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08.30.11 - Posted By: Wes Mewbourne, Birmingham, AL
After the most dramatic offseason in recent memory, the college football season returns. Just like every year, most teams have high aspirations, though only two will ultimately have the honor of playing for the top spot. As we survey the landscape of new conference line-ups, resurgences of old powers, and look for the needle in the haystack that is this year’s dark horse, I present to you a list of teams with many differences but one thing in common – something to prove. For each team on this list, I want them to show me something, and prove once and for all they really belong in the upper echelon of college football.
2011 Preseason Top 25
08.21.11 - Posted By: Brett Haynes - Greenville, SC
Auburn will start the year on top as they are the defending champs. Just behind Auburn is their in-state rival, Alabama. LSU is also in the top five. In total, eight of the teams in my preseason top 25 reside in the Southeastern Conference. With the streak of national championships the SEC has going, it is hard not to pick them highly going into 2011...It is time for someone else to step up and take the crystal football! Who will it be?
1. Auburn Tigers - SEC West - Head Coach: Gene Chizik (22-5 at Auburn) - I start off every season by having the defending champion number one in my top 25. Until they lose, they are the champ. And it isn't like Auburn has a bunch of slouches on their 2011 version just because Cam Newton and Nick Fairley now play on Sunday. This school recruits in the top 10 annually, and new guys can't wait to show what they've got. Do not be the least bit surprised if Auburn challenges for the SEC West crown once again this season. Taking over for Newton is Barrett Trotter, a junior, who we know very little about. He has nine career passing attempts. But the Auburn











