The GBN board of college football gurus including Editor and Publisher Grumpy Lindsay, Associate Editor and Chief Scout Pigskin Paul Guillemette, and Investigative Reporter and Quality Control Enforcer Larry Parker have put their predictions for the upcoming season to paper for everyone’s edification. And with a little bit of luck some of the guys will have something right. For now, here is a summary of their picks for some of major college football’s major issues:
Pigskin Paul Guillemette | Larry Parker | Grumpy Lindsay | |
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SEC: Champ Conf finalist Dark horse | ALABAMA GEORGIA LSU | ALABAMA GEORGIA MISSOURI | ALABAMA GEORGIA MISSOURI |
Big X: Champ Conf finalist Dark horse | MICHIGAN NEBRASKA MICHIGAN STATE | MICHIGAN IOWA WISCONSIN | OHIO STATE NEBRASKA PURDUE |
PAC 12: Champ Conf finalist Dark horse | UTAH OREGON UCLA | WASHINGTON UTAH WASHINGTON STATE | OREGON UTAH WASHINGTON STATE |
ACC: Champ Conf finalist Dark horse | CLEMSON VA TECH MIAMI | CLEMSON VIRGINIA FLORIDA STATE | CLEMSON VIRGINIA TECH SYRACUSE |
Big XII: Champ Conf finalist Dark horse | TEXAS OKLAHOMA TCU | OKLAHOMA TEXAS BAYLOR | OKLAHOMA TEXAS IOWA STATE |
BCS Playoff teams | ALABAMA CLEMSON MICHIGAN OKLAHOMA | ALABAMA CLEMSON MICHIGAN OKLAHOMA | ALABAMA CLEMSON OKLAHOMA GEORGIA |
National champion | CLEMSON | CLEMSON | ALABAMA |
Top 3 Non-power 5 teams | UTAH STATE MEMPHIS CENTRAL FLORIDA | CENTRAL FLORIDA BOISE STATE ARMY | CENTRAL FLORIDA ARMY UTAH STATE |
Top 5 Heisman candidates | Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama Jonathan Taylor, RB, Wisconsin Sam Ehlinger, QB, Texas A.J. Dillon, RB, Boston College | Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama Jonathan Taylor, RB, Wisconsin Justin Herbert, QB, Oregon Jake Fromm, QB, Georgia | Jonathan Taylor, RB, Wisconsin Tua Tagovailoa, QB, Alabama Trevor Lawrence, QB, Clemson JK Dobbins, RB, Ohio State Jordan Love, QB, Utah State |
Heisman sleeper | Jerry Jeudy, WR, Alabama | Joe Burrow, QB, LSU | D'Eriq King, QB, Houston |
Top 5 DPOY candidates | Paddy Fisher, LB, Northwestern Grant Delpit, SS, LSU Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn Isaiah Simmons, LB, Clemson Troy Dye, LB, Oregon | Chase Young, DE, Ohio State Grant Delpit, SS, LSU Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn Paddy Fisher, LB, Northwestern A.J. Epenesa, DE, Iowa | Chase Young, DE, Ohio State Kenny Willekes, DE, Michigan State Andre Cisco, FS, Syracuse AJ Epenesa, DE, Iowa Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn |
Comeback player of the year | Jacob Eason, QB, Washington | Jacob Eason, QB, Washington | Jalen Hurts, QB, Oklahoma |