With the strength of college football conferences such as the Big Ten or SEC, predicting win totals has become more difficult than ever. Much of it has also become predicated on schedules. It doesn't always matter how good you are, although being good helps.
It's not that hard to predict the national title contenders for college football this season, and one of these five teams will wind up hoisting the trophy.
The Texas Longhorns football team may have financial resources that most other programs could only dream of, but head coach Steve Sarkisian says one recent report about the team’s roster was not accurate.
Michigan had made tight end Matt Ludwig a top priority on the recruiting trail, and that special attention from head coach Sherrone Moore and his staff has paid off for the Wolverines.
The Texas Longhorns appeared to be on the outside looking in of Lamar Brown's recruitment for a minute. He announced visits to Miami, Texas A&M, LSU and Florida State and, at the time, declared that everyone else had fallen off.