2023 College Football Rankings: First Look 51-75
75 Virginia Tech
2022: 90 2021: 64 2020: 42 2019: 44 2018: 65
College Football Rankings First Look: (3-8) 2023 can’t be any worse. Brent Pry needs playmakers on both sides of the ball to emerge. The D has to be FAR more disruptive.
74 Indiana
2022: 69 2021: 88 2020: 23 2019: 64 2018: 84
College Football Rankings First Look: (4-8) It’s going to take some work after miserable year. The transfer portal will help the defense. The offense has to find some pop.
73 Georgia Tech
2022: 63 2021: 82 2020: 82 2019: 122 2018: 64
College Football Rankings First Look: (5-7) Can the Yellow Jackets build off the rough season? The offensive line needs to be far, far better, and playmakers have to emerge.
72 UTSA
2022: 55 2021: 55 2020: 102 2019: 118 2018: 112
College Football Rankings First Look: (11-3) QB Frank Harris is back AGAIN – for a 7th year. The Roadrunners won’t own the AAC, but they’re loaded enough to be in the hunt.
71 Boston College
2022: 74 2021: 63 2020: 48 2019: 84 2018: 50
College Football Rankings First Look: (3-9) Jeff Hafley is still around, QB Phil Jurkovec is off to Pitt, and no matter what, the Eagles have to do something right on offense.
70 Cal
2022: 67 2021: 57 2020: 72 2019: 61 2018: 81
College Football Rankings First Look: (4-8) Cal has GOT to find something on offense, and it has GOT to find some sort of a pass rush. The team desperately needs playmakers.
69 Colorado
2022: 103 2021: 76 2020: 30 2019: 81 2018: 99
College Football Rankings First Look: (1-11) There’s no instant fix – the schedule is BRUTAL – but it’ll be an entertaining ride under Coach Prime. The O will go at warp speed.
68 Virginia
2022: 75 2021: 53 2020: 45 2019: 31 2018: 39
College Football Rankings First Look: (3-7) The program deserves a big season after a tragic 2022. It’s going to take some work, though, to get the ACC’s worst offense moving.
67 Rutgers
2022: 85 2021: 81 2020: 60 2019: 123 2018: 125
College Football Rankings First Look: (4-8) Once again Rutgers has several nice parts, but not enough. The disaster of a passing game has to at least be serviceable.
66 San Diego State
2022: 78 2021: 25 2020: 73 2019: 30 2018: 62
College Football Rankings First Look: (7-6) Can SDSU tune up the offense around QB Jalen Maden? There are way too many lost parts on defense, but this place reloads fast.
65 Arizona State
2022: 76 2021: 72 2020: 35 2019: 33 2018: 63
College Football Rankings First Look: (3-9) This will take a while, starting on the O line. It’s a gut job for Kenny Dillingham with SO many transfers gone and parts missing.
64 Houston
2022: 65 2021: 39 2020: 86 2019: 101 2018: 56
College Football Rankings First Look: (8-5) Welcome to the Big 12, now be a whole lot better – and less flaky. The transfer portals been a plus, but it has to come together fast.
63 West Virginia
2022: 66 2021: 44 2020: 43 2019: 94 2018: 37
College Football Rankings First Look: (5-7) This is the wrong time to be in the Big 12 without a ton of sure-thing stars. The passing game will be fine, but the D needs help.
62 WKU
2022: 71 2021: 67 2020: 115 2019: 40 2018: 111
College Football Rankings First Look: (9-5) The show goes on. QB Austin Reed stuck around, the WKU passing attack will be amazing, and it’s C-USA title or bust.
61 Vanderbilt
2022: 60 2021: 104 2020: 91 2019: 116 2018: 74
College Football Rankings First Look: (5-7) It’ll never be easy for Vanderbilt in the SEC, but it can occasionally rise up and rock. That’s going to be a little tougher to do this year.
60 Nebraska
2022: 68 2021: 60 2020: 55 2019: 93 2018: 88
College Football Rankings First Look: (4-8) Matt Rhule won’t rebuild this in a day, but enough is there to start winning again. Getting Georgia Tech QB Jeff Sims is a huge start.
59 Air Force
2022: 49 2021: 52 2020: 80 2019: 24 2018: 96
College Football Rankings First Look: (10-3) It’s Air Force. You know how this will work – and it’ll all be better. The lines are experienced with good depth across the board.
58 Kansas
2022: 47 2021: 83 2020: 104 2019: 117 2018: 108
College Football Rankings First Look: (6-7) Is that sustainable? Why not? Jalon Daniels will be the IT quarterback. There’s a whole lot returning around its star.
57 Troy
2022: 53 2021: 110 2020: 84 2019: 90 2018: 33
College Football Rankings First Look: (12-2) There will be plenty of preseason love despite the lack of a running game and key guys lost on defense. The O needs to do more.
56 Fresno State
2022: 29 2021: 40 2020: 96 2019: 91 2018: 6
College Football Rankings First Look: (10-4) This was a veteran-loaded team that won the M-West title. Now it has to go on without QB Jake Haener and several important stars.
55 Tulane
2022: 16 2021: 99 2020: 65 2019: 62 2018: 67
College Football Rankings First Look: (12-2) Everyone will gush, but Tulane loses a ton of firepower and several key defenders. It’ll still be good, but it should take a step back.
54 Boise State
2022: 48 2021: 36 2020: 49 2019: 10 2018: 8
College Football Rankings First Look: (10-4) The running game that ripped it up over the second half of the season should keep on going. QB Taylen Green is a playmaker.
53 Syracuse
2022: 52 2021: 67 2020: 94 2019: 79 2018: 17
College Football Rankings First Look: (7-6) Can the defense keep the production going? That was a veteran group that was so good early, now the offense has to do more.
52 BYU
2022: 58 2021: 34 2020: 13 2019: 34 2018: 53
College Football Rankings First Look: (8-5) Welcome to the Big 12 X factor. Can Kedon Slovis make the O dangerous? Will there be a pass rush? This will be interesting.
51 Arizona
2022: 54 2021: 86 2020: 90 2019: 105 2018: 92
College Football Rankings First Look: (5-7) There are just enough transfer portal losses to matter, but this will be a more dangerous team if the defense can get behind the line.
CFN 2023 Rankings: Offseason First Look
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