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FOX analyst releases early Top 25 ahead of 2021 college football season
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There’s still more than two months until the 2021 college football season gets underway, but another analyst is prepared to share his preseason rankings.
This week, FOX’s RJ Young revealed his Top 25 for the upcoming season. Only four B1G teams cracked the rankings, led by Ohio State at No. 5. Indiana also cracked the Top 10, with Wisconsin and Penn State being the other two squads out of the conference included.
At the top of the rankings, Young has Oklahoma in the No. 1 spot. Here’s a look at the complete Top 25:
- Oklahoma
- Georgia
- Clemson
- Alabama
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- LSU
- Indiana
- Iowa State
- Coastal Carolina
- Wisconsin
- Miami (FL)
- Notre Dame
- North Carolina
- Arizona State
- Penn State
- Texas A&M
- Florida
- Florida State
- Texas
- UCF
- TCU
- Cincinnati
- USC
- Louisiana
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Noticeably missing from the Top 25 out of the B1G include Northwestern, last year’s B1G West champion, and Iowa, which ended the year 6-2. Both were ranked at the end of the 2020 season.
Should more B1G teams be included in this Top 25?
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB