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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

Clemson and Kansas State tumbled in The Associated Press college football poll after losing for the first time this season, and the top five teams in the rankings held their ground heading into the showdown between No. 1 LSU and No. 2 Alabama.

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

Chris Sprow looks at 10 teams that are fringe Top 25 squads at best but could rise to the top of the polls based on their schedules. The Virginia Tech Hokies and Michigan Wolverines top the list.

Story | Conversation | July 19, 2011

Bruce Feldman takes to his mailbag, answering questions on the Nebraska Cornhuskers, next season's breakout stars, and why the Michigan Wolverines have a brighter future than the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Blog | Conversation | July 01, 2011

Bruce Feldman surveys the college football landscape, noting that Andrew Luck is delivering on the massive hype with which his coach used to tout him 15 months earlier. Plus, notes on LSU's close shave, Wisconsin's beatdown of the Michigan D and more.

Blog | Conversation | November 21, 2010

The BCS computer polls don't respect what Oregon has accomplished, but the Ducks don't need to worry. If they continue to clear hurdles, they'll play for the crystal football.

Most people are looking at Oregon-USC this weekend for a top team to fall, but what about Auburn at Ole Miss? Football Outsiders looks at the history of No. 1 teams falling since 2005 and finds four key ways the Rebels could grab a huge upset.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2010

if you're a follower of a team with big BCS dreams, you don't want to see one of these teams on the schedule. Ryan McGee goes through the teams that can do the most damage in the final month-plus.

Blog | Conversation | October 26, 2010

Bruce Feldman dives into a variety of topics in this mailbag from Ricki Stanzi's Heisman chances to the chances TCU overtakes Boise St. in the polls.

Blog | 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.

Long before the BCS, there was the AP Top 25, which still may be the most anticipated, debated and valuable list in sports.

Story | Conversation | September 13, 2010

ESPN The Magazine presents the only preseason poll that matters, the anonymous player poll that answers many of college football's biggest questions. Here, The Mag picks the brains of the Pac-10.

Story | Conversation | August 10, 2010

Third in a series looking at potential dream and nightmare scenarios for all Pac-10 teams, starting at the bottom and working up from my vote in the Pac-10 media poll. Understand: These are not predictions. They are extreme scenarios and pieces of...