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Way-Too-Early Top 25: Draft declarations, coaching carousel shake up the rankings

With players making their NFL draft declarations and many programs shuffling their coaching staffs, our second Way-Too-Early Top 25 looks a lot different than a month ago, as the offseason challenges mount for defending champ LSU, among others.

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BADGERS' BOOGIE

Wisconsin football team busts a move during timeout

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NFL DRAFT

Does Burrow have leverage over the Bengals?

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STATS BREAKDOWN

Preseason college football FPI breakdown

Clemson might have fallen short in the national championship game, but for the second straight year, the Tigers enter the season as the top team according to ESPN's Football Power Index.

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Alabama tops preseason SP+ college football rankings

The first version of SP+ rankings for 2020 has Alabama at No. 1 and is surprisingly high on Texas.

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What we're excited for

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College football's most intriguing 2020 games headlined by Nick Saban vs. Lane Kiffin
New quarterbacks at LSU, Alabama and Oklahoma and familiar coaches in new places have us eager to kick off the 2020 season.

Taking advantage of an opportunity

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Instant-impact true freshman for each Top 25 college football team
With the 2020 recruiting class in the books, let's take a look at which newcomers could make an immediate impact in their first season.

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