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Big 12 Rankings: 2020 CFN Five Year College Football Program Analysis

In the 2020 CFN Five-Year College Football Program Analysis, where do all the Big 12 teams rank?

In the 2020 CFN Five-Year College Football Program Analysis, where do all the Big 12 teams rank?

It’s our annual look at where all the college football programs rank with a five-year snapshot looking at attendance, players drafted, APR, and wins, wins, wins.

How do all of the Big 12 college football programs stack up over the last five seasons?

Which college football programs are doing the best jobs overall, which once have all the advantages, and most of all, who’s winning?

How are the rankings determined? Click here for all of the category descriptions.

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10 Kansas 16.46

2020 National Ranking: 127
2019 National Ranking: 128
2018 National Ranking: 127
2017 National Ranking: 123

9 Iowa State 51.81

2020 National Ranking: 79
2019 National Ranking: 83
2018 National Ranking: 101
2017 National Ranking: 103

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8 Texas Tech 56.12

2020 National Ranking: 70
2019 National Ranking: 76
2018 National Ranking: 67
2017 National Ranking: 63

7 Kansas State 62.38

2020 National Ranking: 56
2019 National Ranking: 56
2018 National Ranking: 46
2017 National Ranking: 33

– 2020 CFN Five Year Program Analysis: Rankings 1-130

6 Baylor 70.18

2020 National Ranking: 45
2019 National Ranking: 51
2018 National Ranking: 34
2017 National Ranking: 17

5 West Virginia 74.45

2020 National Ranking: 38
2019 National Ranking: 34
2018 National Ranking: 50
2017 National Ranking: 50

4 TCU 83.06

2020 National Ranking: 28
2019 National Ranking: 20
2018 National Ranking: 30
2017 National Ranking: 41

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3 Oklahoma State 84.31

2020 National Ranking: 26
2019 National Ranking: 25
2018 National Ranking: 21
2017 National Ranking: 25

2 Texas 86.01

2020 National Ranking: 24
2019 National Ranking: 31
2018 National Ranking: 40
2017 National Ranking: 35

1 Oklahoma 142.10

2020 National Ranking: 4
2019 National Ranking: 4
2018 National Ranking: 4
2017 National Ranking: 6

– CFN Program Analysis Ranking Categories

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Big 12 Preseason Rankings: CFN College Football Preview 2020

In what might be the craziest of college football seasons, how good is the Big 12? Here are the CFN Big 12 Preseason Rankings of every team.

In what might be the craziest of college football seasons, how good are all of the teams? Here are the CFN Big 12 Preseason Rankings of every team.

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This is NOT a ranking of where the teams are going to end up. This is only based on how good we think the Big 12 teams are going into whatever the 2020 season is going to be.

– CFN Preview 2020: All 130 Team Previews

10. Kansas Jayhawks

Kansas CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … Les Miles has some skill guys to work around. Pooka Williams is one of the Big 12’s best running backs, the receiving corps should be the best the program has had in a while, and there’s still Les Miles – give him more time.

Be Concerned About … the quarterback who can get everyone the ball. Thomas MacVittie and Miles Kendrick might be fine, but the real concern is on the other side with a defense that was the second-worst in the nation at taking the ball away and 122nd overall.

The Season Will Be Successful If … the Jayhawks win four games. It might be a sad goal, but the bar isn’t set all that high for a program that hasn’t won more than three games since 2009.

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9. Texas Tech Red Raiders

Texas Tech CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … the passing game that should have Alan Bowman back at quarterback for a longer period of time – at least that’s the hope. Injured too often so far in his short career, he’s back along with a great receiving corps to make the passing game rock.

Be Concerned About … the offensive line that was just okay throughout last year still isn’t going be anything amazing. There’s experience in the secondary, but the pass defense that finished 128th in the nation needs more out of the veteran corners.

The Season Will Be Successful If … it goes bowling. Injuries played a big role in last season’s 4-8 clunker, but the program has missed out on a bowl game in three of the last four years. That’s not okay.

8. West Virginia Mountaineers

West Virginia CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … the defensive line should be a killer. Dante and Darius Stills are killers up front, and there’s enough to like in the secondary – especially at safety – to give the Mountaineers one of the better defenses they’ve had in a long, long time.

