a 7-5 regular season in the weakest P5 conference
Washington $17 with a new HC and new skilled position players
Clemson #16 no Taij Boyd or Sammy Watkins
Notre Dame #14
Baylor #10 losses on offense
UCLA #8
OSU #3 a bit of a reach

CB S Sports
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...irst-guess

Stanford #3 really, no Shane Skov or Trent Murphy

UCLA #8
LSU #9 with all their losses
South Carolina $11, no Clowney or Conner Shaw
USC #14
Clemson#16 no Sammy Watkins or Taij Boyd
Mizzou#17 no Dorial Beckham Green, off the team and wearing an EIU Panthers uniform!
ND #20 Kelly had to replace 2 coordinators and both starting DT's
Texas #22 with a new HC
Miami #27, what has Miami done the last 5 years!
North Dakota State #30. ahead of every G5 program except UCF !!!!!

Lindy's has Florida #25 as well. Rationale seems to be that they underachieved badly last season due to a plethora of injuries.

I wouldn't count Texas out. Strong seems to be the kind of guy that can make a team run through a brick wall.

NDSU at 30 is a reach. IDK why ND at 14 is though. Unless you think that's too low?

I could see UCLA making big strides this season, although top 10 seems a bit high to start. I see Washington as kind of a dark horse. Tough to drop Stanford very low based on recent performance.

(05-26-2014 05:58 PM)CMichFan Wrote:  I wouldn't count Texas out. Strong seems to be the kind of guy that can make a team run through a brick wall.

That could make for a hell of a home field advantage, if they can organize some brick walls on the field in Austin.

Athlon:
25 Mizzou''
24 Washington
23 UF
22 Penn State
21 Clemson
20 Kansas State
19 LSU
18 Ole Miss'
17 Texas
16 Arizona State
15 Wisconsin
14 USC
13 Notre Dame
12 Stanford
11 Michigan St
10 Baylor
09 South Carolina
08 Georgia
07 UCLA
06 Oregon
05 Auburn
04 Oklahoma
03 Ohio State
02 Alabama
01 Florida State

(05-26-2014 05:58 PM)CMichFan Wrote:  Lindy's has Florida #25 as well. Rationale seems to be that they underachieved badly last season due to a plethora of injuries.

I wouldn't count Texas out. Strong seems to be the kind of guy that can make a team run through a brick wall.

NDSU at 30 is a reach. IDK why ND at 14 is though. Unless you think that's too low?

I could see UCLA making big strides this season, although top 10 seems a bit high to start. I see Washington as kind of a dark horse. Tough to drop Stanford very low based on recent performance.

4-8 including a loss at home to a Ga So team that was FCS till last year still sucks something awful. Long way back to the top 25

Strong is a great recruiter but can he bring his Florida pipeline to Texas and a different conference. He may have to reach for a higher caliber player to succeed at Texas than he did a Lville.

ND lost both coordinators, 2 DT's and their QB. That's a lot to replace to be ranked #14

NDSU is replacing their coaching staff and a lot of Senior talent, to put them in the top 30 ahead of every G5 program but UCF is