2025 College Football Way Too Early Top 25

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  1. Redav

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    There's no way in hell we should be the #3 team going into next year
     
  2. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Bama too high until we see what Keelon can do. Defense should be top 10 range though.
     
  3. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    Auburn too low
     
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  4. 20/20/20/20

    20/20/20/20 running thru the house with a pickle in my mouth
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    Looks like the SEC is going to get back to being dominant with 7 of the top 14 teams. B1G unfortunately sucks and only has 3 of the top 14. ACC also has 3. Independents 1.

    Unfortunately the Big 12 really sucks and their highest ranked team is 15th.
     
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  5. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Yeah, that seems very generous. I can’t really tell if 24 and 25 are bridge years for Kirby or what, but 26 is going to be a big one for his legacy (not that it needs a lot of help, but you know what I’m saying)
     
  6. Redav

    Redav mostly cows and rocks
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    Yeah we going the Dabo route or are we getting back on track? A lot of the hires he does (or doesn't) make this year will dictate that
     
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  7. construxboy

    construxboy xenForo is the new TMB
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    Losing our two best players and our QB is a basket case, so…..7?!?
     
  8. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    B1G soft with an even softer OOC. Y’all will lose to Oregon and Ohio State while running through everyone else, so that’s about right.
     
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  9. B-Boy $P1

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    Michigan's going to be strong, to quite strong and has a very favorable conference schedule
     
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  10. construxboy

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    :windsy:
     
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  11. IrishLAX2

    IrishLAX2 So you’re telling me there’s a chance
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    Unless the ridiculous 5th year ruling actually passes, we lose…

    QB - Leonard
    WR - Collins, Mitchell
    TE - Evans

    DT - Cross, Mills
    DE - Oben
    LB - Kiser
    CB - Morrison
    S - Watts

    K - Jeter

    Few of the above have already sat out a few games for ND this playoff. Everyone else is back. This season’s team is probably the youngest two deep ND has fielded in decades. Also helps that Freeman is very trusting of freshmen and sophomores to contribute.
     
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  12. VaxRule

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    More like a way too squirrelly Top 25.
     
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  13. The Banks

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    Does everyone in the B1G have a soft schedule next year?
     
  14. IHHH

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    i think you are ranked where you should.
     
  15. Hatfield

    Hatfield Charlie don’t surf
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    Cannot wait to kick the shit out of the Hokies in ATL as a top-15 team :lovelove:
     
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  16. Fran Tarkenton

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    not as things stand today which is what that list is reflecting I think

    we usually make coaching changes week after signing day thru March 1st (end of coaching contracts), but rn nothing substantiated. If status quo with the current schedule a 9-3 is on the docket.
     
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  17. SummerOfGeorge

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    I'd have Alabama around #11 or #12 IMHO IYAM JMHO
     
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  18. The Banks

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    We lose:

    QB - Dillon Gabriel
    RB - Jordan James
    WR - Tez Johnson
    WR - Traeshon Holden
    WR -
    TE - Terrence Ferguson
    LT - Josh Conerly
    LG - Nishad Strother
    C -
    RG -
    RT - Ajani Cornelius

    DE - Jordan Burch
    DT - Derrick Harmon
    DT -
    DE -
    LB - Jeffrey Bassa
    LB -
    CB - Jabbar Muhammad
    CB - Nikko Reed
    Nickel - Brandon Johnson
    S - Tysheem Johnson
    S -

    Potentially two more starters as well depending on if they use the JUCO ruling.
     
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  19. Handcuffed

    Handcuffed I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon
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    we should be decent if the OL develops. lots of talent in the secondary but it's all young and unproven.

    our schedule on the surface seems pretty easy so we may be one of those not-great 10-2 teams.
     
