Phil Steele is one of the most respected college football analysts in the world, and, if you are like me, you are eagerly waiting for his preseason magazine to hit the shelves. We still have a few months before that happens, but until then Steele has granted us some early insight into his prediction of the preseason AP top 10 in college football for 2023.
And before you just sneeze at another prediction from another national writer, consider Steele has been very good predicting what these rankings will look like. In fact, over the last 14 years, he has gotten the top 10 right in eight of those years.
That’s all while projecting these six months in advance. All told, Steele has correctly predicted 134 out of 140 teams in the preseason AP Top 10 during that time, so we’d say he has a pretty good handle on things.
Here’s how the top 10 breaks down according to Steele heading into this fall.