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USA Today
06-05-2025
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- USA Today
Where does Oklahoma land in latest USA TODAY Sports 1-136 re-rank?
Where does Oklahoma land in latest USA TODAY Sports 1-136 re-rank? The 2025 college football season may still be nearly four months away, but that hasn't stopped anyone from projecting what it will look like once we finally reach fall. The Oklahoma Sooners are ready to get the bad taste of 2024 out of their mouths with a statement season this year. USA TODAY Sports staff writer Paul Myerberg released the post-spring edition of his 1-136 re-rank for the 2025 season on Monday. Throughout the year, Myerberg ranks all 136 Division I FBS college football teams, updating it based on the week-to-week action of the college football season. But now that spring ball is behind us, we get our most recent update. After the 2024 season saw a massive wave of conference realignment and the introduction of the 12-team College Football Playoff, 2025 is a much quieter year on those fronts. The 12-team CFP is still in place for at least one more season, and the only realignment discussion involves the Pac-12. Despite last year's 6-7 mark, OU landed at No. 25 on Myerberg's list. The offseason additions of offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle and quarterback John Mateer have people believing Oklahoma will be much better than last year. Head coach Brent Venables is on thin ice this season at Oklahoma, and he's hoping his offseason moves will pay off. Myerberg has the Sooners as the eighth-best team in the SEC after spring ball. With most of the roster construction portion of college football's offseason beginning to wind down, it's time for Oklahoma to get better internally and improve on that standing when the time for games finally comes. Contact/Follow us @SoonersWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Oklahoma news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Aaron on X @Aaron_Gelvin.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
USA TODAY Sports' re-rank of all 136 FBS college football teams has Clemson near No. 1
The Clemson Tigers sure look poised for a big year ahead in 2025. While kickoff for the 2025 college football season is still over three months away, the hype and buzz around the Clemson program has been building for months. Advertisement The Tigers' spring game did nothing to dampen those spirits, with transfer receiver Tristan Smith, running back Gideon Davidson and transfer linebacker Jeremiah Alexander all having impressive showings in the annual Orange and White Game. Smith caught five passes for 137 yards, the highlight being a 73-yard touchdown against cornerback Corian Gipson. Davidson rushed for 31 yards and went for 43 yards receiving out of the backfield. Alexander notched seven tackles (four solo). With quarterback Cade Klubnik taking a gargantuan step forward in 2024 (3,639 yards, 36 touchdowns) and showing off the tools that made him a 5-star recruit out of Austin, Texas, plus a defensive line that returns projected top NFL draft picks T.J. Parker and Peter Woods from a team that won 10 games and the ACC title, Clemson has the talent to make a deep run in the College Football Playoff. On Monday, USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg re-ranked all 136 teams that will compete at the FBS level in 2025 following the conclusion of spring practices across the country. Clemson was ranked No. 2 behind the Texas Longhorns and first-year starting quarterback Arch Manning. Advertisement Dabo Swinney's team ranked ahead of Penn State at No. 3, the Georgia Bulldogs at No. 4, and Notre Dame at No. 5. Clemson's season-opening opponent, the LSU Tigers, were ranked No. 6. Behind Clemson, the highest ACC team in Myerberg's re-rank were the Miami Hurricanes at No. 9. Jeff Brohm's Louisville Cardinals cracked the top 25 at No. 16. Further down Myerberg's rankings, Florida State was at No. 50 after the Seminoles' ugly 2-10 campaign last season, and South Carolina placed just outside the top 25 at No. 27. Earlier this spring, Myerberg said of Clemson: "Klubnik and the defending ACC champions will be expected to repeat in 2025 and go deeper into the playoff. The offense could have issues at RB after projected starter Jay Haynes tore his ACL in the ACC title game, though freshmen David Eziomume and Gideon Davidson looked good in the spring. Defensively, expect Clemson to rebound under new coordinator Tom Allen after falling to ninth in the ACC in yards allowed per play this past season. The pieces are in place for a run at the national title." Clemson hosts LSU and Garrett Nussmeier in a battle of early Heisman Trophy favorites Aug. 30 at Memorial Stadium. Advertisement Contact us @Clemson_Wire on X, and like our page on Facebook for ongoing coverage of Clemson Tigers news and notes, plus opinions. This article originally appeared on Clemson Wire: Clemson football just misses top spot in expert's post-spring rankings
USA Today
05-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Check out where Auburn lands in USA TODAY Sports' post-spring re-rank
Check out where Auburn lands in USA TODAY Sports' post-spring re-rank How much stock is USA TODAY's Paul Myerberg putting into the Auburn Tigers this season? Auburn football's rough end to the 2024 season landed them in the bottom half of the final USA TODAY Sports re-rank at No. 86, falling behind many SEC programs and several in-state foes such as Jax State and South Alabama. USA TODAY's Paul Myerberg recently dropped his first re-rank of the season following the spring practice period. How much stock is he putting in the Tigers ahead of the summer months? Myerberg places Auburn at No. 35 following Auburn's spring session, one spot below Georgia Tech and one spot ahead of season-opening opponent, Baylor. The giant leap from No. 86 to No. 35 could be the result of Auburn's strong recruiting efforts in both the high school ranks and the transfer portal. Last offseason, Auburn rebuilt its quarterback room by adding Oklahoma transfer Jackson Arnold and Stanford transfer Ashton Daniels from the transfer portal, and signing five-star Deuce Knight. Cam Coleman and Malcolm Simmons return to the wide receiver corps while Eric Singleton, the top wide receiver from the transfer portal, joins the mix. Defensively, Auburn returns a stunning defensive backfield with Kayin Lee, Jay Crawford, and Kaleb Harris, while NFL first-round projection Keldric Faulk headlines the defensive line. Auburn is one of 11 SEC teams to occupy the top 35 of Myerberg's rankings. Texas (No. 1) and Georgia (No. 4) represent the conference in the top five, while LSU (No. 7) and Alabama (No. 10) round out the top 10. Missouri (No. 37), Arkansas (No. 62), and Kentucky (No. 81) are several of the schools behind Auburn in the post-spring re-rank. Auburn football will begin the season on Friday, August 29, at Baylor. Contact/Follow us @TheAuburnWire on X (Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Auburn news, notes, and opinions. You can also follow Taylor on Twitter @TaylorJones__
Yahoo
05-03-2025
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- Yahoo
Where do the Texas Longhorns land in USA TODAY Sports' preseason SEC Power Rankings?
