The 2015 College Football Season is roughly seven weeks away, and while preseason rankings usually never pan out the way they are intended, this year the best teams stand well above the rest of the country. Based off their current roster, roster turnover, recruiting class, and coaching changes, here’s our early preseason top 5 rankings for next season. 1.Ohio State The three-way quarterback battle between Cardale Jones, Braxton Miller, and T.J. Barrett isn’t a dilemma but a gift, as the Buckeyes stand to be maybe the deepest team in the country all over the field. Head coach Urban Meyer welcomes back running back Ezekiel Elliott, junior receiver Michael Thomas, junior defensive lineman Joey Bosa, all major contributors to last year’s championship squad, and all healthy. It’s that lack of turnover and the ninth-ranked recruiting class in the country, a class that includes four-star recruits like the pair 6-foot-6 offensive lineman Grant Schmidt and Isaiah Prince and linebacker Jerome Baker, that separates Ohio State from the rest of the country. 2.Alabama Unlike the Buckeyes, Alabama and head coach Nick Saban does have some significant turnover to account for. The Crimson Tide will miss Heisman candidate and receiver Amari Cooper, quarterback Blake Sims, safety Landon Collins, and running back T.J. Yeldon all while battling through the deep SEC. However, while the offense does leave a few questions begging, the defensive front should still rule the conference with first-team All-SEC titans like defensive tackle Johnathan Allen and linebacker Reginald Ragland both returning. The Tide also have a quarterback scrum with former Florida State transfer Jake Coker, redshirt freshman David Cornwell, Cooper Bateman, and Blake Bennett all in the hunt. Saban even told CBS Sports that no quarterback has solidified the job just yet, but speculation insists Coker and Cornwell are the leading candidates. Alabama went through uncertainty at quarterback last year, and Sims blew up, so it’s not like Saban hasn’t been here before…
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