College football starts in just over a week. Notre Dame and Navy in Dublin, Ireland, highlight slightly more than a handful of Week 0 games. If you’re looking for great Week 1 games then the list isn’t too deep, but football will be back and we’ll all be happier for it.
One of the final places to release a preseason top-25 has done so as ESPN revealed their top 25 power rankings ahead of the season on Thursday. To put their list together, ESPN sought the opinions of 57 of their contributors.
Here is the top 25 they came up with along with the season-opening opponent for each squad.