A few days back, I revealed the first part of my College Football Preseason Top 25.

We laughed, we cried, and luckily, we remained injury free through all 3,000 words.

Today it's time for the second part, where I reveal more teams and end with the revelation of my preseason No. 1 (I'm sure you'll all be real shocked who I take at No. 1. Kidding). Let's get back to the list...

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20. South Carolina

Like LSU, I'm stuck with South Carolina.

My heart tells me that this is the best team Steve Spurrier has had at South Carolina. Stephen Garcia could be his best quarterback, Alshon Jeffrey is probably his best playmaker, freshman Marcus Lattimore might be the running back they've been missing, and that by any measurement, this is the weakest the SEC East has been since Spurrier got to South Carolina.

Unfortunately, my head tells me the opposite. Garcia may be the best QB that Spurrier has had, but he's also more scatter-brained than a 16-year-old girl at the mall. The only thing consistent about this team is their late season collapses. UConn turned last year's PapaJohns.com Bowl into a varsity vs. the JV scrimmage. And—at times—Spurrier seems more interested in setting up golf games, than worrying about Saturday's games.

Okay, okay, this is the part where you call me a UConn homer. I get it. But give me the next few paragraphs, and I'll talk you into UConn. I promise.

First off, if you look through my archives, I'm actually not a UConn football homer at all. Basketball maybe, but not football. I've watched Randy Edsall first hand, and until recently, I wasn't overwhelmed (It's kinda complicated to get into here. I'll explain better another time.)

With that, here are the facts on UConn this year. Not my opinion. Facts:

They return two quarterbacks with starting experience. That's more than basically any team in the country can say (Including conference rivals Pitt and West Virginia who have basically no starting experience between the two of them at the position).

Quite frankly, I think this may be their biggest problem, if you can believe it. What happens if Zach Frazer struggles out of the gate? Will it divide the locker room? Will it divide the fan base? Then again, I guess in the grand scheme of "problems," this is a good one to have.

They return a 1,000 yard rusher in Jordan Todman, who along with Donald Brown and Andre Dixon, gives them three players who've topped 1,000 yards in the last two years. The offensive line (Who, by the way, turned South Carolina's defensive line into a pile of sawdust in last year's PapaJohns.com Bowl) returns four starters.

UConn brings back eight starters on defense, including basically their entire front seven, off of a unit which was already pretty good last year. Their defensive backs are inexperienced, but go ahead and look at their schedule. Who's going to burn them with the deep ball? Maybe Cincinnati? Maybe Rutgers? That's basically it.

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Go ahead and look at that schedule one last time. Cincinnati, Pitt, and West Virginia all at home.

And oh by the way, UConn went 8-5 last year. Those five losses were by a combined 15 points. Seriously, look it up. This just as easily could have been a 10 win in 2009.

Here's the truth about this team: If their uniforms said West Virginia, Pitt, or South Florida instead of UConn, and I told you everything I just did about them, they'd be in the Top 15. Period. No questions asked. But their jerseys say UConn, meaning that the only reason no one is picking them to finish as high as I am is because they've never done it before. Which we all know is a dumb reason for doubting someone.

So call me a homer if you want. But this is a good football team. They're going to be in the top 20 all year.



18. Florida State

First things first: Okay, so Bobby Bowden's been retired for a few months now. He's a legend. He's incredible. He's one of the best ever.

Now that we got that out of the way, can we all be real here for a second? The guy has been holding back this program for years. I know it's sacrilegious for me to say—but it's true!!

He was 80-years-old when he retired, and really, the only thing 80-year-old people should be in charge of is setting up card games, tee times, and that's it. They shouldn't be running one of the highest profile football programs in college football, or any football program at all.

If that makes me a jerk for saying it, so be it. But if someone didn't say something about Bowden, my head was going to explode.

Anyway, back to football.

Look, I don't know what to expect from new coach Jimbo Fisher, and neither do you. They definitely took a hit when wide receiver Jamar Forston was booted off the team a few weeks back. But at the same time, they return all five starters on the offensive line, and Christian Ponder at quarterback. They're going to put up points. Lots of them. I can promise you that.

Yes the defense needs work, but it's not like Florida State hasn't been recruiting well. The talent is there, they just need a coordinator under the age of 175 to put them in position to make plays.

I'm sorry to former defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews too. I know you're a good guy, good husband, and very active in your community, but the game of football passed you by about a half decade ago. Your defense has been a joke for awhile. I wish I wasn't the only one willing to say anything.

Plus they brought in a bunch of recruits who are going to be ready to contribute immediately.

I like this team a lot—not only as one of the sleepers in this conference, but nationally as well.

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