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  20. SummerOfGeorge

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    Alabama loses

    QB - Jalen Milroe
    RB -
    WR -
    WR -
    WR - Kobe Prentice (11 catches, 129 yds, 1 TD)
    TE - Robbie Ouzts (8 catches, 108 yds, 2 TDs)
    LT -
    LG - Tyler Booker
    C -
    RG -
    RT - Elijah Pritchett

    DE -
    DT -
    DT -
    DE -
    LB - Jihaad Campbell (117 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 5 sacks, 1 int)
    LB -
    CB -
    CB -
    Nickel - DeVonta Smith (30 tackles, 0.5 TFL)
    S - Malachi Moore (70 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 sack, 2 int)
    S -

    Also
    - rotational DT Tim Smith (35 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2 sacks)
    - OLB Que Robinson (injured 2/3 through season) (23 tackles, 7 TFL, 4 sacks)
    - #4 receiver Kendrick Law (10 catches, 105 yards, 1 TD)
    - #2 TE CJ Dippre (21 catches, 256 yards)
    - #2 RB Justice Haynes (79 carries, 448 yds, 7 TDs)
    - both the kicker and punter
     
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  21. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    We lose:

    QB: Jalen Milroe
    RB: Justice Haynes
    OL: Tyler Booker
    TE: CJ Dippre, Robbie Ouzts

    DL: Tim Smith, Damon Payne
    LB: Jihaad Campbell, Q Robinson
    DB: Malachi Moore, DeVonta Smith

    K: Graham Nicholson
    P: James Burnip

    Not too bad all things considered; Booker and Campbell however are irreplaceable. Really just comes down to QB and offensive coaching competence, which is anything but a given. Specialists will probably be a roller coaster too.
     
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  22. Odin

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    reasonable list despite the inclusion of lsu
     
  23. Jake Scott

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    Having us #3 is legit insane.
     
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  24. skiedfrillet

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    Brad Crawford is such a dipshit
     
  25. Fran Tarkenton

    Fran Tarkenton Old Enough to not know whats Chappell Roan
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    NAME 1 TEAM BETTER
     
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  26. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Back to throwing up the 9 outta 10 win games lmbo
     
  27. devine

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  28. Boo MFer!

    Boo MFer! No longer a cog in some powerhouse machine
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  29. Big Apple Duck

    Big Apple Duck Craving a chimichanga
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    Oregon Ducks

    Looks to be pretty wide open. The play of Dante Moore (Oregon, 5 star, supposedly was outplaying Gabriel by the end of the year), Julian Sayin, Arch Manning, Keelon Russel, and Stockton will largely determine where this all lands.
     
  30. Jake Scott

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    We are going to watch all 8 wins lmao
     
  31. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    And even more exciting, we’ll all get to watch Boo try to post through it :roll:
     
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  32. SuperCam

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    Bringing back all the big SEC head coaches with a lot of confidence should make for a wild season
     
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  33. cdaysker

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  34. ned's head

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  35. Jake Scott

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    I'm gonna need footage of Boo filled with rage driving his Gator themed golf cart around Nocatee after losing to a Carson Beck led Miami team.
     
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  36. Tobias

    Tobias we’re on to tcu
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    yeah the team who just hired the greatest coach of all time isn’t gonna be at least top 10 sure thing brad :laugh:
     
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  37. Fran Tarkenton

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    can you provide that list of coaches
     
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  38. timo

    timo g'day, mate
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    next man up i always say
    :smugdog:
     
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  39. SummerOfGeorge

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  40. The Banks

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  41. IanBoyd

    IanBoyd Well-Known Member
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    We lose like a combined 200 starts on the OL and will be breaking in a new starter at QB.

















    #1 seems too low.
     
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  42. oldberg

    oldberg Thinkin bout thos beans
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    Id be ecstatic with 8 wins next year
     
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  43. Goose

    Goose Hi
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    Whether either team deserves it or not the media is going to rank Texas and OSU 1-2 because it’s the week 1 matchup and we gotta generate that sweet commercial revenue
     
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  44. cal

    cal BOATS
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    has lane tagged @cfbplayoff in this yet?
     
  45. MG2

    MG2 I like to give away joy for free
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    I know you guys weren't nearly as good this year, but this seems like the least you guys have lost from one year to the next in a while.
     
  46. SummerOfGeorge

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    It's probably the least turnover we've had with our starters since 2004/2005. But we'll see whether that means much or not, I guess. We did bring back a lot of guys who could have been 3-5th roundish picks, which is good. So it's not just warm bodies.

    Simplistically it seems like the pieces are there to be very solid if the QB situation is consistent. But that's a big if.
     
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  47. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    Helps when only 2 guys are good enough to leave for the draft early. Milroe was leaving regardless imo
     
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  48. Owsley

    Owsley My friends call me Bear
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    Two, but this for sure.
     
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