2023 College Football Rankings First Look Top 10
10 Tennessee
2022: 6 2021: 20 2020: 75 2019: 36 2018: 86
College Football Rankings First Look: (11-2) The machine doesn’t stop. The O will keep on rolling no matter who’s at QB – likely Joe Milton – and the D will be even stronger, even if it’s just okay
9 Washington
2022: 8 2021: 75 2020: 26 2019: 27 2018: 14
College Football Rankings First Look: (11-2) 2022 top passer Michael Penix Jr. is back along with most of the skill parts. The D is good enough to do more than hold serve.
8 USC
2022: 17 2021: 74 2020: 24 2019: 38 2018: 87
College Football Rankings First Look: (11-3) Caleb Williams will be Caleb Williams in another great year for the offense, and now the horrific defense gets the transfer portal help.
7 Florida State
2022: 14 2021: 58 2020: 83 2019: 78 2018: 83
College Football Rankings First Look: (10-3) QB Jordan Travis, DE Jared Verse, and a ton of the main men are back – Seminole fans assume the ACC is won. They might be right.
6 LSU
2022: 15 2021: 35 2020: 29 2019: 1 2018: 10
College Football Rankings First Look: (10-4) The expectations will be off the charts with QB Jayden Daniels leading a high-powered veteran offense. The portal has been kind.
5 Penn State
2022: 5 2021: 32 2020: 56 2019: 5 2018: 26
College Football Rankings First Look: (11-2) Led by QB Drew Allar, Penn State has young skill parts as good as anyone in America. The defense will be even stronger and deeper.
4 Michigan
2022: 3 2021: 3 2020: 54 2019: 26 2018: 15
College Football Rankings First Look: (13-1) The fun all keeps going. Jim Harbaugh is back along with the stars in the backfield. The transfer portal should hit huge on defense.
3 Alabama
2022: 7 2021: 2 2020: 1 2019: 15 2018: 2
College Football Rankings First Look: (11-2) Come on, it’s Alabama, but you don’t just replace Bryce Young. The young talent overall is jaw-dropping, but WRs have to emerge.
2 Ohio State
2022: 4 2021: 4 2020: 2 2019: 2 2018: 3
College Football Rankings First Look: (11-2) There’s a QB battle, but it’s fine – the offense will be unstoppable. The defense still has to prove it can hold up vs the elite teams.
1 Georgia
2022: 1 2021: 1 2020: 8 2019: 4 2018: 4
College Football Rankings First Look: (14-0 Yeah, Georgia got better. The transfer portal helped the WRs, QB Carson Beck is a big-time option, and here’s the scary part – this is still a young team with depth to go along with more NFL talent.
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