It’s nearly that time. Football time in America is right around the corner. Fall camps are opening, and we’re less than a month from the Oklahoma Sooners’ season opener.
This season will be the last of the currently constructed Power Five, and 2024 will be the first season of the realigned college football landscape. The Pac-12 as we knew it is gone. The SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 will play their first seasons as 16-team conferences next year, making 2023 the last chapter in this alignment era.
As we’ll do here each week during the college football season, we’ll rank the top 25 college football teams in the country. Before the first USA TODAY Coaches Poll drops on Monday, Aug. 7, let’s take a look at the preseason power rankings.