Be Concerned About … an offense that didn’t work until it was way too late. The running game was non-existent, there weren’t enough big plays down the field, and the rebuilding year in Neal Brown’s first season turned out to be just that.

The Season Will Be Successful If … the O works. Brown is too good a head coach to have another clunker of a season, but this is West Virginia. It’s not supposed to be scoring just 247 points in a season – the lowest output since 2001. Set the bar at a bowl game and go from there.

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7. Baylor Bears

Baylor CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … an offense with a whole lot of really, really good parts back. QB Charlie Brewer leads an attack that was third in the Big 12 last season and should be almost as good again. However …

Be Concerned About … a defense that loses almost everyone. That’s not quite fair – there are a whole lot of good parts to start with, and new head coach Dave Aranda is a star defensive mind who comes in from all the fun LSU just had, but there’s a lot of lost personnel.

The Season Will Be Successful If … it looks like the transition from Matt Rhule to Aranda is seamless. Baylor won’t play for the Big 12 title again – the defensive back seven will take a step back – but going to a bowl has to be a given.

6. Kansas State Wildcats

Kansas State CFN 2020 Preview

Be Excited About … Kansas State being Kansas State. The defense will once again be good, the special teams are among the best in the nation, and it seems like Chris Klieman is the perfect fit to take over Bill Snyder’s program. Think of 2019 Kansas State, only better.

Be Concerned About … the lines that are fine, but are hardly filled with all-stars. There have to be more plays in the backfield, and a pass rush would be nice here and there. There’s work to do on the offensive front.

The Season Will Be Successful If … there’s a sneaky-close run to get into the Big 12 Championship. There’s too much missing to get there, but three of the five losses last season were by four points or fewer. Klieman doesn’t have the program that far away from big things.

NEXT: Big 12 Preseason Rankings Top Five

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Preview 2020: College Football News All-ACC Team

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the ACC season with the College Football News All-ACC Team & Top 30 players

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the ACC season with the College Football News All-ACC Team & Top 30 players.

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CFN in 60 Video: Clemson Tigers Preview
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2020 Preseason CFN ACC Offensive Player of the Year

QB Trevor Lawrence, Jr. Clemson
He was the No. 1, superstar, can’t-miss, this-is-the-franchise-guy-who-might-possibly-be-better-than-Deshuan-Watson recruit for the program in 2018, and in his time all he’s been able to do is lead the team to two ACC championships, two national title appearances, one national championship, and with a fairly decent 29-1 record in the 30 games he has been a part of.

And now, he’s embracing the role of college football legend, Face of the Franchise, and all-around leader to a grander scale both on and off the field. Thanks to the silly rules that make a player wait for three years after high school to be eligible for the NFL Draft, he’s still around for at least one more year.

Enjoy.

2020 Preseason CFN ACC Defensive Player of the Year

DE Gregory Rousseau, Soph. Miami
It’s putting way too much unfair pressure on anyone to potentially be another Chase Young, but when it comes to next level pass rushers and college stars who can get into the backfield – and the ACC has a whole lot of them this year – you’re not crazy putting Rousseau into the conversation for a top three overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.

Banged up as a freshman, he busted out last season with 54 tackles, with 15.5 sacks and 19.5 tackles for loss – by the way, Young finished with 46 sacks with 16.5 sacks and 21 tackles for loss – as one of the nation’s top and steadiest producers. And now he has Temple transfer Quincy Roche on the other side to take the heat off.

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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-ACC Team: Offense

QB – Trevor Lawrence, Jr. Clemson

RB – Travis Etienne, Sr. Clemson

RB – Javian Hawkins, Soph. Louisville

WR – Tutu Atwell, Jr. Louisville

WR – Sage Surratt, Jr. Wake Forest

TE – Tutu Atwell, Jr. Miami

OT – Jackson Carman, Jr. Clemson

OG – Bryce Hargrove, Sr. Pitt

C – Jimmy Morrissey, Sr. Pitt

OG – Lecitus Smith, Jr.

