Welcome to the 2013 college football preseason! It officially starts today. Whatever keeps me from having to write about baseball; as that actually subtracts page views from my website- for whatever reason.
Sadly, the 2013 college football 77 in 77 does not include the Illinois Fighting Illini. We’ll rank and preview one team a day for the next 77 days, ending with #1 Alabama Crimson Tide on the Thursday before the 2013 college football season begins.
This is the first year I’ve done the 77 in 77 in which my alma mater, the Illini, are not included.
And you can understand why. The hiring of Tim Beckman degraded the Illini from the Big Ten to the second division of the MAC. And that’s a shame because Illinois produced the greatest college football player in history: Red Grange. Which is why we do 77 in 77. That was his jersey number. So you would think that Illinois should have a truly powerful football program.
Not so much.
Here’s your 2013 college football 77 in 77
77. Colorado
76. Kansas
75. Ohio
74. Wake Forest
73. Syracuse
72. Boston College
71. Kentucky
70. Minnesota
69. Marshall
68. Duke
67. Indiana
66. Washington State
65. Virginia
64. Iowa
63. N.C. State
62. Utah State
61. San Jose State
60. Purdue
59. Rutgers
58. Utah
57. Iowa State
56. Maryland
55. San Diego State
54. East Carolina
53. California
52. West Virginia
51. Pitt
50. UCF
49. Mizzou
48. Texas Tech
47. Tennessee
46. Auburn
45. Nevada
44. Arkansas
43. Mississippi State
42. PSU
41. UNC
40. Arizona
39. Baylor
38. Cincinnati
37. Tulsa
36. Ga Tech
35. NIU
34. BYU
33. Ole Miss
32. Miami
31. Va Tech
30. Fresno St.
29. ASU
28. MSU
27. ND
26. USC
25. Wis
24. Vandy
23. Boise
22. Neb
21. KSU
20. Ok ST
19. UCLA
18. TCU
17. Oregon State
16. Northwestern
15. Florida State
14. Texas
13. OK
12. Clemson
11. LSU
10. UL
9. Stanford
8. Mich
7. Oregon
6. Ohio St
5. SC
4. UF
3. A&M
2. UGA
1. BAMA
Paul M. Banks is the owner of The Sports Bank.net. (“Quasi-endorsed” by Philadelphia Eagles Coach Chip Kelly) He’s also an author who also contributes regularly to MSN, Fox Sports , Chicago Now, Walter Football.com and Yardbarker
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