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Ryan McGee provides a list of 10 teams that could rise up the polls this season based on their schedules in 2012.

Blog | Conversation | January 11, 2012

Brock Huard makes the case for why the USC Trojans should be the No. 1 team in the 2012 preseason polls. The return of QB Matt Barkley, a manageable schedule and an improving defense are just three reasons why the Men of Troy could win it all in '12.

Story | Conversation | January 05, 2012

Gary Patterson gears TCU for Big 12 rigors with one more run at MWC title.

Texas and Baylor lost on Saturday by double digits, and as a result, fell out of both polls. After that, the Big 12 has surrendered its four-week perch atop the ESPN Stats and Info conference rankings back to the SEC, which dominated the ranking f...

Florida is out of The Associated Press Top 25 poll.

Southeastern Conference rivals LSU and Alabama held the top two spots in The Associated Press college football poll after the Crimson Tide jumped past No. 3 Oklahoma and into second.

In the past 10 years, only one preseason No. 1 team has won a national championship -- and that team, the 2004 USC Trojans, were forced to vacate their title. Oklahoma starts 2011 ranked No. 1 in both major polls. Can the Sooners avoid the curse?

In the campaign to be named Texas' starting quarterback, four worthy candidates have thrown their helmets into the ring.

Jeff Dooley looks at the bottom five teams in the preseason Top 25 rankings and uses Insider's Eliminator model to predict which statistical weakness may hold each team back this season.

Story | Conversation | August 08, 2011

The only reason the Auburn Tigers trail the Oklahoma Sooners in the polls is because voters thought they'd be behind Oklahoma -- when the season started. The problem is, both the stats and the wins say Auburn is currently better.

Story | Conversation | October 22, 2010

Insider's Eliminator shows a trio of western teams compare favorably with past champs, while the Alabama Crimson Tide isn't out of the BCS title talk just yet.

Story | Conversation | October 17, 2010

Oregon has jumped over Boise State and Texas, Penn State and Southern California have fallen out of The Associated Press college football poll.

Longhorns compound their situation with gaffes in Red River loss to Sooners.

Bruce Feldman looks back at Week 4 in college football. UCLA's change of system -- a radical departure for Norm Chow -- is starting to pay off. Meanwhile, two huge games now loom for Week 5 -- Stanford vs. Oregon and Florida vs. Alabama.

Blog | Conversation | September 26, 2010

Once you realize their schedule can't be adjusted right now, what path do the Boise State Broncos have to the BCS Championship Game? There's only one: They have to be historically dominant in terms of all three phases. So far, they're doing just that.

Story | Conversation | September 23, 2010

Alabama starts this season where it ended last season -- No. 1.