OT – Ben Petrula, Sr. Boston College

College Football News 2020 Preseason All-ACC Team: Defense

DE – Carlos Basham, Sr. Wake Forest

DT – Jaylen Twyman, Jr. Pitt

DT – Marvin Wilson, Sr. Florida State

DE – Gregory Rousseau, Soph. Miami

LB – Rayshard Ashby, Sr. Virginia Tech

LB – Max Richardson, Sr. Boston College

LB – Chazz Surratt, Sr. North Carolina

CB – Caleb Farley, Jr. Virginia Tech

S – Andre Cisco, Sr. Syracuse

S – Hamsah Nasirildeen, Sr. Florida State

CB – Derion Kendrick, Jr. Clemson

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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-ACC Team: Special Teams

PK – Nick Sciba, Jr. Wake Forest

P – Trenton Gill, Jr. NC State

KR – Damond Philyaw-Johnson, Jr.

PR – Amari Rodgers, Sr.

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Preview 2020: College Football News All-Big 12 Team

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the Big 12 season with the College Football News All-Big 12 Team & Top 30 players.

Preview 2020: Previewing and looking ahead to the Big 12 season with the College Football News All-Big 12 Team & Top 30 players.

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CFN in 60 Video: Oklahoma Sooners Preview
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2020 Preseason CFN Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year

RB Chuba Hubbard, Jr. Oklahoma State
Texas QB Sam Ehlinger, Iowa State QB Brock Purdy, and maybe there’s a shot for Oklahoma’s Spencer Rattler to rise up fast – this is a quarterback league and there are plenty of options to step up and be the star of the season.

But it’s Hubbard who should be the signature star for an Oklahoma State team that should be in for a massive season. The 6-1, 207-pound back has to hold up after handling the ball over 350 times last season, but he’s tough, fast, and he should get a whole lot more national exposure coming off a 2,094-yard, 21 touchdown campaign.

2020 Preseason CFN Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year

DT Darius Stills, Sr. West Virginia
Or Dante Stills. Flip a coin between the two Stills, and you might have the strongest defensive player in the Big 12. No matter what, West Virginia has a whale of an interior between these two.

The 6-3, 295-pound Dante came up with seven sacks with 11.5 tackles for loss, and Darius made 47 tackles with seven sacks and a team-high 15 tackles for loss. They’re both active, they’re both going to show off next-level skills and they’re both going to be in for big seasons.

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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Big 12 Team: Offense

QB – Sam Ehlinger, Sr. Texas

RB – Chuba Hubbard, Jr. Oklahoma State

RB – Pooka Williams, Jr. Kansas

WR – Andrew Parchment, Sr. Kansas

WR – Tylan Wallace, Sr. Oklahoma State

TE – Charlie Kolar, Jr. Iowa State

OL – Sam Cosmi, Jr. Texas

OL – Marquis Hayes, Jr. Oklahoma

C – Creed Humphrey, Jr. Oklahoma

OL – Xavier Newman-Johnson, Sr. Baylor

OL – Adrian Ealy, Jr. Oklahoma

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College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Big 12 Team: Defense

DE – Eli Howard, Sr. Texas Tech

DT – Dante Stills, Jr. West Virginia

DT – Darius Stills, Sr. West Virginia

DE – Wyatt Hubert, Jr. Kansas State

LB – Terrel Bernard, Jr. Baylor

LB – Amen Ogbongbemiga, Sr. Texas

LB – Garret Wallow, Sr. TCU

CB – D’Shawn Jamison, Jr. Texas

S – Greg Eisworth, Sr. Iowa State

S – Trevon Moehrig, Jr. TCU

CB – Anthony Johnson, Jr. Iowa State

College Football News 2020 Preseason All-Big 12 Team: Special Teams

PK – Gabe Brkic, Soph. Oklahoma

P – Austin McNamara, Soph. Texas Tech

KR – Joshua Youngblood, Soph. Kansas State

PR – Dillon Stoner, Sr. Oklahoma State

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2020 Big 12 Schedules, Team-By-Team Predictions For Every Game

What’s going to happen this season in the Big 12? The schedules and predictions for each team and every game.

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What’s going to happen this season in the Big 12? The schedules and predictions for each team and every game.

