Buckeyes Finally get over the Hump, but not against the SEC

College Football Preview 2008

TOP 50 TEAMS

1. Ohio State                                                                                           26. Alabama

2. Oklahoma                                                                                            27. LSU

3. USC                                                                                                    28. Rutgers

4. Missouri                                                                                               29.Washington

5. Florida                                                                                                 30. Iowa

6. Va Tech                                                                                               31. Cal

7. WVU                                                                                                   32. Cincinnati

8.Wisconsin                                                                                              33. Oregon

9. Clemson                                                                                               34. Louisville

10. Kansas                                                                                               35. Fresno State

11. Georgia                                                                                              36. Mississippi St.

12. Arizona State                                                                                      37. Pitt

13. Texas Tech                                                                                         38. Arizona

14. Purdue                                                                                                39. Colorado State

15. Tennessee                                                                                           40. Michigan State

16. Illinois                                                                                                 41. Colorado

17. Texas                                                                                                  42. Boise St.

18. Penn State                                                                                           43. UConn

19. BYU                                                                                                   44. Florida State

20. Auburn                                                                                                45.Georgia Tech

21. South Carolina                                                                                     46. Michigan

22. UCLA                                                                                                 47. Bowling Green

23. USF                                                                                                     48. Miami

24. Texas A&M                                                                                         49. Notre Dame

25. TCU                                                                                                     50. Wake Forest

Top 100

                  College Football Players

1. Pat White, QB, WVU
2. James Laurinaitis, LB, Ohio St.
3. Chris Wells, RB, Ohio St.
4. Tim Tebow, QB, Florida
5. Knowshown Moreno, RB, UGA
6. Jeremy Maclin, WR, Mizzou
7. Rey Maualuga, LB, USC
8. Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma
9. Chase Daniel, QB, Mizzou
10. Trent Williams, OL, Oklahoma
11. Malcolm Jenkins, DB, Ohio St.
12. Michael Crabtree, WR, Texas Tech
13. William Moore, DB, Mizzou
14. Brian Cushing, LB, USC
15. Michael Oher, OL, Ole Miss
16. LeSean McCoy, RB, Pitt
17. Tyson Jackson, DL, LSU
18. George Selvie, DL, USF
19. Todd Reesing, QB, Kansas
20. Phil Loadholt, OL, Oklahoma
21. Percy Harvin, WR, Florida
22. Alex Boone, OL, Ohio St.
23. Eric Berry, DB, Tenn.
24. Alex Mack, OL, Cal
25. Travis Beckum, TE, Wisconsin
26. Graham Harrell, QB, Texas Tech
27. Sean Witherspoon, LB, Mizzou
28. Vontae Davis, DB Illinois
29. Curtis Painter, QB, Purdue
30. Fili Moala, DL, USC
31. Noel Devine, RB, WVU
32. Dan LeFevour, QB, CMU
33. Nic Harris, DB, Oklahoma
34. Chase Coffman, TE, Mizzou
35. Mike Goodson, RB, Texas A&M
36. Brandon Spikes, LB, Florida
37. Marlon Favorite, DL, LSU
38. Duke Robinson, OL, Oklahoma
39. James Davis, RB, Clemson
40. Victor Harris, DB, Va. Tech
41. Armanti Edwards, QB, App. State
42. Eugene Jarvis, RB, Kent St.
43. Anthony Turner, AP, Bowling Green
44. DeMarco Murray, RB, Oklahoma
45. Chris Rainey, AP, Florida
46. P.J. Hill, RB, Wisconsin
47. Gerald McCoy, DL, Oklahoma
48. Colt McCoy, QB, Texas
49. C.J. Spiller, RB, Clemson
50. Marcus Freeman, LB, Ohio St.
51. Darrell Glasper, DB, Arkansas
52. DaQuan Bowers, DL, Clemson
53. Antonio Coleman, DL, Auburn
54. Morgan Trent, DB, Michigan
55. Matt Stafford, QB, UGA
56. Javon Ringer, RB, Mich. St.
57. Arian Foster, RB, Tenn
58. Jarvorski Lane, RB, Texas A&M
59. Arellious Benn, WR, Illinois
60. Kellen Lewis, QB, Indiana
61. Everson Griffen, DL, USC
62. Darrell Scott, RB, Colorado
63. Kraig Urbick, OL, Minn.
64. Mat Groethe, QB, USF
65. Nate Davis, QB, Ball St.
66. Tyrod Taylor, QB, Va. Tech
67. Max Hall, QB, BYU
68. Tyrell Sutton, RB, Northwestern
69. Travis Dekker, TE, Air Force
70. Cedric Dockery, OL, Texas
71. Brian Robiskie, WR, Ohio St.
72. A.J. Green, WR, UGA
73. Dezmon Briscoe, WR, Kansas
74. Cullen Harper, QB, Clemson
75. Julio Jones, WR, Alabama
76. Jonathan Crompton, QB, Tenn.
77. C.J. Spillman, DB, Marshall
78. Jeff Cumberland, TE, Illinois
79. Austin Collie, AP, BYU
80. Jonathan Casillas, LB, Wisconsin
81. Darrell Stuckey, DB, Kansas
82. Martez Wilson, LB/DE Illinois
83. Larry English, DL, No. Illinois
84. Will Hill, AP, Florida
85. Josh Freeman, QB, Kansas St.
86. Isaiah Williams, QB, Illinois
87. Duke Calhoun, WR/RET, Memphis
88. Jimmy Clausen, QB, Notre Dame
89. Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
90. Hunter Cantwell, QB, Louisville
91. Jan Jorgenson, DL, BYU
92. Rico McCoy, LB Tennessee
93. Brandon Saine, RB, Ohio St.
94. Taylor Mays, DB, USC
95. Jonas Gray, RB, Notre Dame
96. Todd Boeckman, QB, Ohio St.
97. DeSean Hales, RB, Texas
98. Arthur Brown, LB, Miami
99. Brian Hoyer, QB, Mich St.
100. A.Q. Shiley, OL, Penn St.

