Sunday, July 31, 2016

2016 College Football Predictions

Five weeks from now the college football season will be in full swing. I've put together my preseason top 25 and my predictions for conference champions as well.

Top 25
1-Clemson
2-Oklahoma
3-Florida State
4-Alabama
5-LSU
6-Tennessee
7-Ohio State
8-Stanford
9-Notre Dame
10-Ole Miss
11-Washington
12-Michigan
13-Georgia
14-TCU
15-Michigan State
16-Iowa
17-Baylor
18-UCLA
19-Houston
20-USC
21-Louisville
22-Oregon
23-Boise State
24-North Carolina
25-Oklahoma State
Others to watch: Texas A&M, Washington State, Miami, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Arkansas, Florida, Virginia Tech, San Diego State, BYU, Pittsburgh, Utah

Heisman Candidates
1-Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford
2-Deshaun Watson QB Clemson
3-Leonard Fournette RB LSU
4-Baker Mayfield QB Oklahoma
5-Nick Chubb RB Georgia
6-Chad Kelly QB Ole Miss
7-Dalvin Cook RB Florida State
8-Josh Rosen QB UCLA
9-J.T. Barrett QB Ohio State
10-Royce Freeman RB Oregon
Others to watch: Greg Ward QB Houston, Corey Clement RB Wisconsin, Samaje Perine RB Oklahoma, Seth Russell QB Baylor

Conference Champions
AAC: Houston over Temple
ACC: Florida State over Miami
Big 10: Ohio State over Iowa
Big 12: Oklahoma
C-USA: Southern Miss over Middle Tennessee
MAC: Western Michigan over Ohio
Mountain West: Boise State over San Diego State
Pac 12: Washington over UCLA
SEC: LSU over Georgia
Sun Belt: Appalachian State

College Football Playoffs
1)LSU over 4)Ohio State
2)Oklahoma over 3)Florida State
Championship: 2)Oklahoma over 1)LSU