
QB Jayden Daniels is a Heisman contender, with weapons galore in WRs Malik Nabers and Kyren Lacy and TE Mason Taylor. Former five-star linebacker Xavian Sorey Jr. The defense loses stars like Jalen Carter and Kelee Ringo but will be more experienced as a whole, led by safety Javon Bullard and linebackers Jamon-Dumas Johnson and Smael Mondon. He and the offense, which brings back star tight end Brock Bowers plus receiver Ladd McConkey and added ex-Missouri WR Dominic Lovett (56 catches for 846 yards in 2022), looked lethal in the spring game.


Georgia (previous: 1)Ĭarson Beck came out of spring as the clear favorite to succeed Stetson Bennett at quarterback. I’m trying to temper my enthusiasm.įinally, there’s only one Group of 5 representative. That’s in part because several of the top programs ( Cincinnati, UCF, Houston) are now in the Big 12, but also, a lot of the best G5 players are getting picked off by P5 programs.

Many of you will undoubtedly mock me moving Texas squarely into the rankings, but if anything, I may have the ‘Horns too low. Conversely, I did not go into this expecting to rank LSU behind only Georgia, but Brian Kelly’s team doesn’t appear to have many (any?) question marks.