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Big 12 Schedules, Predictions

2020 Baylor Football Schedule

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2020 Preseason Big 12 Prediction: 4-5
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 11-3, 2018: 7-6
2020 Baylor Preview

Sept. 5 Ole Miss (in Houston) L
Sept. 12 Kansas W
Sept. 19 Incarnate Word W
Sept. 26 Louisiana Tech W
Oct. 3 at Oklahoma L
Oct. 10 OPEN DATE
Oct. 15 at Texas Tech L
Oct. 24 TCU W
Oct. 31 at Texas L
Nov. 7 Oklahoma State L
Nov. 14 at Iowa State L
Nov. 21 at West Virginia W
Nov. 28 Kansas State W

2020 Iowa State Football Schedule

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2020 Preseason Big 12 Prediction: 5-4
2019 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2019: 7-6, 2018: 8-5
2020 Iowa State Preview

Sept. 5 South Dakota W
Sept. 12 at Iowa L
Sept. 19 UNLV W
Sept. 26 Texas Tech W
Oct. 3 at Kansas W
Oct. 10 at Oklahoma State L
Oct. 17 Oklahoma L
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 29 Kansas State W
Nov. 7 at TCU L
Nov. 14 Baylor W
Nov. 21 at Texas L
Nov. 28 West Virginia W

2020 Kansas Football Schedule

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2020 Preseason Big 12 Prediction: 1-8
2019 Preseason Prediction: 1-8
2019: 3-9, 2018: 3-9
2020 Kansas Preview

Sept. 5 New Hampshire W
Sept. 12 at Baylor L
Sept. 19 Boston College W
Sept. 26 at Coastal Carolina W
Oct. 3 Iowa State L
Oct. 10 at Kansas State L
Oct. 17 Oklahoma State L
Oct. 24 at West Virginia L
Oct. 31 OPEN DATE
Nov. 7 Texas L
Nov. 14 at Texas Tech W
Nov. 21 at Oklahoma L
Nov. 28 TCU L

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2020 Kansas State Football Schedule

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2020 Preseason Big 12 Prediction: 4-5
2019 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2019: 8-5, 2018: 5-7
2020 Kansas State Preview

Sept. 5 Buffalo W
Sept. 12 North Dakota W
Sept. 19 Vanderbilt W
Sept. 26 at West Virginia L
Oct. 3 Texas W
Oct. 10 Kansas W
Oct. 17 at TCU L
Oct. 24 OPEN DATE
Oct. 29 at Iowa State L
Nov. 7 Texas Tech W
Nov. 14 at Oklahoma L
Nov. 21 Oklahoma State W
Nov. 28 at Baylor L

CFN in 60 Video: Oklahoma Sooners Preview
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2020 Oklahoma Football Schedule

2020 Record: 0-0
2020 Preseason Prediction: 10-2
2020 Preseason Big 12 Prediction: 7-2
2019 Preseason Prediction: 11-1
2019: 12-2, 2018: 12-2
2020 Oklahoma Preview

Sept. 5 Missouri State W
Sept. 12 Tennessee W
Sept. 19 OPEN DATE
Sept. 26 at Army W
Oct. 3 Baylor W
Oct. 10 Texas (in Dallas) L
Oct. 17 at Iowa State W
Oct. 24 Oklahoma State W
Oct. 31 at TCU L
Nov. 7 at West Virginia W
Nov. 14 Kansas State W
Nov. 21 Kansas W
Nov. 28 at Texas Tech W

NEXT: Big 12 Schedules, Predictions, Part 2

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College Football News Preview 2020: Texas Tech Red Raiders

College Football News Preview 2020: previewing, predicting, looking ahead to the Texas Tech Red Raiders season with what you need to know.

College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Texas Tech Red Raiders season with what you need to know.

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– What You Need To Know: Offense | Defense
– Top Players | Key Players, Games, Stats
– What Will Happen, Win Total Prediction
– Schedule Analysis
– Texas Tech Previews 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015

2019 Record: 4-8 overall, 2-6 in Big Ten
Head Coach: Matt Wells, 2nd year, 4-8
2019 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 69
2019 CFN Final Season Formula Ranking: 102
2019 CFN Preview Ranking: 49

No one knows what’s going to happen to the 2020 college football season. We’ll take a general look at where each team stands – doing it without spring ball to go by – while crossing our fingers that we’ll all have some well-deserved fun this fall. Hoping you and yours are safe and healthy.