Not Ranked Due to Injury/Academics:

1. Matt Shaughnessy, DL, Wisconsin
2. Joe McKnight, AP, USC
3. Sean Lee, LB, Penn St.

Unit Rankings for College Football 2008

Backfields (QB, RB, FB)

1.Ohio State   2. Clemson   3. WVU   4. UGA   5. Oklahoma

Receiving Corps (WR/TE)

1. Texas Tech   2. Missouri   3. Illinois   4. Florida   5. Ohio St.

Offensive Line

1. Oklahoma   2. Texas   3. Auburn   4. Tennessee   5. Ohio St.

Defensive Line

1. USC   2. LSU   3. UGA   4. Auburn   5. Oklahoma

Linebackers

1. Ohio State   2. USC   3. Florida   4. Missouri   5. Miami

Defensive Backfields

1. Ohio State   2. Missouri   3. Tennessee   4. Va.Tech   5. USC

Special Teams (P, K, RET)

1. Texas   2. Missouri   3. Penn State   4. Ohio State   5. BYU

Awards Contenders

Heisman                                        Walker                                     Biletnikoff

1. Chris Wells                                Chris Wells                              Jeremy Maclin

2. Pat White                                  Knowshown Moreno              Micahel Crabtree

3. Knowshown Moreno                Justin Forsett                           Brian Robiskie

4. Chase Daniel                             Noel Devine                            Percy Harvin

5. Tim Tebow                                DeMarco Murray                    Arellious Benn

Mackey                                         Outland                                   Lombardi

1. Travis Beckum                          Trent Williams                         Trent Williams

2. Chase Coffman                         Michael Oher                          Tyson Jackson

3. Travis Dekker                            Alex Boone                            Michael Oher

4. Jeff Cumberland                       Phil Loadholt                          George Selvie

5. Jake Ballard                              Cedric Dockery                       Alex Boone                

Butkus                                           Nagurski                                  Thorpe

1. James Laurinaitis                       James Laurinaitis                     Malcolm Jenkins

2. Rey Maualuga                           Rey Maualuga                         Eric Berry

3. Brandon Spikes                         Tyson Jackson                         Vontae Davis

4. Sean Witherspoon                     Brandon Spikes                       Victor Harris

5. Brian Cushing                           Malcolm Jenkins                     Darrell Glasper

O’Brien                                         Unitas                                      Maxwell

1. Pat White                                 Chase Daniel                            Chris Wells                

2. Chase Daniel                            Todd Boeckman                      Tim Tebow

3. Tim Tebow                               Pat White                                  Pat White

4. Matt Stafford                           Curtis Painter                           Chase Daniel  

5. Dan LeFevour                           Kellen Lewis               &nbs