2010 College Football Pre-Season Top 25

Sports Librarian's College Football Pre-Season TopThe Bad - The offense was shut down against
25 for 2010every good defense, and even some of the bad
1. Ohio Statedefenses
The Good - Nine starters back on offense, one ofThe Ugly - Only nine combined starters coming
them being Terrelle Pryorback; tough game against North Carolina early
The Bad - Penn State at home and Iowa on the14. Virginia Tech
road in back to back weeksThe Good - Ryan Williams might be the best
The Ugly - Only two starters back on defenserunning back in the nation; Tyrod Taylor is solid
2. OregonThe Bad - The game against Boise State is a
The Good - Masoli and James are back to lead ano-win situation for the Hokies
high powered offenseThe Ugly - They need to be able to generate
The Bad - Defense gave up over 34 points permore offense to get back in the national title
game in the last fivepicture
The Ugly - Schedule has them @Tenn, @USC,15. Miami FL
@Cal, @Oregon StateThe Good - The Hurricanes are running a tight
3. Texasship these days; Jacory Harris is their best qb in
The Good - Curtis Brown, Aaron Williams andsome time
Chykie Brown in the secondaryThe Bad - RB Cooper is likely out for the season
The Bad - QB Garrett Gilbert has not made awith a leg injury
college start as of yet.The Ugly - With games @Ohio State, @Pitt and
The Ugly - With Jordan Shipley gone, there is no@Georgia Tech it's tough to see better than a 3
sure thing at receiverloss season
4. Alabama16. Oklahoma
The Good - Mark Ingram and Trent RichardsonThe Good - The Sooners play in a weak Big 12
are back at running backright now
The Bad - The offense is one dimensional, asThe Bad - Landry Jones did not look very good
Greg McElroy plays it safelast year most of the time
The Ugly - The defense took a hit when KareemThe Ugly - The OL has seen too many injuries
Jackson and Rolando McClain left earlyand transfers; they are going to be the weak link
5. Penn Statethis year again
The Good - Dominating defense smothered LSU17. Oregon State
in the bowl game; RB Evan Royster is backThe Good - The Rodgers brothers are back at rb
The Bad - The weak Big Ten could have hadand wr
something to do with PSU's record last yearThe Bad - QB Sean Canfield has gone on to the
The Ugly - @Alabama, @Iowa, @Ohio State;NFL
That's three ats against top 10 opponentsThe Ugly - With a new qb and not many other
6. Nebraskathreats outside the Rodgers duo, the offense
The Good - Did you see the Cornhuskers'might suffer
defense destroy Arizona in their bowl game?18. Stanford
The Bad - Ndamukong Suh ran out of eligibilityThe Good - Andrew Luck might be the #1 pick in
The Ugly - The Nebraska offense; Texasthe NFL draft next year
exposed the Huskers offense, but it was bad allThe Bad - Toby Gerhart will not be back there to
yearpound the opposing defenses this year
7. North CarolinaThe Ugly - Not enough speed on defense, so
The Good - Three first round picks starting onthey just give up too many points in most games
defense; lots of starters back on offense19. Florida
The Bad - Lots of starters back on a pretty badThe Good - The Gators recruit well and have rb's
offense thoughDemps, Rainey and Moody back this year
The Ugly - Tough schedule, not muchThe Bad - DE Carlos Dunlap, CB Joe Haden and
explosiveness on offenseFS Major Wright all jumped to the NFL
8. TCUThe Ugly - Tim Tebow is gone and the
The Good - TCU has earned respect as a powerreplacement has not seen much action at all
to deal with in college football20. Arkansas
The Bad - TCU lost to Boise State when it couldThe Good - Ryan Mallet will be in the Heisman
have really put a stamp on the seasonrace
The Ugly - The schedule is again just too weakThe Bad - The Razorbacks have the worst pass
even if they go undefeateddefense in the conference
9. IowaThe Ugly - The schedule has too many teams on
The Good - Ricky Stanzi and Adrian Clayborn areit that are simply better than Arkansas
both going to be back this year21. Georgia Tech
The Bad - The o-line has holes, a weak BigThe Good - Paul Johnson never graduates, so the
Ten(outside of PSU and OSU) won't help theoffense will remain potent
scheduleThe Bad - Demaryius Thomas leaving early tkes
The Ugly - A lot had to go right for theaway the one deep threat the Yellow Jackets
Hawkeyes to end up where they did last yearhad.
10. Boise StateThe Ugly - Jonathan Dwyer was the man that
The Good - Boise State went undefeated andreally made the offense click
beat a capable TCU, also has most starters22. Utah
returningThe Good - The Utes showed they were not a
The Bad - An early season game with Virginiaone hit wonder
TechThe Bad - Pittsburgh right off the bat is a stiff
The Ugly - The conference they play in will neverchallenge
get Boise State any respectThe Ugly - TCU, the one really good team they
11. Georgiaplayed, absolutely worked the Utes over
The Good - Georgia looked good at the end of23. Florida State
the season, AJ Green & two young rb's areThe Good - The Seminoles always recruit speed
returningand athletes; QB Ponder is a Heisman candidate
The Bad - Mark Richt has recruited too well to beThe Bad - The Noles have not really been very
as bad as they were last yeargood for a while, so the luster has worn off
The Ugly - Have to replace the starting qb as wellThe Ugly - Bobby Bowden is gone; Florida State
as half the defensewas nothing before Bowden
12. USC24. West Virginia
The Good - Matt Barkley is back at qb; USC hasThe Good - Noel Devine is back and is going to
a ton of 5 star recruits to help the cuaseput up a lot of yards and touchdowns this year
The Bad - Pete Carroll got out of townThe Bad - 2-3 on the road last year; LSU, UCONN
The Ugly - The NCAA may be about to comeand Pitt on the road this year
down hard on the TrojansThe Ugly - There is no Pat White(not even a
13. LSUJarret Brown) at qb to compliment the great
The Good - The defense will once again be top ofrunning back
the line25.