5. College Football News Preview 2020: Texas Tech Red Raiders Offense 3 Things To Know

– It would’ve been nice if the offense was just a wee bit more Texas Tech-like, and the passing game did its part by leading the Big 12 in passing. However, there was a whole lot of dinking and dunking, there weren’t enough third down conversions, and the team managed more than 30 points just four times in the final ten games.

CFN in 60 Video: Texas Tech Red Raiders Preview
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– Step One is to get steady and healthy quarterback play. Jett Duffey was the team’s leading passer, but he transferred out after off-the-field issues. Alan Bowman is the best option and star of the show, but he’s been blasted by injuries – he only saw time in three games last season. Redshirt freshman Maverick McIvor has the size and the passing skills, but he’s coming off a missed season with a broken leg.

The receiving corps is full of options. Throw in the running backs, and seven of the nine players who caught 20 passes or more are expected back, starting with the combination of 6-6 senior TJ Vasher and 6-3 sophomore Erik Ezukanma – expect at least 90 catches between the two.

It goes on from there with former Nevada transfer McLane Mannix and quick juniors Dalton Ridgon and KeSean Carter in the mix.

– Losing RB Ta’Zhawn Henry to Houston isn’t a plus, but leading rusher SaRodorick Thompson is back after coming up with 765 yards and 12 scores. He can catch, too, with 39 grabs, but the depth has to fill in behind him. The top returning back after Thompson – senior Jax Welch – only ran five times for 28 yards.

The O line needs some work, though, with just two starters back along with star guard Jack Anderson, who’s coming back from a shoulder injury. Junior Dawson Deaton is a good veteran for the inside – likely at center again – the the tackles are going to be the early question mark.

NEXT: College Football News Preview 2020: Texas Tech Red Raiders Defense 3 Things To Know

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JT Daniels Transfer To Georgia: 3 Quick Thoughts

USC QB JT Daniels will transfer to Georgia. Three quick thoughts on the big move.

USC QB JT Daniels will transfer to Georgia. Three quick thoughts on the big move.

3. Let someone else develop your starting quarterback

USC came up with one of the nation’s best recruiting classes in 2018.

Wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown was a great get, linebacker Palaie Gaoteote was a huge signing, and defensive backs Olajah Griffin and Isaac Taylor-Stuart were massive wins, but JT Daniels was the one.

Out of USC quarterback factory Mater Dei High, he was supposed to be the next superstar passer for the Trojans, with the arm, the savvy, and the upside to go right from his junior year in high school to the starting gig for the Trojans.

And now he’s a Georgia Bulldog.

THANK YOU USC ✌🏻
Excited for the future #GoDawgs🐶 pic.twitter.com/ewfhBG3ved

— JT Daniels (@jtdaniels06) May 28, 2020

It’s part of how the recruiting game works – keep bringing in talent. And then bring in more, and then more. But after all of the time and effort put into USC landing Daniels, he came up with one okay year in a losing season – hitting just under 60% of his passes for 2,672 yards and 14 scores with ten picks – and then blew out his knee in the 2019 season opener.

When it comes to signing top quarterback prospects, though, that’s going to limit the options unless you luck out. The idea was that Daniels was going to be the star of the USC show for at least three years, possibly four.

That, along with the murky job status of head coach Clay Helton – didn’t help the cause when it came to trying to woo Cal high school superstar prospect DJ Uiagalelei – he went to Clemson – and attempting to keep dual-threat killer Bryce Young – another Mater Dei product – to his commitment as he took his talents to Alabama.

USC developed Daniels, and now Georgia gets to potentially reap the rewards, either as a good challenger to Wake Forest transfer Jamie Newman, or as an option who might have to sit a year before taking over the reigns of a national championship-caliber program in 2021.

