Well college football is finally back. Actually it returned last weekend but college football before Labor Day weekend seems completely blasphemous. I really don’t understand it.
Anyways, lets mark down our predictions for the power five conferences so we can all go back at the end of the season and see just how fucking wrong we were.
Enjoy!
💻 AP Preseason Rankings
Preseason AP rankings are one of the most pointless things in college sports. I mean there’s nothing like injecting a little overhype for a good number of these teams listed only to have their fans be thoroughly disappointed
Nonetheless here are the rankings.
🇺🇸 Preseason AP First-Team All-American Team
🏆 Heisman Trophy Odds
On second thought, AP Preseason rankings isn’t the most useless composition in college sports… It’s preseason Heisman odds!
Here’s this year’s odds via the Westgate SuperBook which again don’t take to heart considering in the past decade, only one of the five preseason Heisman favorites actually won it. That player was Marcus Mariota in 2014.
- Trevor Lawrence, Clemson (3/1)
- Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama (3/1)
- Adrian Martinez, Nebraska (10/1)
- Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma (12/1)
- Justin Fields, Ohio State (12/1)
🐯 ACC Preview
Clemson already had a strong start to their title defense last night as they dismantled Georgia Tech 52-14.
Essentially, this conference is Clemson and everybody else.
Conference Standing Predictions
| Atlantic | Coastal |
| Clemson | Miami |
| Syracuse | Virginia |
| Florida State | Virginia Tech |
| Wake Forest | Pitt |
| Boston College | Duke |
| NC State | North Carolina |
| Louisville | Georgia Tech |
Conference Outlook
Again, Clemson is going to roll through the ACC with perhaps the biggest question being whether the Tigers will be able to improve on their average margin of victory from last season which was 31.2 points.
Other than that, keep an eye on a much improved Florida State team who could have some upsets in mind in 2019 while four teams in the ACC debut new coaches. Those teams are Louisville (former Appalachian State HC Scott Satterfield), Miami (former DC Manny Diaz), UNC (former Texas HC Mack Brown) and Georgia Tech (former Temple HC Geoff Collins).
🌰 Big Ten Preview
It’s going to be an interesting season for the Big Ten in 2019.
First, it’s loaded, especially the East Division which features Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State
Conference Standing Predictions
| East | West |
| Ohio State | Iowa |
| Michigan | Wisconsin |
| Penn State | Nebraska |
| Michigan State | Northwestern |
| Indiana | Minnesota |
| Maryland | Purdue |
| Rutgers | Illinois |
Conference Outlook
Despite being a favorite to finish atop the Big Ten once again, there’s still plenty of important questions to consider when talking about the Buckeyes. With Urban Meyer gone, can Ryan Day maintain that Ohio State dominance? What about Justin Fields who takes over for Dwayne Haskins at QB?
With that said you’d think this is Michigan’s best chance to finally overtake Ohio State and score Jim Harbaugh his first win over arguably the Wolverines’ biggest rival. Currently, the Michigan head coach is 0-4 against the Buckeyes and if Harbaugh doesn’t score some meaningful wins, especially against his opponents there could be some real discussion in Ann Arbor as whether Michigan wants to continue with Harbaugh calling the shots.
🤠 Big 12 Preview
Even with Kyler Murray gone, that Oklahoma offense shouldn’t miss a beat as they’re once again expected to the best in the country, this time with Alabama transfer Jalen Hurts under center.
Likewise, the Sooners are once again the favorites to come out on top in the Big 12 however Texas and perhaps Iowa State won’t be too far behind.
Conference Standing Predictions
| Oklahoma |
| Texas |
| Iowa State |
| Oklahoma State |
| TCU |
| Baylor |
| West Virginia |
| Texas Tech |
| Kansas State |
| Kansas |
Conference Outlook
Oklahoma’s biggest threat could very well be Texas’ Sam Ehlinger is one of two players in NCAA history to throw for 25 TD, rush for 15 TD and throw 5 or fewer INT (the other is Marcus Mariota). In other words we could potentially see a repeat of what happened last year, Texas winning the Red River Rivalry Game and fall to the Sooners in the Big 12 championship. Or maybe this is Ehlinger’s year to bring the Longhorns back to the top of the Big 12.
🐕 Pac-12 Preview
For the past several season’s it seems like the Pac-12 has been nothing but college football purgatory.
Oregon took several steps back while Stanford hasn’t been much of a factor as well. USC has has been dog shit since they won a National Title in 2004 and Washington just doesn’t seem like a team you can take seriously outside of the conference.
Conference Standing Predictions
| North | South |
| Washington | Utah |
| Oregon | USC |
| Washington State | UCLA |
| Stanford | Arizona State |
| Cal | Arizona |
| Oregon State | Colorado |
Conference Outlook
Don’t hold your breath for a Pac-12 conference that produces a team that can compete for a National Title or even a playoff spot. The Huskies lost eight players to the NFL draft last season — only Alabama (10) and Ohio State (9) lost more. So don’t expect them to be any better than what they were last season.
UCLA should be better in Chip Kelly‘s second season with the team but the Bruins are still a long way off from actually competing for a Pac-12 title.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles’ other college team at USC should also be better, however, they have an extremely difficult start to the season as they’ll see games against Fresno State (home), Stanford (home), BYU (road), Utah (home), Washington (road) and Notre Dame (road).
🐘 SEC Preview
Alabama is Alabama but at some point they have to fall in the SEC. Could 2019 be that year? Especially given Georgia hasn’t lost a SEC East game since 2016, have one of the best QB’s in the nation in Jake Fromm, a dominant offensive line and a great defense.
Conference Standing Predictions
| East | West |
| Georgia | Alabama |
| Florida | LSU |
| Missouri | Texas A&M |
| South Carolina | Auburn |
| Tennessee | Mississippi State |
| Kentucky | Ole Miss |
| Vanderbilt | Arkansas |
Conference Outlook
The SEC is obviously going to all come down to Alabama and Georgia once again with the biggest question being whether the Bulldogs can overcome that Crimson Tide hump?
From 2016 through 2018, Georgia spent more than $7 million on football recruiting, which ranked first nationally add that to all of the aforementioned droolings we did with it came to Fromm as well as the Bulldogs’ o-line and defense and it certainly seems like if Georgia is ever going to take down Alabama, 2019 would seem to be the year.
However, no matter no matter the outcome when it comes to any presumptive SEC championship game between Alabama and Georgia, you can probably expect to see both teams in the final College Football Playoff standings once everything is all said and done.