Texas' first season in the SEC was filled with more ups and downs than a roller coaster at Six Flags. The Longhorns made it to the SEC championship game, quite a feat in their first year in the league. But Texas lost in Atlanta to the Georgia Bulldogs, UT's second defeat of the season to UGA. So where do the Horns stack-up in year two? Paul Myerberg of USA TODAY Sports has completed a pre-spring practice power ranking of the league. The SEC has more depth than any conference, but as we saw in the college football playoffs, the top end of the Big Ten was slightly better than the Southeastern Conference. Myerberg ranks the Texas Longhorns as his No. 1 team in the SEC right now. UT edges out Georgia. Myerberg writes, "Arch Manning takes the controls after backing up Quinn Ewers. To get his game going, the Longhorns have to rebuild a receiver corps dinged by graduation and attrition. Another sticking point is a defensive front that won't have the same production along the interior. Overall, though, Texas is built to win the SEC and the national championship." LSU, Tennessee and Alabama round out the top five on the list. Texas A&M checks in down at No. 9. This article originally appeared on Longhorns Wire: Where do the Texas Longhorns land in preseason SEC Power Rankings?
USA Today
06-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Florida football among offseason winners after National Signing Day per USA TODAY Sports
Florida football among offseason winners after National Signing Day per USA TODAY Sports Once upon a time, college football's national signing day in early February was a landmark event limited to just 24 hours. Since then, times have changed and the focus has shifted to the early signing period held in December, when most of the action now occurs. Nonetheless, the traditional national signing day still holds onto vestiges of its storied past as it marks the start of the final stretch that programs are permitted to sign members of the current recruiting class. For the Florida Gators, most of their moves were made a couple of months ago, but there was still some action with Billy Napier and Co. signing cornerback Onit Konanbanny, who they flipped from the Tennessee Volunteers just a day earlier. USA TODAY Sports reporter Paul Myerberg published his winners and losers from the 2025 cycle, including recruiting classes and transfer portals coups in what he phrased as "a two-month stretch of Extreme Makeover: FBS edition." Below is a look at his thoughts, as well as a taste of schadenfreude for the Gator fans. USA TODAY Sports breaks down Florida's recruiting efforts "On the field and in recruiting, Florida began to turn things around with November's announcement that coach Billy Napier would return for his fourth season.," Myerberg begins. "Back in December, the Gators were able to turn safety Hylton Stubbs away from Miami, nab former Florida State running back commitment Byron Louis and reel back in four-star defensive lineman Joseph Mbatchou and wide receiver Naeshaun Montgomery." As a result, the Gators check in as the eighth-ranked recruiting class according to the 247Sports composite. They also managed a major coup through the sport's de facto free agency system: the transfer portal. "Florida's most important transfer is former UCLA receiver J. Michael Sturdivant, who is expected to play a big role in the passing game," he notes. Florida State labeled a loser The Garnet and Gold experienced an embarrassing collapse on the field last season, finishing at the bottom of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings with just two wins. While there has been some offseason success, there is still a steep hill on the path back to respectability. "Last year's two-win debacle didn't do too much damage to Florida State's recruiting class, which ranks second in the ACC behind Miami, and the need for a roster overhaul helped Mike Norvell and his staff sign what may be the league's top group of transfers," Myerberg observes. "But there have been misses along the way that keep the Seminoles' haul from ranking among the best in the FBS. A few of these misses have come on the defensive line, including one on Wednesday in four-star edge rusher Zahir Mathis. The former Ohio State commitment picked Maryland over Florida State." Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.
