Can't Wait For Saturday With Moore back in charge, Ducks looking for breakthrough season
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Aug. 10—
Once again, I will represent the state of Illinois on The Associated Press AP Top 25 panel. It is an honor and one of my favorite parts of the job I have been doing for 38 years.
Of course, some of you won't like how I rank the teams each week and that's cool. We are all entitled to our opinions. I will take any criticism you want to deliver. If you make a convincing argument, I will change my mind.
The poll starts with a preseason Top 25 that will be released Aug. 17. To get the poll talk going, I'm going to use this space over the next month and a half to count down my Top 40.
Why 40? Because that is number of teams I usually track
closely during the year, give or take a team or two.
Who is unveiled today …
— Dan Lanning's team brings back stars on both sides of the ball. The most important has to be quarterback Dante Moore, who would have been a Top 10 pick had he entered the NFL draft. With another year in college, Moore has a good chance to be among the first few players chosen in 2027.
— Oregon has a bevy of options at receiver. Sophomore Jeremiah McClellan has great upside after catching 38 passes in 2025 for big yardage.
— All the starters return on the defensive line. Overall, the unit brings back eight regulars from last year's CFP semifinalist.
The Ducks did find some secondary help in the transfer portal.
Nov. 7 at Ohio State. The best news for the Ducks during the regular season: no Indiana, which beat them twice in 2025. Both times by double digits. Early games at Southern California and the finale against Washington are the other tests.
6. Georgia SEC
7. Miami ACC
8. Oklahoma SEC
9. Mississippi SEC
10. Texas A&M SEC
11. BYU Big 12
12. Michigan Big Ten
13. LSU SEC
14. Southern California Big Ten
15. Houston Big 12
16. Washington Big Ten
17. Alabama SEC
18. Penn State Big Ten
19. Texas Tech Big 12
20. Missouri SEC
21. Utah Big 12
22. SMU ACC
23. Louisville ACC
24. Iowa Big Ten
25. Tennessee SEC
26. Boise State Pac-12
27. TCU Big 12
28. Clemson ACC
29. Florida SEC
30. Illinois Big Ten
31. South Carolina SEC
32. Arizona Big 12
33. Virginia Tech ACC
34. Auburn SEC
35. Kansaas State Big 12
36. Georgia Tech ACC
37. Pitt ACC
38. Arizona State Big 12
39. Virginia ACC
40. UCLA Big Ten
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