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If you haven't done it already, go ahead and circle March 2 on your calendar. That's when Miami travels to Duke in what should still be a clash of top-5 teams. In the meantime, here are this week's rankings based on myriad factors, including how team...

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Robert Smith ranks his top five teams heading into the 2013 season....

The Big 12 bowls are over, and here's what we learned over the past couple of weeks. The top of the Big 12 is weak. Oregon and Texas A&M are bona fide top 5 teams in my book this year, and Oklahoma and Kansas State showed quite obviously that ...

The Blue Devils continue to roll; the Hokies continue to rise. Here are this week's ACC power rankings, based on myriad factors, including how teams have played lately and the foes they've faced: 1. Duke. After beating three top-5 teams in Novembe...

The Vegas Bettors' Poll is a power rating of all 32 NFL teams by handicappers. In the Week 12 poll, the San Francisco 49ers are the NFL's top team.

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2012

Tim Legler joins SportsCenter to rank his top 5 teams in the NBA. Where do the Celtics rank along with the Clippers, Lakers, Thunder, and Heat?...

Brian Fremeau compares the top five teams in the BCS standings to past national championship contenders to see which ones have the best chance of finishing the regular season unbeaten.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2012

In the preseason, everyone circled Nov. 3 in red and put a smiley face beside it. That was Pac-12 D-Day. Oregon would visit USC, and one of those sure top-5 teams would emerge as the Pac-12's top national title candidate. And, of course, it was ty...

MICHIGAN Record: 4-2, 2-0 Big Ten How should we judge Michigan? By two crummy performances against Top 5 teams? Or by the way Wolverines have dominated in their initial two Big Ten games? For sure, the team's preseason top 10 ranking was too...

Travis Haney identifies weaknesses for the teams in the new-look top five of the AP poll -- Alabama, Oregon, South Carolina, Florida and West Virginia -- as well as some remaining opponents that could cause them trouble.

Blog | Conversation | October 10, 2012

College GameDay hosts present their top 5 in college football.

Just because a team is projected to have a top-five finish doesn't mean it's perfect. No matter how good you think your team is, we're here to bring it down a notch. And that's exactly where Brian Fremeau of Football Outsiders/ESPN.com comes into ...

The college basketball analyst's list of the country's best teams might surprise you....

Robert Smith and Matt Millen with their top five teams heading into the 2012 season....

ESPN Insider's Jeff Dooley takes a look at the typical benchmarks achieved by title contenders, and why LSU is getting close.

Story | Conversation | November 21, 2011