2013 provided a better than mediocre, but not great season for Notre Dame football. What does 2014 hold? Yes, we’re talking about 2014 Notre Dame football already. Before the 2013 season is even over. Let’s look at some early, perhaps way too early preseason prognosticators. For the 13th consecutive season NationalChamps.net has released its Annual Early Bird Preview, which takes a very early – but extremely accurate – peek into the next college football season.
Are they too early? Not quite.
The NationalChamps.net Early Bird Preview has predicted virtually the same Top 10 the official AP Poll puts out eight months later in August.
If you want to see what next year’s 2014 Preseason Poll will look like, check it out.
1. Florida State
2. Alabama
3. Auburn
4. Stanford
5. Oregon
6. Michigan State
7. Louisiana State
8. Ohio State
9. Baylor
10. UCF
11. UCLA
12. Texas A&M
13. South Carolina
14. Louisville
15. Southern California
16. Oklahoma
17. Clemson
18. Georgia
19. Missouri
20. Arizona State
21. Oregon State
22. Notre Dame
23. Florida
24. Minnesota
25. Ole Miss
That’s right, you’ll see Notre Dame football right there at #22. Just hanging out at the bottom of the top 25. Other teams in The Sports Bank coverage zone are Michigan State at #6 and Ohio State at #8.
Others Receiving Consideration
Duke
Houston
Iowa
Maryland
Miami FL
Michigan
Mississippi State
Nebraska
Northwestern
North Carolina
Oklahoma State
Washington
Wisconsin
Paul M. Banks is the owner of The Sports Bank.net, an affiliate of Fox Sports. He’s also an analyst for multiple news talk radio stations across the country; with regular weekly segments on NBC and Fox Sports Radio. Follow him on Twitter (@paulmbanks) and RSS Catch him Tuesdays talking Illini and Northwestern for KOZN 1620 The Zone, Fridays talking Chicago Bears for WAOR 95.7 The Fan