The college football season is right around the corner, with many teams such as TCU, Mississippi State, Georgia and Georgia Tech already starting camp on August 1st, along with a whole slew of teams from around the country set to begin over the next few days. Not only does this mean the start of our favorite time of year, but early August is also when college football coaches around the FBS take their shot at predictions via the Amway Coaches’ poll, which was released this past Thursday. The top five in the poll are as follows, with the annotated amount of first place votes: Ohio State (62), TCU (1), Alabama (1), Baylor (0), and Oregon (0). As skeptical as I am of these polls, last year’s ranked three of the four CFP playoff teams in the top four. The rest of the poll can be found here. Let the speculation – and restless excitement — begin. ACC Coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference expressed disdain this past week toward Notre Dame‘s football schedule. Many feel that Notre Dame football should be placed in the ACC, as it is for all its other sports. If they were to continue their independence, it was felt that a 13-game schedule should be instituted for them as an equalizer for the conference championship game that many playoff-hopeful teams would be forced to play. B1G “No. 1? is the phrase of the week for Ohio State. Not only did they get 97% of the first place votes in the Amway preseason poll, but their recruiting class is now ranked first after moving up two spots in the ESPN 2016 Class Rankings, led by five-star defensive lineman Nick Bosa. …
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