As Georgia knows, that’s the cost of doing business now. It lost Justin Fields and Jacob Eason because it had Jake Fromm,

USC 2020 Preview in 60 seconds

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2. It’s not like Daniels is a slam-dunk to be the Georgia starter

Carson Beck is a 6-4, 220-pound bomber out of Jacksonville who was originally gone to Alabama before flipping to Georgia. He’s got next level tools, and so does Dwan Mathis, a 6-4, 200-pounder out of Michigan who can move. Ohio State and Michigan wanted Mathis, and Georgia got him.

Daniels might have been a bigger overall recruit than Beck and Mathis – neither one was considering the prospect that Fromm, Eason or Fields was, either – but there’s enough talent between them to get their shot over the next few seasons.

And then there’s Jamie Newman, a 6-4, 230-pounder with a next-level arm who hit 61% of his throws for almost 3,000 yards with 26 touchdowns and 11 picks – and with six rushing scores – for Wake Forest last year.

The NCAA put the kibosh on the one-time transfer exemption, but Daniels is going to push for immediate eligibility anyway. He’s not a grad transfer – which meant he wouldn’t have needed to lose a year to transfer – and he’s just two years out of high school.

Even if he is eligible, Newman might be the better option for this year’s Dawg team, because …

1. How healthy is Daniels?

Here’s where this could really pay off for both Georgia and Daniels.

We all triple-hope that the 2020 college football season goes off without a hitch, but considering the NBA, NHL and MLB still aren’t rolling yet, and there are only about a million pieces to the puzzle that still have to fit for colleges to open up, much less college football, let’s see.

Daniels is still less than a year removed from the knee injury that ended things right out of the gate. He wouldn’t have been a go in spring ball had it gone off, and part of the reason he’s transferring is because he likely wouldn’t have had the shot to beat out Kedon Slovis.

It’s not 100% certain that he’ll be 100% healthy by the time Georgia fall camp rolls around, either.

In a perfect world, Newman is fantastic, Daniels gets a full year to heal up and get ready to roll, and then the offense is his in 2021. But if there isn’t a season, then he gets the time off to get stronger and learn the system, Newman will be off to the NFL, and Georgia has its guy.

Or, everything goes off fine, Daniels is all good come September 7th against Virginia, and Mr. Five-Star becomes everything for Georgia that USC was hoping to get.

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NFL Draft 2020: How Many Big 12 Players Will Be Drafted In The First Round?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Big 12 players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

NFL Draft 2020: How many Big 12 players will end up being drafted in the first round? What are the over/under odds?

CFN Podcast: How Many QBs Will Go In 1st Round?
Pete Fiutak and Nick Shepkowski dive deep on whether or not five might be picked on Day One.

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NFL Draft 2020: Big 12

Outside of Oklahoma taking over the No. 1 overall pick lately, it’s been a lonely time for the Big 12 in the first round of the NFL Draft.

After Kyler Murray went to Arizona to kick things off last year, the next Big 12 pick was fellow Sooner Marquise Brown to Baltimore at the 25. TCU LJ Collier went to Seattle at the 29.

The year before, Baker Mayfield was selected first by Cleveland, and then … nothing. The Big 12 was shutout in the rest of the round. In 2017, that Patrick Mahomes guy turned out to be okay for Kansas City at the 10, but that was it.

This year the line is 3.5. It’s going to take some effort to get there.

CFN in 60: 2020 Top Five Overall Prospects
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Part of the problem is that it’s going to take a little while to get this thing going.

Jalen Hurts won’t go first overall like the last two Oklahoma quarterbacks, and he’s not likely to be picked at all in the first round. However, his top target last year will go in the top 15.

WR CeeDee Lamb is a possible top ten overall pick, but he’ll likely go in the 12-to-15 range. But that just one Big 12 player and half the draft will probably be over before there’s another one taken.

Sooner LB Kenneth Murray will go somewhere in the top 25, and then it starts to get interesting.

TCU DT Ross Blacklock should go somewhere in the final 5-to-7 picks, but that’s getting a bit risky. It’s a deep class with at least 40 players who could end up finding their way into the top 32.

And you still need one more for the over.

Texas Tech LB Jordan Brooks is a possibility, but that’s a flier. Oklahoma DT Neville Gallimore will be on the radar, as will Baylor WR Denzel Mims and TCU CB Jeff Gladney.

That’s why …

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How Many Big 12 Players Will Be Drafted In the First Round?

