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Travis Haney takes a look at the programs that fell outside the top 25 of ESPN The Magazine's college football rankings for the BCS era and evaluates which ones have the best chance to climb up into the rankings in the future.

Blog | Conversation | September 07, 2012

ESPN ranks the Top 25 -21 college football teams

From the college football preview issue of ESPN The Magazine, Travis Haney, Mark Schlabach, KC Joyner and Brian Fremeau provide season outlooks, impact players and win projections for ESPN's top 25 teams. This entry includes Nos. 25-21.

Story | Conversation | August 06, 2012

ESPN colleague Mark Schlabach has revised his Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25 for the 2012 season, and his latest poll doesn't have an SEC team at the top. LSU was No. 1 in his first poll, but dropped to No. 3. The last month hasn't been the best f...

Bruce Feldman explains his early preseason top 10 rankings, which feature the Oklahoma Sooners at the top and some surprises rounding out the list.

Blog | Conversation | April 13, 2011

ESPN The Magazine gives its Top 25 teams in college football. The Alabama Crimson Tide come out on top, but after that, things get interesting.

ESPN Insider concludes its Top 25 preseason intel series with a look at the Florida Gators, who return seemingly superhuman QB Tim Tebow and 11 starters on defense. Don't slot them into Pasadena just yet, but it's a fairly safe assumption.

Story | Conversation | July 03, 2009

Check out various college football preseason Top 25 predictions.

We ran ESPN's Prestige Rankings for the BCS Era and came up with a Top 25.

Story | Conversation | January 22, 2009

What are the top programs of the past decade? That's the question ESPN.com has attempted to answer in this series. Ivan Maisel looks at programs Nos. 1 to 25.

Quiet celebrations, SEC defenses and the Big East are on the mark. Riots, SEC offenses and the ACC are not, writes Mark Schlabach.

ESPN.com recaps the Top 25 and hands out a few game balls.

ESPN.com users respond to the latest Bottom 10 ranking.

ESPN.com gets you ready for all of this week's Top 25 action.

ESPN.com recaps the Top 25 and hands out a few game balls.

ESPN.com recaps the Top 25 and hands out a few game balls.