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The weather might not agree, but colleges are starting spring practices. And there are plenty of questions to be answered.

Mark Schlabach offers a way-too-early look at the top 25 teams for the 2012 season.

Mark Schlabach offers a way-too-early look at the top 25 teams for the 2012 season.

Mark Schlabach offers a way-too-early look at the top 25 teams for the 2012 season.

What's hot (and not) for the 2011 college football season?

Ranking the best and worst bowl games? Those decisions were no-brainers. The games in between were the fun part.

Expansion, the SEC and Texas vs. Nebraska are hot. USC's postseason, Big Ten bashing and eye-black messages: not so much.

The thermometer figures to be boiling when schools start settling some scores this season. Here are the top 10 grudge matches to look forward to in 2010.

From here on out, the final score is all that matters for the top three teams.

Some big-school transitions like Arkansas and Michigan aren't getting off to a smooth start. Plus, we review the weekend and hand out helmet stickers.

From quarterbacks to Heisman hopefuls, Mark Schlabach has 25 reasons to be excited about the upcoming season.

These might not be the biggest games of the 2008 season, but they offer some of the most intriguing story lines, writes Mark Schlabach.

SEC? Still hot. Notre Dame? Warming up. ACC? Not so much. What else is hot (and not) for the 2008 college football season? Mark Schlabach has the answers.

Loving to hate is the norm in college football. There's nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy.

Nine years out of 10, the SEC is the toughest league in the land. This year, that honor goes elsewhere, writes Mark Schlabach.

Entering the season, no one team stands out, but there are 10 teams to watch in the wide-open 2006 title chase, writes Mark Schlabach.