College Football!

College football is by far my favorite sport! Growing up in Iowa I've always been a huge Iowa Hawkeye fan. I started watching when I was five, 1985, they went to the Rose Bowl and has an awesome year! Its amazing that I can remember that far back. I remember in 3rd grade spending the night at my friends house and I snuck out of bed to watch the replay of Iowa game on tv. They have an easy game Saturday against Tennessee Tech. Tech returns 21 starters from last year, which is pretty amazing. Iowa had 13 players from last year end up on NFL rosters this summer. It might be a tough season with a new quarterback, but I think James Vandenberg will be one of the best in the conference this year. They also return sophomore running back, Marcus Coker and senior receiver, Marvin McNutt. The offense should be solid. The defense lost a lot of great players and won't have a lot of depth, but Norm Parker is one of the best defensive coordinators in the country, he'll have everything figured out. Well, preseason polls are worthless, but I'm excited for the season to start so I made a top 25.

1-Alabama
2-Stanford
3-Oklahoma
4-Oregon
5-LSU
6-Wisconsin
7-Nebraska
8-South Carolina
9-Ohio State
10-Florida State
11-Boise St
12-Oklahoma St
13-Texas A&M
14-Virginia Tech
15-Arkansas
16-Michigan State
17-TCU
18-Georgia
19-Auburn
20-West Virginia
21-Notre Dame
22-Florida
23-Mississippi State
24-USC
25-Iowa

Other teams to watch: San Diego State, Houston, Arizona and Baylor.

Top 5 Heisman Candidates
Andrew Luck QB Stanford
Marcus Lattimore RB South Carolina
Landry Jones QB Oklahoma
Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State
Kellen Moore QB Boise State

My picks for conference champions
SEC: Alabama (LSU and S. Carolina will be up there too)
Big East: West Virginia (Pittsburgh has a shot, but I think WV will win it)
ACC: Florida State (Va Tech could go undefeated during the regular season, pretty weak schedule)
Big 10: Iowa (of course I picked Iowa, fairly easy schedule and they will beat Wisconsin in the title game)
Big 12: Oklahoma (Ok State and A&M will be in the race)
Pac 12: Stanford (Oregon will lose to Stanford on the road)

BCS Bowl Games
Champ Game: Alabama v Stanford (Alabama has too much talent, Stanford lost some solid players from last year Alabama 35 Stanford 24)
Rose: Iowa v Oregon (This could be a high scoring game, Iowa wins of course Iowa 38 Oregon 35)
Fiesta: Oklahoma v Wisconsin (Two former Hawkeyes going head to head Stoops vs Bielema, gotta go for Stoops. Oklahoma 24 Wisconsin 14)
Sugar: LSU v Virginia Tech (LSU has a great team this year, Va Tech isn't bad, but nearly as talented as LSU. LSU 31 Va Tech 21)
Orange: Florida State v West Virginia (The two worst BCS conferences champions go at it, noone will care. Florida State 35 West Virginia 17)