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College football post-spring Top 25 power rankings
Alabama, the defending national champion, had six players selected in the first round of last week’s NFL draft, tying the Miami Hurricanes’ record set in 2004. Alabama and Ohio State each had 10 players drafted overall, the most of any program in this year’s draft. Georgia was third with nine draft selections, the most in […]
Continue readingNFL draft 2021: Biggest offseason questions, team needs, rookie battles for all 32 teams
So long, 2021 NFL draft. Hello, offseason. With all seven rounds in the books, front offices for all 32 teams are surely confident that they improved their rosters over the weekend. That’s not always the case, though. Which rookie quarterbacks will actually play in Week 1, and which organizations found the best value on Days […]
Continue readingNFL draft 2021 takeaways: The QB rush continues, plus lingering questions and top surprises
By most measures, NFL offenses last year produced their best season in the history of pro football. Never had the collective environment been more conducive to scoring, especially via the pass, and new records were set for points, touchdown throws and completion percentage. So after taking three months to analyze their rosters and project trends, […]
Continue reading2021 NFL draft: Jeff Legwold ranks the top 100 prospects
For years, folks in the NFL would often openly wonder if they needed to be in Indianapolis for the entire combine. They would complain about the cold weather, saying they were counting the hours until they could hit the road, as they speed-walked through the convention center to another round of interviews. Then the combine […]
Continue readingThe 2021 Way-Too-Early college football top 25
Even in a 2020 college football season that featured more starts and stops than Los Angeles traffic, there were a handful of near certainties, such as Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State reaching the College Football Playoff. Even a pandemic couldn’t balance power in the most top-heavy sport. Will we finally see those heavyweights fall back […]
Continue readingAP Top 25: Clemson No. 1, followed by Ohio State, Alabama
Clemson is the preseason No. 1 in the AP Top 25, a poll featuring nine Big Ten and Pac-12 teams that gives a glimpse at what the coronavirus pandemic has already taken from an uncertain college football season. Ohio State (1,504 points) was a close No. 2 behind Trevor Lawrence and Clemson (1,520), which starts […]
Continue readingHow each top 2020 college football team becomes a national title contender
Every college football team begins a given season with questions to answer. Some just have far more than others. This time last year, we were wondering if Justin Fields was ready to dominate at Ohio State or if Joe Burrow’s late-2018 surge at LSU meant something significant. He was, and it did. This year the […]
Continue readingBiggest 2020 question for each Top 25 college football team
Every college football team — even those in the Top 25 — turns over its roster every year with graduations, transfers, etc. So those changes are offseason question marks, especially this time of year. The Tigers will be loaded on offense once again with Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne returning, but the biggest question in […]
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