** 2021 Previews: Athlon Pre-Season Top 25 **

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The 2021 college football season is scheduled to officially begin on Saturday, Aug. 28, but it's never too early to start thinking about top 25 rankings and projecting what might transpire this fall. Each FBS season brings plenty of surprises, disappointments and unexpected teams emerging in the national title picture. However, that’s not the case at the top, as the list of favorites for this year starts with familiar contenders: Alabama, Clemson, Oklahoma, Ohio State and Georgia.

Alabama is Athlon Sports' projected national champion, with Clemson at No. 2, followed by Oklahoma at No. 3. Ohio State is the last projected playoff team at No. 4. Georgia headlines the section of teams, with Texas A&M, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Oregon and North Carolina rounding out the projected top 10. The 2021 season concludes with the national championship on Jan. 7 in Indianapolis, Ind. in Lucas Oil Stadium. 

The Athlon Sports 2021 preview magazines are on newsstands nationwide on May 25 and feature in-depth predictions, previews, rankings and insightful stories to prepare for the upcoming year. The SEC and National preview editions can be ordered from Athlon Sports' online store.

An important note on Athlon's top 25 for 2021: This is not a preseason ranking of teams going into the season. Instead, this ranking takes into account where we project teams to finish after the national championship in January. Here are Athlon's projected top 25 teams in college football for 2021.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/top-25-college-football-rankings
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We are scheduled to play 4 of their top 16 teams. 

 
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Could this be the Sooners year?  I think they ought to be slightly favored. 

The other 3 giants are reloading, breaking in new QBs.  Lots of talent on all these teams, but a lot have gone to NFL (Ala, Clem, OSU). 

 
I guess I am coming around to the Georgia hype as well. Clemson was not the same without T Law, Alabama has a bigger reload, and tOSU doesn’t have the next great QB obviously ready.

The margins are a little wider for someone “new” to sneak in the top 4 if any of these have slip ups this year. Oregon and North Carolina could be sleepers that could find their way in with the right luck/parity.

 
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