Go with the over on the 3.5.

Lamb, Murray and Blacklock will go in the top 32, and there are more than enough options who’ll at least be on the radar late.

All it takes is one team to like Mims’ combination of speed and size, Gladney’s ball skills, or Gallimore’s athleticism for the position. Brooks is a little more of a long shot, but he’s at least in the mix.

Best of all, there isn’t much value in the under, and the over is the better call.

Prediction: Over
BetMGM line: 3.5, Over +135, Under -164
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CFN 2020 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings
from the college perspective …
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG & C
DE | DT | LB | CB | Safeties
Greatest NFL Draft Picks From Each School
ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
32 Greatest Draft Picks of All-Time
Full 2020 NFL Draft Order
CFN Top 106 Player Rankings (1st 3 rounds)

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JT Daniels Enters Transfer Portal. 5 Possible Teams For The Former USC Quarterback

USC QB JT Daniels has entered the transfer portal. What five teams would be a strong fit for him?

USC QB JT Daniels has entered the transfer portal. What five teams would be a strong fit for him?

Get ready for the feeding frenzy.

JT Daniels was a five-star recruit out of USC quarterback training ground Mater Dei High School – Matt Leinart, Matt Barkley, Todd Marinovich – who was expected to be the next great Trojan superstar.

And now he has entered the transfer portal.

He left high school before his senior year, earned the starting job right away, and he went through the early growing pains as a too-young prospect being thrown to the wolves. In 2018, he hit close to 60% of his passes for 2.672 yards with 14 touchdowns and ten picks.

CFN in 60: Top 5 2020 NFL Draft Prospects

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But it was all supposed to come together in 2019 with offensive coordinator Graham Harrell running a pass-happy offense that was a perfect fit for Daniels. He connected on 25-of-34 passes for 215 yards and a touchdown with a pick in the opener against Fresno State before getting knocked out for the game and the season with a torn ACL. Kedon Slovis stepped in, put up massive numbers, and now Daniels is looking elsewhere to play.

BREAKING: #USC QB JT Daniels is entering the Transfer Portal. pic.twitter.com/3hvrEoKtd3

— Josh An (@_imjoshan) April 16, 2020

What are the five best teams for him? Where should he be looking? There a two big factors in this.

1. Daniels is still getting healthy. He wouldn’t have been able to go in USC spring ball, but he was expected to be all-systems-go in fall camp. If there isn’t a college football season – or if it’s delayed – he’ll be that much healthier.

2. Is it possible he could be eligible right away? The NCAA has been hinting that it’ll go with the one-time transfer exemption for players without the year-long eligibility penalty. There are several places that could use Daniels right away, but there has to be some eye on the 2021 season in case the transfer rule doesn’t kick in, or if there’s a problem with the 2020 season.

Let’s assume the NCAA will run with the transfer rule exemption and Daniels will be allowed to play right away.

He’s not a runner, but he’s a 6-3, 210-pound passer with high-end skills and the upside to start from the moment he joins a new team.

Five schools that would be a good fit for Daniels are …

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Greatest NFL Draft Picks of All-Time From Every Big 12 School

Who are the best NFL Draft picks from each of the Big 12 programs. Which players turned into the greatest stars at the next level?

Who are the best NFL Draft picks from each of the Big 12 programs. Which players turned into the greatest stars at the next level?

The current Big 12 programs have more than their share of good all-time NFL players and draft picks, but the superstars aren’t there compared to the other top leagues. Even so, who are the Big 12’s best NFL draft selections of all-time?

This isn’t a list of the top pro players to come from the Big 12 schools – these are the best draft picks.

That means that guys who had great careers for someone other than the teams that drafted them get knocked down a peg, or aren’t on the list at all.

The goal for any draft pick is to get a player who performs at a high level for a long period of time, so longevity matters over one short burst of greatness. You’ll get the idea.

