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šŸˆ Last-minuteā€‹ predictions for the 2019 college football season

šŸ“ø: Sporting News

Well college football is finally back. Actually it returned last weekend but college football before Labor Day weekend seems completely blasphemous. I really donā€™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!

šŸ’» AP Preseason Rankings

Preseason AP rankings are one of the most pointless things in college sports. I mean thereā€™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.

šŸ“ø: Axios

šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø Preseason AP First-Team All-American Team

šŸ“ø: Axios

šŸ† Heisman Trophy Odds

On second thought, AP Preseason rankings isnā€™t the most useless composition in college sportsā€¦ Itā€™s preseason Heisman odds!

Hereā€™s this yearā€™s odds via the Westgate SuperBook which again donā€™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.

  1. Trevor Lawrence,Ā Clemson (3/1)
  2. Tua Tagovailoa,Ā Alabama (3/1)
  3. Adrian Martinez,Ā Nebraska (10/1)
  4. Jalen Hurts,Ā Oklahoma (12/1)
  5. Justin Fields,Ā Ohio State (12/1)

šŸÆ 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

AtlanticCoastal
ClemsonMiami
SyracuseVirginia
Florida StateVirginia Tech
Wake ForestPitt
Boston CollegeDuke
NC StateNorth Carolina
LouisvilleGeorgia 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).

šŸŒ° Big Ten Preview

Itā€™s going to be an interesting season for the Big Ten in 2019.

First, itā€™s loaded, especially the East Division which features Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State Michigan State while the West should see some improved teams in Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska.

Conference Standing Predictions

EastWest
Ohio StateIowa
MichiganWisconsin
Penn StateNebraska
Michigan StateNorthwestern
IndianaMinnesota
MarylandPurdue
RutgersIllinois

Conference Outlook

Despite being a favorite to finish atop the Big Ten once again, thereā€™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 youā€™d think this is Michiganā€™s best chance to finally overtake Ohio State and score Jim Harbaugh his first win over arguably the Wolverinesā€™ biggest rival. Currently, the Michigan head coach is 0-4 against the Buckeyes and if Harbaugh doesnā€™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.

šŸ¤  Big 12 Preview

Even with Kyler Murray gone, that Oklahoma offense shouldnā€™t miss a beat as theyā€™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 wonā€™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

Oklahomaā€™s biggest threat could very well be Texasā€™ 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).Ā 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 Ehlingerā€™s year to bring the Longhorns back to the top of the Big 12.

šŸ• Pac-12 Preview

For the past several seasonā€™s it seems like the Pac-12 has been nothing but college football purgatory.

Oregon took several steps back while Stanford hasnā€™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 doesnā€™t seem like a team you can take seriously outside of the conference.

Conference Standing Predictions

North South
WashingtonUtah
OregonUSC
Washington State UCLA
StanfordArizona State
CalArizona
Oregon StateColorado

Conference Outlook

Donā€™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 ā€”Ā only Alabama (10) and Ohio State (9) lost more.Ā So donā€™t expect them to be any better than what they were last season.

UCLA should be better in Chip Kellyā€˜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 Angelesā€™ other college team at USC should also be better, however, they have an extremely difficult start to the season as theyā€™ll see games against Fresno State (home), Stanford (home), BYU (road), Utah (home), Washington (road) and Notre Dame (road).

šŸ˜ SEC Preview

Alabama is Alabama but at some point they have to fall in the SEC. Could 2019 be that year? Especially given Georgia hasnā€™t lost a SEC East game since 2016, have one of the best QBā€™s in the nation in Jake Fromm, a dominant offensive line and a great defense.

Conference Standing Predictions

EastWest
GeorgiaAlabama
FloridaLSU
MissouriTexas A&M
South CarolinaAuburn
TennesseeMississippi State
KentuckyOle Miss
VanderbiltArkansas

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, GeorgiaĀ spent more than $7 millionĀ 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 Bulldogsā€™ 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.

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