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CFN 2020 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings
from the college perspective …
QB | RB | WR | TE | OT | OG & C
DE | DT | LB | CB | Safeties

Baylor Greatest NFL Draft Picks

LB Mike Singletary
1981, 2nd round, 38th pick overall, Chicago

Silver: DT Tom Sestak, 1962, 17th round, 132nd pick overall, Buffalo
Bronze: OT/DE Jimmy Ray Smith, 1954, 6th round, 64th pick overall, Cleveland

The Chicago Bears got their leader and quarterback for some of the greatest defenses in NFL history. Singletary was a seven-time All-Pro who went to the Pro Bowl in each of the last ten seasons of his 12-year Hall of Fame career. He was named the 1985 and 1988 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

Tom Sestak was a three-time All-Pro for Buffalo in the early 1960s. He only played seven years, but he was the anchor of the line.

Jimmy Ray Smith played seven years for Cleveland as a mainstay of the O line at left guard. He was a three-time All-Pro and went to five Pro Bowls.

Iowa State Greatest NFL Draft Picks

LB Matt Blair
1974, 2nd round, 51st pick overall, Minnesota

Silver: OG Keith Sims, 1990, 2nd round, 39th pick overall, Miami
Bronze: S Marcus Robertson, 1991, 4th round, 102nd pick overall, Houston

One of the leaders and stars of the amazing Purple People Eater defenses of the 1970s and 1980s, Blair played 12 years for the Vikings and was named to the 1980 All-Pro team with six Pro Bowl appearances.

Keith Sims got to three straight Pro Bowls as a starting left guard for Miami for eight years, while Marcus Robertson was named an All-Pro for the Houston Oilers, finishing with 22 interceptions in a ten-year run with the franchise.

Kansas Greatest NFL Draft Picks

RB Gale Sayers
1965, 1st round, 4th pick overall, Chicago

Silver: FS Nolan Cromwell, 1977, 2nd round, 21st pick overall, Los Angeles Rams
Bronze: QB John Hadl, 1962, 3rd round, 24th pick overall, San Diego

It might have been a way-too-short run, but Gale Sayers managed to earn All-Pro recognition five times in his five years as a starting running back.

John Riggins is a Hall of Famer, but that’s mostly for what he did for Washington, not the New York Jets. The same goes for tackle Mike McCormack, a Hall of Famer for Cleveland after spending one year with the New York Yanks.

Nolan Cromwell was an all-star quarterback for the Jayhawks, but he turned into a three-time All-Pro safety for the Rams over his 11-year career. John Hadl spent 11 years with San Diego throwing for close to 27,000 yards with 201 touchdowns going to five Pro Bowls.

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Kansas State Greatest NFL Draft Picks

RB Larry Brown
1969, 8th round, 191st pick overall, Washington

Silver: QB Steve Grogan, 1975, 5th round, 116th pick overall, New England
Bronze: CB Terence Newman, 2003, 1st round, 5th pick overall, San Diego

Larry Brown only lasted eight years with Washington, but he was a two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowler running for 5,875 yards and 35 scores. In 1972, he earned the NFL MVP honor running for 1,125 yards and five scores and catching 37 passes.

Steve Grogan was with New England for 16 years, and while he was never an elite quarterback, he finished with close to 27,000 yards with 182 touchdown passes. He also ran for 35 scores.

Terence Newman was a slight disappointment for Dallas considering he was the fifth pick overall, but he went to two Pro Bowls and lasted nine years with the team making 32 interceptions before moving on to keep the career rolling.

Oklahoma Greatest NFL Draft Picks

RB Adrian Peterson, Minnesota
2007, 1st round, 7th pick overall

Silver: DE/DT Lee Roy Selmon, 1976, 1st round, 1st pick overall, Tampa Bay
Bronze: CB Bobby Boyd, 1960, 10th round, 119th pick overall, Baltimore

Outside of a massive scandal, Adrian Peterson worked out just fine for the Vikings in his sure-thing Hall of Fame career, running for close to 12,000 yards in his first nine seasons in Minnesota. He ran for ten touchdowns or more in every year but the suspended 2014 and injured 2016 campaigns.

Lee Roy Selmon was the first ever draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, going on to have a nine-year Hall of Fame career with six straight Pro Bowl appearances. He was named the 1979 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

Bobby Boyd doesn’t have a highway named after him like Selmon, but the three-time All-Pro was among the best defensive backs of the 1960s, coming up with 57 career interceptions.

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